Michael and Catherine Taranto first heard their walls creak, bang and moan on a spring night in 2014. The noises made it feel as if they were in the hull of a ship and continued until morning.

It was the first of many sleepless nights for the couple who were to face five years of being tormented by the noises, which strained their marriage and eventually forced them to sell their dream home on the 12th floor of a Melbourne apartment tower.

Creaking noises have forced Michael Taranto to sell his dream home in the Prima Pearl tower. Credit:Justin McManus

After countless failed rectification works, the ongoing creaking noises had turned their home into an "unliveable nightmare". The couple will pull up stumps at the end of this month.

The Prima Pearl tower is the second residential tower in Melbourne built by construction giant Multiplex that has been plagued by creaking noises. Last month, The Age revealed residents in Southbank's Australia 108 building had to put up with similar noises.