Can my downstairs neighbor sue me for walking?
pt23
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My downstairs neighbor complains about my walking
Comments (3)Well, my suggestion would have been to try and get along with him, but the letter you wrote probably made doing that harder, not easier. Talk to your landlady again. Tell her that you are trying to be a good neighbor, but that you cannot stop walking in your apartment. Is there anything you can do to cut down on the sound of your footfalls? Putting down an area rug, even over carpet, can help to muffle the noise. Make a case to your landlady. You have purchased the slippers, you are putting down an area rug. Does she have any other low-cost solutions that you can put into use? If he still complains, you can point out to your landlady that you have tried the slippers and the area rug; now it is his turn to try something, perhaps ear plugs or a white noise machine. There has to be give and take on both sides. Frankly, I wouldn't want to have to deal with this guy. If my landlord offered me a different apartment, I'd probably take it. I doubt that you can turn the situation around at this point. You will be dealing with this neighbor until one of you moves. Why not move now and be able to relax in your own home?...See MoreNoise complaint/harassment issues from downstairs neighbor
Comments (20)Wow. I feel bad for you. I am having the same issues with my next door neighbor. I'm only 6 months into my lease and he complained twice to the office, probably 3-4 times by knocking on my door and pounding on the wall. Which I'm starting to feel like he is harassing us. I cannot believe the things these other peeps are telling you. I agree with you that it is an apartment and there are going to be noises regardless of the time of the day. If you cannot handle the noise, do not live in an apartment. My neighbor works from home and I'm guessing he works at night. But I shouldn't have to quiet down just so he could focus on his job. I'm paying for rent just like everybody else, why should I try to please my neighbor or follow his rules. I respect my neighbors and never make noises intentionally. I'm just having my normal conversations with my fiancee and sometimes I do have family and friends over, but we are usually quiet before 10pm. We do our weekly cleaning and vaccuming. We also noticed that the neighbor is bothered by the way we open and shut our doors. The doors in our unit likes to snap-in shut when its like an inch away from the lock. This neighbor just don't want any kind of noise. I am not going to shut up and be quiet like a mice. I'm not being disruptive or disrepecting my neighbors. He even had the audacity to say he never had any issues with his next door neighbors until we moved in. After numerous complaints, we had to go and ask our neighbors around our unit including the ones downstairs if they can hear us and if we were ever too loud. They all said we are fine and they don't hear anything from our unit besides normal things like walking around and dropping things. Sometimes I feel like he is delusional. We even spoke to the management team and they agreed with us that IT IS an apartment, there are going to be noises. If this neighbor renews his lease then thats too bad, hes going to have to deal with us. You just keep doing your thing girl....See MoreDownstairs neighbor being unreasonable w/ noise...
Comments (11)I have a issue with my downstairs neighbour.they moved in 2018 first time they moved in they were rude to the kids in our street its communal garden all around the flats and they play all around the flats that are in the street they told the kids to f off whenever they are out side they slam their windows and shut the curtains they live underneath us the floors are super thing and very creaky and loud the buildings dont have very good sound proofing crap in the winter for getying damp ect.anyway since they moved in they have created hell for mainly us and threaten to report other neighbours to social services because they let their children play outside.their child never plays outside and only time it goes out is for school.ive been told they wqnt to move but cant swap because no one wants their flat as its groundfloor. so they want to make us and everyone else suffer.they bang when they come back from school runs and never go out apart from work and school runs or if they dont like music from one of the blocka or kids playing outside.they are very rude dont speak to any of neighbours at all except for one who was like them years back who upset others.they try to bully us peer behind their curtains when i take my children to school,sit in their car and watch the kids epsecially mine.now they are wanting to do mediation which we feel is a game because if they wanted to do it they wouldnt be so rude and result to intimate their neighbours.any ideas how to deal with this,they also called thr police on us one night because my firealarm went off due to water trickling into fire alarm as its wired into the ceiling as our roof was collecting water from loft this freaked out me and my family and we all started panicing they told the police we was shouting at our children which is not true.a neighbour also mentioned to us that their children a 4-5 year old and maybe a yr old doesnt have any toys in the apartment as one of her friends went to visit as she was intrested in swapping but they turned hers down so cant be desprate to get out obviously just want to make everyone miserable and cause trouble...See MoreMy neighbor is walking his dog to poop in my yard
Comments (3)Delurking in order to respond to this: I don't know where you're located, but your township should have a number or webpage to contact and submit complaints. You may have to leave your name and contact information for local code enforcement or neighborhood services to take action, but they won't divulge the information to your neighbor. Be safe, and good luck....See Morept23
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