Alistair Craib said a beer can was thrown at him when he attempted to complain about loud music at the Victoria University hall of residence Katharine Jermyn on Boulcott St, Wellington.

Loud music and flying beer cans at a Victoria University hall has sparked a flurry of complaints from disgruntled neighbours.

Some neighbours who live nearby to the Katharine Jermyn hall, on the corner of Boulcott Street and the Terrace in Wellington, have complained of blaring music coming from the building during any night of the week.

Alistair Craib, who lives two doors down from the hall, said the noise coming from the residence is unbearable.

Craib has lived in his Terrace apartment for four years and had considered buying it before the hall opened in February.

"Our quality of life has been affected. We have been offered to buy our flat but we have now put that on hold. We don't know if we want it any more," he said.

Frustrations boiled over last Wednesday night when Craib went to the hall to ask for the music to be turned down.

He was meet outside by a security guard who told him to leave the premises.

Craib said cans of beer were thrown at him from the eighth floor, which was confirmed by a student who was there.

Police said they attended the incident last week but could not confirm whether beer cans were thrown.

Rovin Bhan, from Oxygen property management, has an office in the same building as Craib's apartment. He said a number of the residents in the building had come to the company with concerns about the racket.

"We have occasionally had tenants from this building coming down saying there has been noise from the building," he said.

"We are concerned to an extent, but we don't manage that building so we don't have any authority there."

Craib said before the hall was established the apartment was ideal for him and his partner.

"It was great, really quiet, really peaceful, a lot of professional people and a few students. Now you sort of don't want to be there in the evenings. You get sick of hearing their music."

Although the music gets turned off at 10pm he said they were unable to watch television until that time.

Craib has laid a number of complaints with noise control and Victoria University, but feels as if his frustrations are not being taken seriously.

"Nobody seems to want to do anything about it. Vic Uni doesn't want to do anything, that's for sure.

"We have rung the Vic Uni security number and they say there is not a lot they can do."

The university's acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Frazer Allan said six noise complaints had been laid against the hall.

Staff from the hall had called the police on Wednesday evening because they were concerned about the safety of students and staff, he said.

"The safety of our students and staff is of paramount importance. Security at the Hall has been increased since Wednesday night."

Students were aware of the expectations around noise control and were all briefed on what behaviour was expected of them, he said.

"We run briefing sessions about expectations regarding behaviour and neighbourhood requirements, have regular promotional campaigns about issues such as alcohol, and provide safety vans to transport students to and from the CBD."

He encouraged people who heard unwanted noise coming from a hall to contact their office immediately.

Wellington City Council's noise control team also had four complaints about the hall. In each case the occupants of the hall turned down their music.

Earlier this year Katharine Jermyn Hall was one of three Victoria University hostels slapped with a temporary alcohol ban after a number of large parties.