“I feel completely destroyed by all the noise – not during night time only, but during the day we get also get construction noises, deliveries for boutique hotels, and constant digging,” the 59-year-old woman told Lovin Malta.

“It’s been like this for years now, and when the night arrives, my mind is already broken from all the noises.”

The woman explained how due to living right next door to a new boutique hotel, she constantly experiences noises related to loading and unloading during the day.

“I have the loading bay of a boutique hotel right next to my front door – from deliveries, trash collection, laundry collection, we have constant loud noises from trucks coming and going non-stop,” she told the newsroom.

“This is never spoken about – and now they want to increase noises at night too? We’re already going crazy,” she said. 

“Living in Valletta has become a nightmare,” she expressed.

The woman also lives close to a popular jazz bar in Valletta, which features evenings of live jazz music every Friday for six months during the year.

“I didn’t use to hate jazz, but now I hate it – it makes me sick,” the woman said, after having no choice but to endure years of weekly jazz.

She detailed how she’s had to also invest in silicone earplugs to tune out the outside noises, as she looks at the time eagerly waiting for moments of silence when all is done. 

“I close all of the windows, with the ear plugs, TV volume full-on to not hear anything, looking at the time to see how much is left,” she said. “I can’t live without them now.”

“Where is the respect?” she questioned. “Does it have to be so loud? Are people deaf?” she said.

The woman emphasised once again that when the evening comes, residents are just looking for some peace and quiet to end their already noisy day on a more silent note.

Since the recent legal notice, many people are calling for its’ reversal, with the Opposition even putting a motion forward later on today to have it changed.

What do you make of this woman’s reality?