Vacuuming

For the last two days, my new neighbor upstairs has started vacuuming at 7:30am. Ug. WHY?? And it's not a quick hoovering before heading out the door for work. 45 min. later it's STILL going on.

That or they're sanding the floor. But I would think that would make much more noise, even through thick German concrete walls.

I think the person is American. Or has an American boyfriend. We saw an American guy and his car (military US plates) helping a girl move in.

Don't they know you're not supposed to make ANY noise before 8 or 9 am? If it happens a couple more times, I'm going upstairs and doing a very German thing. Leaving a note.

Update: It wasn't vacuuming and it wasn't from upstairs. It was workers clearing out the store on the ground floor and finishing the walls and floors back to their plain white concreteness. Wow, the vibrations managed to go through the concrete walls up five floors and sound like they were originating from above. And since it was German workers and it's started exactly at 7:30 each morning, I guess that's when you're allowed to start making noise around my apartment.