Imagine living next to a neighbor who complains that you’re making a lot of noise. He’s even very specific about what he thinks you’re doing that’s causing the noise.

What would you do if you weren’t actually doing any of the things he claimed you’re doing, but he still kept complaining?

In this story, one woman is in that exact situation. Thankfully, it seems that the landlord is on her side, but the neighbor still won’t stop complaining. She’s not sure what to do.

Keep reading for the whole story.

Neighbour keeps accusing me of noise I’m not making. Reported me to the landlord and now sent a second handwritten letter

I live with my daughter, no one else in the flat. My neighbour has been accusing me of:

Banging drawers almost every day

Playing the TV too loudly

Moving furniture late at night

She finds it ridiculous and hilarious.

None of this adds up.

On point 3 especially, if I actually did this, of course he’d have grounds to complain.

But it’s just my daughter and me at home, why would we be moving furniture around at midnight?

It’s already hilarious to think about this lol. Why on earth will a normal family do this in midnight?

It’s so ironic.

On point 1, all my drawers are the newer soft-close type, they don’t slam, they close themselves gently even if you don’t push them all the way in.

We also never slam our doors. We always ease them shut. We never let them bang closed.

On point 2, my husband came to the flat for a short stay between June to August and he played TV loudly for world cup.

Interestingly, never got a complaint during that period. I was so surprised by the time that I even thought the neighbour has moved out already.

It really doesn’t make sense.

What’s telling is what he is NOT complaining about. Normal, unavoidable household sounds like showering or washing dishes every night.

He never mentions those but only the things we haven’t actually done.

If they were genuinely sensitive to everyday sound through the walls, you’d expect those to come up too.

To add to how odd this whole situation is that he’s installed cameras on his balcony and at the front door. As far as I know, nobody else in our entire estate has done this.

At least the landlord is on her side.

I’ve clarified this to him directly multiple times through WhatsApp, but he just ignored.

On top of messaging me repeatedly on WhatsApp about the “noise,” he has also gone and complained about me to the landlord in our building’s group chat.

Gratefully my landlord has trust on me and ignores his complaints.

I’ve told him several times as well to go through the council, the management company, or the police if he genuinely believes there’s an issue, but he just ignored all of that and just keeps coming directly at me.

She feels like she only has two options.

Today I received another handwritten letter from them repeating all of the above accusations. The first one was sent in Jan 2025.

I don’t understand why he sent me a handwritten letter again when he has my number and I don’t understand why he never comes straight to me about all those accusations.

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At this point I’m not sure what my options are:

do I just keep documenting and ignoring it, do I need to respond to the letter in writing, or is it worth going to the management company/council myself at this stage to get this on record?

It really is so weird that the neighbor is complaining about things they aren’t doing but doesn’t complain about things they are doing that actually cause noise.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person offers some advice.

Another person offers a suggestion that might work.

This person points out that she has evidence.

Here’s another suggestion.

Helping the neighbor problem-solve and figure out what the noise actually is might be the best approach. If she can figure out what he’s really hearing, he’ll stop complaining about her and to her. Instead of being mad at the neighbor, she could realize he’s hearing something and let him know she’s on his side and wants to help stop the noise.

I wonder what he’s really hearing.