Some neighbor problems are hard to solve when you don’t even know what you’re being accused of.

For one woman, that’s exactly what’s happening after her neighbor started blaming her for all kinds of noise coming from her apartment.

The problem is, she says most of it isn’t coming from her at all.

She’s already tried explaining that several times, but the complaints keep coming anyway.

Now, after being reported to the landlord and getting another handwritten letter, she’s wondering how much longer she should keep ignoring it.

Keep reading to see what’s been going on.

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 neighbor has been accusing me of: Banging drawers almost every day. Playing the TV too loudly. Moving furniture late at night.

None of this adds up.

Most of his accusations are just silly.

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 would a normal family do this at midnight?

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.

And the only time one of them was true, the neighbor didn’t even complain.

On point 2, my husband came to the flat for a short stay between June and August, and he played the TV loudly for the World Cup. Interestingly, never got a complaint during that period. I was so surprised at the time that I even thought the neighbor had moved out already.

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.

She’s tried speaking with him, but he’s not reasonable.

To add to how odd this whole situation is, 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.

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

Now, she received another letter from him and is unsure what to do.

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.

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? Any advice appreciated.

Yikes! This guy sounds like he’s just looking for trouble.

Let’s check out what the readers over at Reddit think about this whole thing.

Here’s a good point.

According to this reader, she needs to file her own complaint.

This should be a concern to her too.

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This is a good idea, but it may not work.

This would get old really fast.

If she’s not the one making the noise, how is she supposed to fix it?

The guy needs to work with her and the landlord to track down the source of the sound, so they can solve the problem.

Seeing as how he’s probably not going to do that, she should start keeping track of all of his communications in case she needs proof at some point.