OMG! Wow! I dont know if you feel comfortable approaching them about it? I mean if it really bothers you, if they knew that you could hear them...then maybe the would be embarrassed enough to "tone it down" a little! Let us know what happens!

I thought this topic was discussed before on here... Hmm.. write a note and slip it under their door, that way they don't have to know who it is and you don't have to ask them in person.

Do what we did!

Write a note discussing the problem and sign it 'the neighbors' so that they cant pin it on you. It will stop!

Well, unless thats a turnon for them and then they keep it up...
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We've definitely talked about this about eight thousand times.

As far as I see it, they are paying for their own condo, they can have as much sex as loud and often as they want. What's the fun of having your own place, if you can't have wall shaking, earth shattering, blood curdling sex?

I had troubles with a loud roommate once... and I mean REALLY loud. I would invest in a fan or white-noise machine. And the note thing is a good idea, too. Good luck!

freshman year of college i had the same problem. the neighbors next door were b*tchy and had the loudeset sex like every night. so one morning my roommate and i borrowed a jenna jameson porn from some frat guys... we both had really early classes so we just left it on the highest volume for the whole 2 hours we were both at class at about 7 in the morning. hearing them complain later in the day was the sweetest feeling ever hahah

Yes BrandyNicole they are paying for their own condo, but you still have to respect other people.
Would you like it if someone sat outside your house all night with bass pumping real loud out of their car, even though they pay for that car? Probably not....

If it's bothering you that much I'd just ask them to tone it down a little when you ran into them. Maybe that's rude, but it would definitely get your point across.

I would tell them.... just be upfront I mean really how many of us actually end up being best friends with our neighbors anyway, just do it

I think that is so disgusting! How can people have no class at all? You should definitely try first with a note under the door. If they get even more disrespectful and do it even more or louder I would be a total biotch and call the cops one night just to get my point across!!! That is disturbing the peace!!! You paid good money for your home you deserve to be able to go home and rest your head without having to hear gross neighbors!

It's not gross at all, it's two people enjoying eachothers company every night. It's a good thing, that a couple can keep the passion up. We have topics on here constantly about lack of passion and people never having sex, well these two are having sex. I am a loud girl, I can't keep it down and my boyfriend doesn't want me too.

My advice, is to get used to it. And starting having your own wild sex.

They might not even know that the walls are so thin...I think you should leave them a light-hearted note like Dear Sugar said...I'm sure that once they realize how much you've been able to hear, they'll probably get embarrassed and keep it down after that!

I expect loud people to agree with her gross neighbors but newsflash: nobody wants to hear that ish!

haha my boyfriends old roomie and his girlfriend were so loud it was like watching an x-rated movie. it was actually kind of embarassing, you'd be lying in bed on a saturday morning in that half awake/half asleep zone and you'd hear them going to town. even after making some "jokes" about it to them, they didn't stop... i guess they figured it was their apartment too-but like... its kinda rude in a way... i mean its a private thing i didnt wanna hear!!!!

They need to be respectful and honestly, they might not realize they are being overheard! I think a note's the best way to go-- it won't be an ackward conversation and as long as you politely state that the walls are thin, they'll get the point!

I think Dear's note would get the point across, but it would make them feel attacked and self-conscious. Plus it's probably bound to show up at passiveaggressivenotes.com. Don't play fake sweet and fake envious. Just be upfront in the note: "We can hear you having sex. Please tone it down." If it doesn't work, call the landlord.

But, as annoying as this is, it's part of apartment living. You might just have to get used to it or move out.

lily I agree with the up front note but it's a condo. That means she bought it, it's different from just switching apartments!

Go with the note, then if the problem persists, go to the landlord. They pay for their condo and have certain rights, but you pay for yours too, and shouldn't have to listen to that every night!

irritating neighbors are the worst! The girl above me smokes like a chimney and drops her butts over her balcony and they land in my yard. Last week i raked them up and dumped them (along with multiple beer and soda cans) on her porch. Haven't seen one since!

I mean, everyone has a right to do as they please in their space, but come on! You HAVE to be respectful. I say leave an annymous note, or just blast loud music a few nights a week so they get the hint that the walls are paper thin.

Blondewithbangs: You go girl!!!

