angry ignorant neighbors downstairs?
veggieturnover
12 years ago
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veggieturnover
12 years agolast modified: 9 years agoRelated Discussions
My downstairs neighbors won't leave me alone! Help! (long post)
Comments (4)The situation may be too tense at this point, but could you ask the neighbor to call you with the plan to let them come inside your unit during a "stomping episode" to prove to them that sound travels and it's not coming from your unit? Ideally one of them could come upstairs and another could wait from within the unit. Or perhaps management could send one person to each unit and see how loud it really is (are expectations unreasonable?) and upstairs you will have a witness that normal movements are happening upstairs regardless of what they hear. If you have any travel plans, could you use this to your advantage to establish it as a fact that they are hearing noise from another unit? It's obvious they don't believe this. Anything for them to stop calling the police, because that is clearly not solving anything and is wasting city resources... what an awful wake-up call for you....See MoreLoud Stereo from downstairs neighbor
Comments (5)Jen if it happens again just knock on her door and ask her nicely again. Because you asked nicely once, next month she might set the volume on 4 instead of 6 and you will never have to complain again. You have to realize that 3-4 in the afternoon she is allowed to enjoy the space she pays for also. I hate to deep vacuum so once a week in the afternoon when no one should be bothered my music is turned up for about an hour. If you lived under me you would also hear me moving the furniture to clean under it. The only complaint I ever heard from a neighbor was on my choice of music. My upstairs neighbor wanted me to play Jimmy Buffet my downstairs neighbor wanted my country. It took awhile but I found the happy place with classic rock. lol I spent too long as a resident building manager. Save calling the landlord for when the music is going at 3-4 in the morning, or when your fridge decides to die or there is no heat. Those things can be dealt with. Afternoon music, if the police can't do anything about it neither can your landlord....See MoreDownstairs neighbor accuses me of noise
Comments (4)Regarding all these post on people making noise upstairs, I really need to post this. I bought a 2 bedroom condominium 8 years ago and the neighbor below me started complaining about noise I was making the 2nd day I moved in. He and his live in girlfriend complained that I made noise walking and moving furniture. The first few weeks I was really nice and put up with their crap. I was quiet after 9pm and I never play loud music and it was just me living here at the time. I went out of my way and did things I did not have to do such as not wash clothes, dishwater etc. I did this and put up with their complaints until this guy came up to my door after week 8 and began to complain because at 9:10 when i was readjusting my headboard the headboard feel and make a loud thump. (one noise and he runs upstairs) He also earlier told me it was his girlfriend that my noises bothered. When he came to my door after the headboard thumped I looked at my watch realizing it was not even 10pm and asked him if he realized it was not even 10. he then threatened to cause bodily harm to me and have other people do things to me etc. I told him to get off my porch or id call the police and to make a long story short, I had to get a restraining order on him. His girlfriend made him go to court to try to have the order not be placed and the Judge told him and his girlfriend they live in an apartment building (condo is the same thing) and he needs to complain to the builders not me. The judge granted my order and said he needs to expect to hear these noises of walking etc. So if you move in a bottom unit expect to hear people walking, washing machine going, dishwasher flowing, people getting out of bed in the morning and vacuuming etc etc. IF you don't like it then go rent or buy a house or live in an upper unit. I still live here and the freak below still tries once in a while to harass me but he has never come to my door and if he ever does it again my attorney is waiting so i can bring a suit against him. If yo move in a bottom unit you need to expect noises. Unless its later than 10pm you don't have much recourse....See Morefrustrated, tired, angry, and want my life back
Comments (4)I understand this may not help you at all, but please know that you're not alone. I'm in much the same place with my Mother. please seek a POA with medical benefits. Try to make him see you are his only support but you need the power to make his life easier. We are basically stuck with a few hundred acres of land that we are too worn out to farm, ours free and clear, but she won't leave her 3 acres.We'd like to put the farm life behind us and travel but can't even consider it. And one of the funniest things is when she was driving she went to the nursing home 3-5 days a week, to eat lunch with her friends. Now she won't even entertain the idea. Some tough decisions are going to have to be made for both of us. Good luck, I know for a fact it was easier raising 3 year old twin boys then it is raising a parent....... keep us up on your progress, all of us are learning every day. simple me...See Morecamlan
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