I live in a very cramped and run-down shared house. There are four guys on the first floor, and the walls are practically paper-thin. I can even hear the person next door snoring.
Lately, one of my neighbors has been setting his alarm for 3:00 a.m. and keeping it going until 6:30 a.m. Instead of getting up, he let the alarm keep ringing, accompanied by vibrations strong enough to shake the building.
I tried talking to him and filed complaints with the landlord and the property management company, but it didn’t help. I didn’t call the police because I heard that at most, they would just give him a warning—there aren’t any enforcement measures.
I’m not a picky person, so as long as he sets the alarm and turns it off within 10 minutes of waking up, I won’t have any complaints.
I'm mostly just here to vent, but if you have any ideas on how to deal with this situation, please let me know.
Some meaningless complaints（
I’ve removed some of the negative comments of this land; they may have been a bit one-sided.)
by nanami_genji
19 comments
You’re going to have to move. The person is either deaf, or an overly passive aggressive ass hat. If the alarm is going off for 3 hours that’s either by design, or he’s not there.
What you could do is start calling the police everyday at various times saying an alarm is going off and not being stopped but you’re concerned for the persons well being. After the cops coming a few times, if he is in fact home, he may stop it out of fear.
Still probably going to need to move.
You gotta move if nothing happened already. Sleep and Health over everything.
If you’re spiteful try doing it back to them, since you’re already suffering try setting your alarm at 1am and buzz till 3, see if it wakes them up. Try it for a few days.
You can also try earplugs, not some generic foam ones but the professional ones made for loud festivals etc.
Considering to call the police for an alarm clock is WILD
Ugh. This brings back memories of my first tiny mansion room in Sapporo 20 years ago. I worked night shifts and my neighbour’s alarm would go off early and ring for hours. I ended up moving. You have my sympathy.
At risk of annoying your other neighbors, could you set an alarm clock next to his wall for say midnight & let it go until 3am?
spend a bit more money for accommodation, is worth it.
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1. Why tf would you live there? Move. I am sure there are better options for almost the same rent and location.
2. If you absolutely cannot move yet for some reason, get noise cancelling earbuds, open some white noise on youtube premium if you have it. They will NOT be able to cancel out all the alarm noise, that crap is loud. But they will minimize it. Then keep calling police on that guy, continuously for a few days.
He will learn. He will fear.
3.If possible, sleep ealier in the day, so you wake up earlier and have time to combat against his bs.
4. If you want to spite him, you could set your own alarm at 20:30, or something, right when he is about to sleep not when he already does.
Sounds like you’re learning that people are people and stereotypes that generalize an entire country into a single hivemind are harmful for everyone involved. It’s a part of culture shock, no worries.
Yeah I was in a cheap hostel for the first 2 weeks upon arrival and also had some super rude people there, one even tried to beat me up when I unplugged the washing machine after telling him several times he should not start the machine past midnight as I want to sleep and the machine was right next to all the rooms that didn’t even have doors (just a curtain)
Was some Nepalese guy and he told me he needs to work all day so he can’t wash his clothes on normal times… still not my problem, I need my sleep… he tried to beat me up but his son jumped in between knowing it would be bad if I would call the police after getting attacked so the guy instead beat up is son 😟
bad experience.
Living in a normal flat on my own for 2 years now but the walls are also super thin and my neighbour is snoring all day 😰 no idea how he can be at home almost 24/7 and how he can snore almost 24/7 but he does … I got used to sleeping with ear plugs
oh no this happened to me during my the last recession. same 3 am alarm and wont turn it off for 4 hours. I tried talking to him but its “his right to do what he wants in his apartment “
I ended up moving. it was good for 2 months then…
my bottom neighbor stard playibg EDM rave music at 2 am every night with loud bass….
I tried talking to him about it and he said “isnt it like a club in here wanna join??”
🙁
then I didnt sleep during the day for a couple of months and developed a rash all over. apparently toxins cannot be filtered if you dont sleep at night
Perhaps get earplugs?
Yeah, you’ll have to move. If it’s going on for this long and nothing has changed, he’s made it clear he won’t accommodate for you. I had this happen in Korea, too. People would make noise at odd ends of the night and wouldn’t shut up.
Welcome to Japan, that’s life. Best thing you can do is move and hope that the new place will have better isolation.
lol who cares honestly about your alarm clock story
This is unfortunately common in sharehouses.
Just confront him, don’t get angry and crazy just talk to him about it. People need to take care of their own issues face to face. Even in Japan. Try it if you haven’t yet. It’s better than taking revenge or something stupid someone recommended like that.
Put a lock on your door and buy a loud alarm clock and set it to ring 3 to 4 hours while he’s trying to fall asleep.
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