I had an upstairs neighbor who had several sexual partners that kept her quite busy and I could hear everything going on. One time I mentioned that her habit of vacuuming at 1:00 a.m. was disturbing since I had to be up at 5:00 a.m. for work. She said "You can hear that?" and I laughed and told her 'Oh, I can hear a LOT of things. She acted all embarrassed and it was quieter for awhile, but it went back to the excessively loud sex, and I finally came to the conclusion that she LIKED people haearing her; that it turned her on.

Oddly, she moved out and her father took over the apartment. He also had several sexual partners and HE liked to have loud sex with porn videos playing at top volume, so I guess it ran in the family.

Haven't we already discussed this topic?

I agree that to start you need to write that light-hearted note to let them know that the whole building isn't very well-built to begin with (poor quality flooring or in between flooring/thin walls, etc). If you're not comfortable with the lightness of the note, you can alter it to your taste as long as it doesn't sound angry.

You as an owner more than deserve to have a peaceful living space too, and if you live in a building, each tenant must be respectful of the others to peacefully co-exist. So I completely disagree with the girl who says that you can do WHATEVER regardless the consequence.

Since you're buying, you should look into your HOA book of regulations and usually there's a guide to handle this thing, find out who to call, etc. If the light hearted note doesn't work and it's getting worse, you can find out if your upstairs neighbors are either renters or buyers. If previous, find out their rental agency and give their landlord a call. If buyers, find out from your HOA how to best deal with noise like that. If it's that bad, you may even call the cops on them (yeah, this last option is completely extreme and only to the last resort--watch : Duplex for example ).

My hubby, my son and I live in a condo and our son is getting to that age where he'd scream out loud (the terrible 2). And we always get him to quiet down regardless the hours, this is because we're thinking of other people too, and I'm sure that they won't like being wakened up by a kid screaming and yelling as much as I won't enjoy their loud stomping from above me.

Good luck to you.

I have had this problem twice in a row. First at my parents' place, the new neighbors are this ridiculously loud couple and every time I returned from school I could hear every. Little. Thing. I never said anything because I didn't want to embarrass them, but then when the JERK guy came over one time to chew me out for running a bath in our own home at around 1 am, I seriously let him have it (it wasn't even just the sex, but also the rager parties on weekdays when my parents had to get up in several hours, that would even cause my sweet elderly neighbors to shout at them--unheard--that they were calling the cops. It was all just sooo inconsiderate, then even more unbelievable that he had the nerve to chew me out for a bath! AND he was SO RUDE about it! Yes it still makes my blood boil.) it got quieter for a bit after that, but the other night when I spend it at my parents, sure enough it happened again.

But anyway. . .now one of my roommates is an unbelievable screamer and it's a big topic of amused discussion in our house, but I really like her, so I just deal with it by wearing ear plugs on the night her guy comes over. Unless she pisses me off in other, bigger-but-related ways, I can definitely let it go and just find it funny.

Oops, lots of types--sorry! It's late

Leave a note under the door, hopefully this will give them a chance to stop their behaviour. If they do not then report them to the condo manager (whoever looks after your buildings) or even.. the police!

It's anti-sociable behaviour when it's so loud everybody else gets some..

When you live in a condo I think you have to be aware of your neighbors - it's just plain courtesy. It's not the same as living in a "house". We live in a townhouse and we are aware of our music, the fact that our bedroom wall shares theirs, our conversations on our deck (which is joined with our neighbor's, separated by a privacy wall.)

They might not be aware the walls are so thin and more than likely would be mortified to find out. I think the lighthearted note suggested by Sugar is the way to start - if they still are rude after then take it up with the management.

BRANDYNICOLE730 I agree with you. I got a note on the door saying that we woke "the neighbor" up. I know which one it is too because no one lives under us and the perosn on the left of us is barley home.
We tone it down a little more during the night now, but during the day or early evening...screw you! I pay my rent fair and square just like everyone else. It's my place, and I can have sex as loud as I want whenever I want. When I signed the lease there was nothing stating otherwise.
AND the lady up lives upstairs who left the note is super loud every morning when she wakes (weekend incldued) and also has this huge dog who hair gets ALL OVER our balcony.

well, personally I would classify hairy dogs or banging around in the morning as in a different category as loud sex. No one really wants to hear others bumpin' uglies. It's just tacky.

Loud sex is tacky? We love each other, we have sex, and yea sometimes its loud. I don't see how that is tacky. Maybe if I was bringing home a different guy every night but that is not the case.

