I live in a small community (only 10 apartments) the apartments are for disabled people and senior citizens. There is one neighbor that always disturbs the peace. I have told my landlord about this. When my neighbors family comes that is when the disturbance starts. I can always tell when her family visits all of their cars have mufflers and her family drives like they are in an auto race. When her family talks they are shouting. I can hear them in my apartment.
My lease says there should be no disturbance that disrupts the enjoyment of the community and failure to obey these rules can result in termination of the lease. I have told my landlord about the loud neighbor over and over. I even called a police officer on her. The landlord says none of the other residents have complained. I said maybe it's because they are older and can't hear as well. Nothing has been done as of yet.
Does anyone know what I can do to get this problem resolved??
2007-06-21 19:52:19 · 5 answers · asked by jempast 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
It sounds to me like you have very good grounds to terminate your lease and move out of your apartment. The best thing that you can do is to keep bugging your landlord and write a formal letter notifying him/her of your intention to terminate your lease due to his/her failure to abide by the terms agreed upon by both parties.
If you would rather stay in your apartment, rather than move out, you should just keep doing what you are doing. Complain loudly to the landlord and ask them to seek an eviction on the neighbor who is disturbing you. Calling the police may help, but you need to realize that noise complaints rank VERY low in order or priority for a police department. You may have to wait a while before an officer shows up.
2007-06-21 20:07:06 · answer #1 · answered by aftergl0w12 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Move out. A retirement community is not a nice place to live because everyone is the same and complain about everything. So when you have a legitament complaint it goes in a pile with all the other complaints. When you get complaints all day long from a bunch of feeble bellyachers you tend to push them off and hope they go away. But if you have to stay there you will have to put up with the trailer trash neighbors family. So call the police for every disturbance and maybe that will help. It can't hurt.
2007-06-22 00:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by thomas m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing is not to even mess with the landlord. Call the police and they will come on the grounds for a noise violiation. If you ever partied in high school and college you know this full well.
In your case it seems pretty serious. The cops will come and give the people a warning usually. Now it is documented, if they cops come back they will get a ticket or worse. The cops wont say who put in the call either. It is win win.
2007-06-22 03:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by DAVIDRZR 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they are being loud at 2:00 in the afternoon it's a lot different than at 2:00 am.
if they are loud at 2:00 am, you have a problem. call the police again. call the landlord at 2:00 am and let him hear for himself. place a video camera in your apt. to capture the noise you hear inside (you might need it for court).
if they are loud at 2:00 in the afternoon , you have a problem you need to deal with on your own.
2007-06-22 01:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by ohmy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write letter to landlord, send by certified mail, file copy with circuit clerk.
that is the first steps.
that will probably be enough to motivate your landlord into action.
certified mail usually has that effect on people, because they think the next step will land them in a court room, which usually it does.
2007-06-21 20:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