Loud Neighbor
sgtgregg
18 years ago
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Comments (5)I have shared walls with neighbors with & without children. I have children myself. I have always made my children walk on the steps, even if the neighbors weren't home. When the neighbor kids pounded up and down the steps & kicked walls, my kids had to walk. My kids would argue how it was unfair how they had to follow rules & be quiet when the neighbors sounded like they were herding elephants & zebras. I feel bad for the people who moved into my old place. I called the landlord and letters were sent on several occasions to the parents, but nothing was ever done. I moved. It's amazing, no matter how hard you try to teach your kids to respect others and follow rules, you end up having to cave and move because the "rules" don't apply to everyone....See Moreloud neighbors!
Comments (2)The next step is to contact the Tenants association in your area and find out what the noise ordinances are in your city. You should also keep a log of when the noise occurs and what is done about it. Instead of calling or telling the landlord, give him the complaint in WRITING. If necessary, send it certified/return receipt. Make a copy for your own records. This will put him on notice that you are serious and not going to keep putting up with this. This log also establishes a pattern that will make a judge more inclined to rule in your favor if you need to get out of your lease early. There are noise ordinances and nuisance laws for a reason. The law states that you have a right to "quiet enjoyment of your property". Read your lease. It should have wording in it about noise. If the landlord won't do something about this, I would move. Your much more likely to get your deposit back if you follow these steps....See MoreFix all for Noisy neighbors
Comments (22)I can empathis with those of you struggling with noisy neighbors. I have had three in a row. The owners are clueless and reluctant to ask upstairs tenants to tone things down. On top of it all they tiled all the apartments, claiming they put soundproof cloth under the tiles but my neighbors have a new child and they wheel her around on their office chair all day long....driving me from my apartment. I have tried everything from complaining to using earplugs - nothing works. I think asking people to wear earplugs is crazy, since I can not possibly ask my visitors to wear them and wearing them for too long can have health problems including ear infections. It costs way too much to move. The resident manager was even put on notice because her kids were making way too much noise in her upstairs apartment and it forced the tenants who were renting under her to move out - that cost the woners money and their relationship has suffered as a result. Constant noise is stressful and can result in health problems and I have not only been driven from my apartment several times, but in calling the law found the tenants upstairs only too willing to retaliate. The owners dont care. HOWEVER they have some open units. I will be making up a nice sign to hang outside my door warning visitors of a possible loud noise sitution if and when they enter and that they shold be expected to wear ear plugs and or have our visit terminated early due to the din....hopefully the message will get through because I have even had to go to a friends house for a couple of nights in order to get sleep because I was exhausted from the constant noise. I have even read articles about tenants who have suffered so long they were driven to extremes - one guy blasted his neighbors alarm clock with a shot gun because it was so loud and woke him early every morning. I am constantly reading - oh just move, oh it isnt the fault of the tenants, or you are too sensitive, these are just excuses for bad behavior, inconsideration and owners not wanting to spend any money to remedy the problem. I was raised to respect others, includig their sensibilities, live can be lived without being a nuisance to others and it should be, but complacency is the new norm now and people are forced to deal with issues that are above and beyond reasonable....See Moreloud neighbors
Comments (2)Have you followed up with the manager and informed her that the letter did nothing to lower the noise level? She's not going to know unless you tell her. Document, document, document. Keep a list of what type of noise, when it happens and how it affects you. 11:30 pm. Bouncing balls overhead. Woke me up. 7 am. Jumping and running. Couldn't hear news on TV set to normal volume. That sort of thing. Some of what you are hearing is, unfortunately, just what you have to accept with apartment life in the US--footsteps, doors closing, etc. But there is noise and there is excessively loud noise. And the really loud noise can be controlled. See if you can get the manager to come over to your place while the noise is happening. That might help. But I'd start investigating other apartments that have better noise control and make plans to move when your lease is up. There's a newborn baby living below me and I only hear her cry when the windows are open. It *is* possible to have an apartment when every single little sound doesn't carry....See Moresgtgregg
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