House hacking nightmare

[Shane Collins]

I have been renting my duplex for about 6 months to a family 3 kids and mom and dad. 1 of the kids 1 yr old. The kid is a demon. He is literally either screaming or beating on the floor all day every day. Every time he runs I can hear his feet pounding on the tile or hardwood. I have talked to the tenant about noise several times mainly about it after 9pm and nothing has changed. Everything downstairs is hard wood or tile except the bedrooms I can hear every bang noise and every scream. It is driving me insane since I work from home. I am literally going insane. Get this.. I live on the top floor.. other than noise the tenant does laundry every single day, every single freaking day.. we are planning on buying a coin washer for that problem. I need a solution please!! What can I do! I need an inexpensive sound proofing method I don't want to hear her kids anymore.. will carpet help if I put it on my floor or do I need to do something else?

[Robert Freeborn]

Just a thought, the 1 year old might have some actual health issues. My son is on the spectrum, and sometimes he screams and yells no matter what. Sometimes you will say the wrong thing, and he will flip for hours. Sometimes you can take a car ride, other times you can't. Sometimes they run around, and scream, and yell.  Sometimes his sister will yell, and he will yell louder, because thats how he releases stress. While we can usually control it, sometimes we can't. 

If they are on drugs, it is an entirely other issue. But the mother may have issues herself and may be on prescription drugs, many of which can cause eyes to contract like that. 

My point is this: you don't know what their issues are. But you DID lease to a family with small children. If you weren't prepared for that, then i'm sorry, but it sucks to be you. Learn from it for the type of client you want next time and screen for. Buy some headphones, and non-renew when the lease comes up.  And remember, your tenants could always be ALOT worse.