hitherto unknown

Every year around about this time, we get new neighbours. And although they are mostly students, usually they are the post-grad variety (doing a masters degree). Thinking back, the first year we lived in our apartment we had 3 girls living upstairs. I can't remember anything specific about them, other than we rarely saw or heard them. Last year's lot were an ok sort of bunch, the did have 2 parties during their year upstairs but that isn't so bad, even if they could have rivaled a stadium concert with the amount of people + loudness of music.

Recently coming back from the grocery store, we met one of the new neighbours moving in. We had a very brief chat and introduced ourselves, and for a time that fear of hellish neighbours which comes along at this time of year was alleviated.

Sigh. Since then, there's been a great deal of banging and clanging in the next apartment (not directly above us in fact, but up one level and to the side of our apartment) and considering the distance between the 2 apartments it's disturbing that we're hearing any sound at all.

Initally I thought it would settle down after they had moved their stuff in, but along with shouting up the stairs, slaming the fire escape door (why is it nobody ever living there has worked out how to shut the damn thing properly???) at all hours, and other such 'shenanigans'.
I'm starting to worry. I have a meeting with the landlord next week which will need a discussion about this - and the overuse of the fire escape as a 'chill out' area. (Health and Saftey Act UK, folks)

I have to say I hope for their sakes they don't go overboard with this hell-noise, because as sure as hell is hot in summer, if I have to knock on their door for a talk the ill-tempered half of me will have them wimpering like puppies kicked in the backside.

And another thing, they had better be going home for most of the summer (most students here do)
'Cause I happen to enjoy those few months of lone kingship 'ver the domain.