I live in a developing country where noise laws are practically non-existent or never enforced. If your neighbor decides to blast music at 3 AM or start drilling holes in the wall on a Sunday morning, there is literally nothing you can do. The police won't come, and if they do, they’ll just say "it's their apartment, they can do what they want."
I feel like I'm slowly losing my mind due to the constant noise and lack of sleep. I want to know how it works in the rest of the world.
Is it possible to fight back if a neighbor, say, makes a lot of noise during the day (say, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.), but does so without interruption?
What penalties are provided for noisy neighbors?
Is it difficult to defend your rights in such matters?
I’m just trying to see if there is hope somewhere else or if this is a global struggle.