Neighbor blasts loud music day and night and it's disturbing me.

I've been there. I know the pain. Management can only send warning letters, they cannot evict. You can call guards, but the neighbors sometimes can ignore them. I've checked with local police and they said they would only come if the noise disturbance is between Midnight and 6AM. Neighbors are smart enough to avoid that time

So when you have this kind of situation, your only option is to make the best of it. Some tips :-

  1. Get active noise cancelling headphones. Get either Sony WH-1000XM3 or Bose QC35 II. It is pricy but it a worthy investment. Don't go cheap because other ANC headphones will not be able to block most of the low frequencies noise (bass). Especially if you can feel vibration on the walls and windows. I spent RM200 for cheap big brand and the noise cancelling is very weak that its practically useless.

  2. If ANC headphones are out of your budget, get industry strength earmuffs. Get the one with highest NRR ratings that you can afford. 3M has plenty of good earmuffs. Get 3M Rated NRR 27, 28 or the strongest that they have is NRR31. Expect to spend RM100 - RM200. Wearing the earmuffs , the whole world become almost silent.

  3. When all else fails, get a big loud bluetooth speaker. This is MAD (mutually assurance destruction) strategy. Play loud music whenever they started. Some people are extremely selfish. They wont change their habit unless they are personally affected. The goal is to train their action has consequences. Just like training a dog. Play sappy songs, oldies song, children song, scottish bagpipes. Play and leave the house for couple of hours. Dont play clubbing or recent popular musics since they probably love it.

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