So I live in an apartment and my next door neighbor is SO LOUD. Don't underestimate, he slams cupboards shut and all I hear is the banging, kis kids throw balls against the walls, he has NEVER picked up one pile of dog poo and I take my dog that same way...I counted 22 piles yesterday in a 10x10 radius. What tops it all off is his alarm clock. For a while it was everyday, but not as often now. It will go off from 5AM until 7:30AM against my bedroom wall. I get up at 8. I have asked him nicely about his clock, which is why it stopped for a while. I complained to the fron toffice TWICE about him. I don't know how much more I can take, but I don't want to be the tenant that complains to the front all the time. I wake up at 5AM with the urge to key his car or something awful. I don't know how much more I can take or what else to do. Oh, and he is not technically allowed to have his dogs or his kids (it's an upstairs apt.) WHAT CAN I DO!!
2006-12-04 03:53:15 · 20 answers · asked by memememe!! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I am a waitress and can't afford a house and my lease is up in September of 07'. He moved in shortly after I signed another lease. so moving is out of the question. And I have tried talking to him. It made no difference.
2006-12-04 04:00:30 · update #1
you should complain again. i don't think there is anything else you can do. if it persists then you could try getting out of your lease. i had a very noisy neighbor at my last complex and i complained several times. nothing was ever done. i eventually got fed up and told the landlord that i had to move as i couldn't live like that. i was allowed to break my lease without penalty as they had all of my complaints on file. you may not get as lucky as i did but it is worth a shot. good luck
2006-12-04 03:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Had the same problem one time. So I set my alarm clock for about two hours before theirs. It worked for a while, but then I guess they got used to it. So then I would set it on the weekends, when I knew they would be home (and I wouldn't) and they didn't need to get up. Eventually they became more considerate.
Another thing you can do is to put all of your complaints in writing. Don't nit-pick, but during the times when it's unbearable, note the time and date. Also, document the poop situation, maybe even with a picture. Take these and file them with the management; get a signature on your copies (ask for a signed copy). It is ultimately their responsibility to provide a peaceful place for you to live. If you have a tape recorder, make a recording of the noise at different times and say what it is and when (time and date) so that it will be on the tape as well. That may carry a little more weight than just your saying that it's happening.
If they have it in the lease that monthly inspections will be done, advise them that they need to check the wall that the kids are bouncing the balls off for damage. They may force them to leave for that.
I would only involve the police as a last resort. That can sometimes get really ugly and backfire; then you become the person with the law on your doorstep every time you breathe. If you have to though, take the signed copies from management and any recordings you've made as backup to show that you have attempted a reasonable and peaceful settlement to this and as evidence that there is a problem.
If it comes down to the police and still nothing gets done, you could try contacting a civil attorney. Many will write a letter for you for as little as $30 - $50. While you don't have to follow up on it, the threat of getting sued over something that is well within their control may be enough to get them to stop or move.
In the event nothing works, try talking to management about breaking your lease for no fee. Either way, moving will solve it for good.
2006-12-04 12:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by Goyo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But, if he can't have dogs in an upstairs apartment, and he is your next door neighbor, and you also have a dog, aren't you breaking a rule too?
What i would do is bang back when the kids throw stuff at the wall, and bang on the wall like crazy in the morning with the alarm. Maybe get a dart board and hang it on the shared bedroom wall. Maybe getting some of your aggressions out at 1AM will help you to sleep through the alarm at 5AM.
Complain like crazy, call the cops, and if that doesn't work move out.
The complex should care more about having an apartment that keeps going vacant due to a crappy tenant than losing a crappy tenant and having all great tenants.
2006-12-04 12:05:37 · answer #3 · answered by ShavenLlama 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Check out what your local noise restriction are via your Police Department. If the noise is unreasonable then they may see fit to file a formal noise complain. However generally alarm clocks and just being a little on the rough side isn't grounds for formal complaint.
Even then it may be a long road. I have a neighbor below me who will play guitar, music, movies at top volume at all night almost every night effectively waking up the entire building (only 11 apartments) We have made it a ritual to gather outside and wait for either the police or landlord to show up and hut him up as he will not listen to reason. However he has been deemed mentally deficient and thus not responsible for his regular barrages of noise. Which also result in the land lord having a very tough time getting rid of him.
2006-12-04 14:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by smedrik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do feel for you, truly.
My neighbors are also loud and selfish. They run up the stairs, THUD, THUD, THUD, any time of day or night. Keep the dustbin right beside my living room window (Pooh!), and directly beneath my bedroom. They slam it's lid every morning at 7:15 (I don't need to set my alarm), the sound travels up the wall, through the air vent in my built-in wardrobe and frightens me out of my sleep every morning! They keep a skip in the garden, which echos clanging sounds as they chuck things in at all times of day including very late at night.
I've tried to ask politely, it doesn't work. They took umbridge ("our bin doesn't smell") and now they're spiteful and vindictive, rude and ever more ignorant.
I'm sorry to say, but I can only advise you to keep a low profile, saying anything to anyone is likely to mean you come off worse. You have to bear it until it comes right on it's own.
Perhaps you could try being friendly, I wish I'd tried that first - friends may have a bit of consideration for you, but who knows. Sorry.
2006-12-04 13:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by Honey W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is weird, I was just thinking yesterday, when I saw an apt for rent sign, how horrible it is to live in apartments because of the noise. I lived in two apartment buildings and both times had noisy neighbors. I think it is a fact of apartment life.
Starting trouble with him could backfire, he most likely won't change.
The documentations ideas sound good, to present to the landlord, that could work.
I understand your money situation. Is there anyway you could find someone to share a house with? It has it's own problems; it is a choice of lesser evils if you can't afford to buy a house, Like me(I have a very annoying roommate). Good Luck.
2006-12-04 12:38:21 · answer #6 · answered by crct2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I feel your pain - I live directly below Bigfoot! It's a woman, and I swear she stomps around in mountain boots 3 sizes too big. She has a big dog that thunders across the floor constantly, and it sounds like she drops at least half of everything she picks up. I'm going to ask someone from the leasing office to come over some evening when she's up there tromping around, that way they hear it for themselves and don't think I'm just being too sensitive. Good luck!
2006-12-04 12:03:33 · answer #7 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
document exact time and exact sound you hear, read in your lease to see what the apartment regulations about noise are
While you hate to be the one to report him to the office all the time, that's your only option other than living with it.
Luckily when I had a similar situation at my old apartment complex, the neighbor moved after a few months.
Good luck. I would say buy earplugs (which I did for a while) but it doesn't necessarily help.
Oh, and also report the doggie do issues. That's ridiculous!
2006-12-04 11:58:16 · answer #8 · answered by teel2624 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tough situation. It's hard not to do anything without coming off as a b*tch about it. If you're allowed to have your dog, then complain about his, tell about the no-poop cleanup. And as for the kids, can't really do anything without being super mean about it, which sucks. Just got a mental note of somehow feeding his dog something that'll give it the runs so that it leaks poop all over his apartment... but again - can't really do anything without being a mean b*tch about it. You could put your foot down and be like, "These are the bylaws, I pay to live here too and he is NOT abiding by them"
2006-12-04 11:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Cynthia 604 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
File an anonymous Loud Noise Complaint with your local police department. The police will come to the door and talk with them directly. They will even speak with you, if that is what you want. Good luck. These things take time, as I have had the same situation for some time myself.
2006-12-04 11:56:17 · answer #10 · answered by wespectmyauthoritah 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