Upstairs neighbour making noise late at night for months. What are my actual options?
Went through this for nearly a year. The escalation ladder that actually works: first, keep a written log with dates, times and descriptions…
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Neighbour noise is horrible, been there. The realistic ladder: 1) keep a noise log (dates, times, type of noise) and record audio/video with…
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