Frimlin

Strange thing is, I had never thought of those suggestions either! Perhaps I should call the police, just in case! You see things like this in the news all the time.. "the neighbour thought something was suspicious but never reported it.." hahah!

I suggest recording the drilling sounds first so you have evidence of it then the next time it starts, try following the sound to see which neighbor it is exactly. Then knock on the door and sheepishly ask if they have an egg you can borrow for cooking, just to see if -c-

you can get a peek to see what they're doing. Make idle talk to keep them from being suspicious and see if they volunteer any information on what the sound. You might even feign a yawn, apologize, and explain that you're tired because a strange drilling sound keeps waking you up

It's sounds like a great plan. But I am an almost pure English speaker, living in France. There's only one English speaking neighbour... the rest are all pure French speakers. It complicates things, for sure. Ahh well, I hope to leave here as soon as I can...

Too bad

Hopefully you get out before too long

Thank you! I hope so too. I really appreciate you trying to help, though. But I am resigned to just grin and bear it, for now... At least I'm getting up early enough now that the noise doesn't wake me anymore.

Welcome I had a neighbor doing something similar in a previous apartment building, that's how I got it to stop Most of the time the neighbor doesn't realize how long those sounds are