This has been on here before but at any rate. Don't call the landlord or the HOA until you have tried a light hearted note. I don't see it as passive agressive at all it's not like your going to write if you don't stop I am going to tell on you. I have a very loud upstairs neighbor Mr. Stompy that I have learned to live with after all we all pay to live there and unfortunately it is part of apartment/Condo/Co-op living.

Loud sex isn't tacky - having sex so that others can hear you is. If you're in a place where it's not an issue then it's fine. Loud music or traipsing around in heels on hardwood floors at 2am is inconsiderate. But having sex so the world can hear is inconsiderate AND tacky. yes. Perfect strangers don't need to hear you express your love for one another. It really just boils down to taking others into consideration. What if there were young children hearing you? Would you still feel the same way, or is it ok because only adults have to be subjected to it?

I'm all for a healthy sex life - but until you have a stand alone house ALL loud noises should be kept in check. Regardless of the rent you pay.

We keep it down at night-time. During the day I see no problem with it.
And children are not allowed in our apartment building, we have very strict regulations about it.

I was also going to mention passiveaggressivenotes.com like lily314. Here's a note you could just photocopy and slip under their door! hee hee http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2007/10/12/down-and-dirty-down-und...

I don't think its fair to judge them. There is a good chance they don't realize you hear them. I like the idea of a discrete anonymous note.

I did have this problem once. When I knew they were home and could hear their voices in the bedroom I pretended I was having a loud phone conversation. I think it worked.... they realized if they could hear me I could hear them.

HA! I'm sorry to say that I was that girl in my last apartment. My neighbors were quite diplomatic and banged on our wall; it cracked us up and we made sure to keep it down.

I would most deff leave that little note somewhere by their door. But, I would leave the "single gal" out of it. Just imagine if they figure out who it was that actually wrote the note. How horrible is that, I live in a condo and when I have sex with my husband I sometimes think to myself can my neighbors hear me.. OMG how horrific!!!!!

There are Noise ordinances! Have a cop drop by for noise pollution lol... just kidding I'm not that mean... I do pound on the wall though... They always get it pretty quickly lol...

The mischievous part of me would want to blast some highly unsexy sounds at them. Like an audio water hose. Maybe children's songs, or Chinese opera. Quick! What's the most unsexy sound ever?

The more non-confrontational side just say get some earplugs and headphones and make yourself effectively deaf to the world while they're doing their thing. Maybe get one of those decibel counter things to let you know when the loudness is over. Or time them a few times to give yourself an idea of how long it takes on average.

Although that can problematic if it's late, you're trying to sleep and you need to hear the alarm the next morning.

Ooh, I know! Use a tape recorder to catch the sounds of them having sex (or any sound recorder you might have - most phones and mp3 players and even computers come with those now). Simply label it: Sounds recorded in neighboring condo. Slip a copy under their door. (Well, maybe only use that as the next step if the polite note doesn't work.)

Next step after all of those: make a video with their sound as the soundtrack and some birds, bees, tunnels, etc as the video. Put it on youtube. Give them the link on another piece of paper slipped under their door.

I'm having way too much fun coming up with these. I should stop myself. Now.

I had this same problem, and i would bang on the wall and yell, "shut the F Up its 3 in the morning" that stopped them.

Why don't you just turn up the music really loud WHILE they're having sex? A couple of times would probably do the trick.

Now, I live in a big house with my boyfriend and another couple (of friends), so I have to keep it down all the time so nobody will feel uncomfortable, and it's really a big downer. I hate it. I don't care when the other couple is having sex, sometimes I hear them, and so what? It's just part of life, and if they are enjoying each other, good for them! I really don't think you should ever tell anyone to be quiet when they're doing it. Loud music is one thing... but sex?

But hey, I'm French.

NDHebert, there is a noise pollution law for people with loud car stereos. If you can hear a peron's car bass from 50 feet, you can all the police, so not so comparitive.

FYI: Actually noise pollution is for more than car stereos look it up and I was only joking!

Leave them a note and then make a formal complaint to the condo board. A couple of commenters have said that she should just get used to it, but sorry, living in a condo means following some rules, particularly rules regarding noise. In my condo you have to be quiet enough to not bother your neighbours by 11:30 pm. I have always been really respectful and kept it down and I expect nothing less from the people living around me.