Too close for comfort

This post is just a rant to keep me from decking someone. I will be back to my calm, cool, collected self momentarily.

We have lived in our apartment since 2003 and have never had a problem until last August. Our old neighbors got divorced and moved out. They had a little boy but we rarely heard noise coming from upstairs. Then, (insert scary movie noise) the neighbors from hell moved in. For about 2 months there was construction noises that started at 8 am and continued until 5 or 6 pm. Now, their apartment is not that huge but a new kitchen was put in, a new bathroom suite, new floors throughout and I am assuming walls were painted and all that. When they finally moved in, we figured the construction site was finished. Boy were we wrong with a capital W. The first few months there were drill noises and hammering every evening from 8pm til 11 or 12 pm. I was 7 or 8 months pregnant, hot, and ill. About once a week we had to bang on the radiator pipes to remind them that we can hear everything and it was time to knock it off. We put up with that for almost a year. They are newly married and it is their first house but keep in mind that they are also renters. This is not even their house that they are working on constantly. The girl is also obviously very clean. I am woken by the vacuum cleaner every morning at 8 am. She moves every stick of furniture in her house, everyday. They have a cleaning lady come in every Saturday but the wife is up at midnight cleaning before the cleaner comes. I have learned many Turkish curse words from my husband due to them. I ask myself time and time again if they ever just sit down.

Every soccer match they have friends over and the whole time there is moving furniture. I have no idea what they do but they move furniture so much it causes Yasemin's baby monitor to go off so I have to jump up every 10 minutes to see if she is awake or if it comes from upstairs. It also doesn't help my husband's temper that they are supporters for our teams biggest rivals. We understand we live in an apartment and that comes with some noises but this is nuts.

We have told the doorman, we have asked the apartment manager to please speak to them and remind them that we have a baby that likes to sleep sometimes, and we have our bang on the pipe method. Well, last night they got me pissed. My husband had to go to work for a little while last night at 8:30 and around 9:30 the noise got so loud I could not even hear my TV. The baby was sleeping and I did not want her to be woken up. I went to the pipes and knocked a few times. As soon as I sat down, there came back 5 knocks on the pipes. That did it, I jumped up, grabbed the baby monitor, put on my shoes and grabbed my keys. Normally I am a very easy going person. I tend to go with the flow and it takes a lot to get me angry but when I do get angry, watch out. I got into the hallway and realized I might punch somebody so I came back in to calm down a second before I went up. About 5 minutes later the doorbell rang and I thought it was them. I went to the door reciting the Turkish phrases I wanted to use in my head(Excuse me, but maybe you don't realize it is 10pm and I have a baby trying to sleep. We understand some noises but can you maybe put some felt or something on the bottoms of your chairs and furniture? etc etc ). I opened the door and it was my husband. I told him what is going on and as soon as I got finished explaining the loud screeching came from upstairs. We tried to get the doorman but he was out. Today he will get an earful. I am just one loud bang from letting out my inner redneck, and believe me, they don't want that.....

Update: The doorman's wife caught me on my balcony and asked me what was going on. I told her and she can't understand it either. They will talk to the neighbors...we will see what happens.