Advise about breaking my lease.?

Question

I have lived in my apartment for over a year, just renewed my lease in February. I work the most awful hours you can imagine, therefore I sleep when you are awake, and when I'm awake, you are asleep. My neighbors just had ANOTHER baby and the kids SCREAMS all the time. The other kid likes to get on the piano and walk across it. Not only that, but I swear these people have every possible musical instrument and plays it every chance they get. I have said something to my complex and they advised they would "write them a letter." Whoo hoo buddy! Did it stop? Negative. I am done living here. The lack of sleep is effecting me during my operating hours. My complex manager wants over $1000 to get out of my lease, Um Negative. I'm not paying. Does anyone have any legal advice? Don't bother with your uneducated/rude comments.

I am not calling the police...considering I work for them, it is not worth it. I hate it when people call in retarded complaints, this is being one of them. I like to keep my home/work life separate

Answer 1

Complain to your manager constantly. If you have a Courtesy Officer call him constantly, if not call the police for a noise disturbance. Maybe the Manager will get tired of hearing from you and let you out of the lease. (probably not though) Really the only legal way out of the lease is to pay the reletting fee and other applicable fees. If you just renewed you lease, $1000 to get out of it is actually cheap.

Answer 2

You probably won't like my answer but unless the noise goes over a certain level you are stuck. I don't know where you live but your city might have a way to measure the noise level to cite them for violating the noise ordinance if they are that is.

Soundproofing your place could be your only option if you don't want to pay to break your lease. A cheap way is to use foam filler in your door or put thick blankets over all your doors and windows. Stupid as it sounds upholstered furniture absorbs noise and so does carpets. Wall hangings too. Put weatherstripping everywhere to help keep noise out.

I lived next door to a screaming baby and it made me want to sit down and cry sometimes so I can really sympathise with you but the sad truth is that as long as the noise doesn't violate an ordinance and not before or after certain hours like before 8am and after 10pm you are out of luck.

Does your lease have a provision for noise being heard outside an apartment? Look because if it has that and the landlord doesn't do something about it you could maybe get out that way but you need to keep good records with dates times and put all complaints in writing.

You didn't say anything about talking to the people but maybe you should, Don't get insulting with them but explain you work nights and you cant take it any more. People who have alot of kids get used to the racket and sometimes they don't even know that the kids are really bothering other people.

Answer 3

If you truly want out, be prepared to cough out the $1000 fee. While the circumstances you describe don't necessarily make for pleasant living, your lease doesn't guarantee such pleasantries, nor does it guarantee that other tenants will remain quiet simply because YOU work the odd hours. Remember, the time frame you are complaining about is normal waking hours for others, especially those with little children.

Try pleasantly talking to your neighbors, courteously explaining your situation. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. As well, you might invest in a high quality set of sound deadening 'earmuffs' to help you sleep.

Answer 4

Yes you have got a hire that may easily be broke by means of giving a 30-day become aware of and not anything extra. That is to YOUR improvement. The dull landlord did not even learn the hire he pulled from the web b/c the foundations are generally exceptional for an extended hire time period than a month to month. I would not say some thing....b/c of his mistake, you improvement b/c you presently have a hire that you will not ought to pay any charges to damage.