Our upstairs neighbor kids seem to run back and forth from one end of the apartment to the other literally for hours on end, I have no idea what they could be doing.
I keep waiting for the kids to grow up, this kid seems to have been 4 or 5 years old for the entire 6 years we have lived here.
I am sorry, but if you live in an apartment, there are just somethings you do not get to do (if you are a decent person) and one of them is let your kids make excessive noise all day long.
2 hours a day of running, playing stomping around I can live with, but literally 4 - 6 hours a day is just too much. I am sorry you live in an apartment and have to take others into consideration.
There are some things I do that I was wondering if I am too loud but the isolation is quite good, and not much voice goes through. Only time anybody complained was when we had friends over and the talking was apparently too loud. So I am hoping I am not annoying anybody.
Hence I definitely suggest you to talk to you neighbours regarding the noise, maybe they are simply not aware they are too loud or that isolation is not good enough.
Don't think we're unreasonable... I understand children, and although it bothers me I'm not going to make a big thing about the noise during the day but at 6:30 in the morning?!
I talked to my neighbour and she basically didn't give a s...
I run a pedestal fan in my living room to produce grey noise as well as circulate the air in my apartment. It drones out most of the noise generated by normal movement by my upstairs neighbor. In the past I also used a HEPA air filter to clean and produce some random noise to help me sleep.
I have kids but never hoover at 7am, no worries there!
I tell my kids not to jump/run but it isn't something they always listen to. I do not want them to do it. Do you think the parents are actually trying to prevent it? Maybe they don't know how loud it is in your flat?
I know we had complaints when my child was crying and sick. The odd thing no one complained about the loud parties the other one in our building had.
You spoke with the mother? It's hard for us to know if she really is just a morning person who tries hard to prevent the noise or if she is just not caring. You would be able to sense this more than us.
What time do people in the area normally get up in the morning?
People in my apartment building normally start at around 6am, so noise pretty much after that is fair game. I guess in some buildings or areas, there are rules (hard or unwritten), which apply to both ends of the day (i.e. how early in the morning and how late at night).
Maybe if you can collaborate with another neighbour or two who are similarly annoyed, then you might have a stronger case.
Does this happen on a Sunday as well? Would people here think that noise on a Sunday should start a bit later than 6am?
Finally, if all else fails, I guess you can consider some ear plugs and/or ear muffs....
This is not about time served in the apartment block.
I think it's in everyone's interest to try and be courteous to each other. Having a child is not an excuse for letting your little darlings run riot all hours of the day. People like to come home and enjoy piece and quiet. Some noise is acceptable and part of the deal, constant noise possibly not.
I don't live there so wouldn't know how bad this is and everyone's level of tolerance is different.
The obvious non courteous answer to a non courteous parent is screw with the child's bedtime regime. If you keep them awake long enough they'll be up all night annoying the parents.
You can return the compliment by taking a few days off work and throwing a parties well past 12pm on a school day. Come up with a lame excuse and inform all the other neighbours but this one, invite them would be better. Make sure you do this at least x2 days in a row. Just enough noise to keep the children awake at bedtime.
Enjoy your hangover while the little ones are asleep at their desk in school and the knackered parents are annoyed they cant wake the child up in the morning.
Oops, didn't see that you already tried - sorry OP!
I don't think you can do much about the kids, this is really something the parents need to deal with and they apparently don't care all that much. As for the vacuuming etc.: if this is really a regular occurrence, then go the "Hausordnung" route as suggested by others. If nothing changes, contact the landlord, if you are really very bothered by it. Keep in mind you have to keep living there (presumably), so pick your battles.
In the summer when I was sleeping with the window open, we used to hear noises from my neighbours garden. They water the plants between 11:30 pm and 01:00 am and the top prize for weirdness was when they hoovered the outside patio stones at 01:30 am one morning during the week !