peacenlovealways said:

However - I DO wish I could borrow a huge sound system and put a speaker to the floor... then bright and early at like 7am on a morning after they've been out partying, put on Robin Williams with the "Goooood Morning Vietnaaaaam!!" or perhaps "Loose", loving the beginning as a wake-up call.

Teacher said:

I actually do!

My housemate (meaning, same house, shared accomodation, she rents the other bedroom) started yelling at the landlord (lives in basement) 00:15-00:45 about a disagreement over the television. Got up the next morning at 7:15 to continue yelling even though she did not have to go to work until noon. Told landlord that she and *I* were ready to murder him (we did not actually discuss this ) then came home again at 6:00pm to yell AGAIN about the tub which the landlord was physically standing inside of fixing already, she was saying "Me and [Cinnie]" this and that threatening the man. When I stepped in to say I didn't actually side with her, she literally turned and told me "You are a dead man" and I phoned the police. She will be evicted but not soon enough for my liking so I am moving March 1, 2009.

I am staying at a friend's place until then, and gradually packing my things. A keylock has been added to my bedroom.
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Teacher said:

Call the Police

Take pictures, film them, record them, ask if other neighbours witnessed the facts, gather proofs as much as you can if filing the complaint isn't enough.

lived next door to noisy neighbours once - they played loud music especially after coming home from the pub all night etc. Got fed up with the promises that they would quieten down but they just carried on - so after one big party when I knew the hangovers were bad I turned my big ass stereo with the big bouncy woofer speakers to their wall (told the other neighbours what I was doing by the way and they agreed) turned it up full blast put heavy metal on the CD stand (carried about 5 CDs) let the music bang away and I went shopping for the next 3 hours.

Came back - told them (oh boy were they hung over) that of their behaviour carried on I would do the same thing. Apparently the music was so loud it knocked their pictures etc off the wall.

No more trouble after that....
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The shitbag couple that lived upstairs from me used to bang things so hard that my pictures would fall off my wall. They would start at midnight and go until 7 or 8am. I confronted them and they apologized and said it would never happen again. As soon as I got downstairs and shut my door "BA BOOM" the loudest one yet. I left my apartment and they were upstairs yelling out the window at me and putting their shades up and down laughing.

I came back with 3 big bouncers from my bar at 2am and they threatened his life.

They moved out a month later.

Cinnie said:

Damn

What, you're not up for slaying your landlord at the drop of a hat? And indeed that's worse. I hope your stuff is being left alone until you move.

blueblossom said:

Dauym!

Well done!

CarrieLee said:

I love you! Can you lend me the bouncers, just once?

Teacher said:

Me too. I already moved some stuff, but it's hard to be like "bye y'all" and start moving your bedframe and box spring.

more and more I understand why I moved to the middle of nowhere

I would kill people - seriously

no

seriously

is the disturbace squad the police or security? are they on site or elsewhere?

PEJ said:

Neither, sort of a friendly reminder but their reports are carried through as automatic complaints to the landlord if a visit is completed. They're off site, you call them. If the assholes had opened the door I would've asked them to turn it down, but they didn't.
Since yesterday, I'm wondering if the people who're on the lease rent the apartment out very short term, like week or month basis. I can swear I've never heard the people bumping around down there before this weekend. I'll fund out tomorrow though when I call the landlord.

CarrieLee said:

Cinnie said:

Your experience,
Cinnie, she's a banshee. I'm glad you're staying somewhere else.

blueblossom said:

Oh yeah... s it is.

Boriqua1130 said:

Thanks

Last time I saw her, the landlord and I both thought she was drunk again talking about "I don't want to talk to youuuu" and then she changes a second later "Actually I do want to say something to you" and apparently she was about to apologize but seriously I don't think there is anything left to mend. I'm not interested in being friends with someone who said the things she did, yknow? She'll probably think she doesn't have to be evicted after her apology is heard. I've accepted many of her apologies in the past, I've heard enough.

Cinnie said:

Some folks think kind hearted means pushover. Wrong!

Boriqua1130 said:

I basically want to mend so far as "we can be civil and neutral to each other for the next 13 days" so that moving isn't a big drama, but it is clear she is why I am moving.

Cinnie said:

Cinnie, I dig your cool. @)-}-----

CarrieLee said:

I love stories like this! I wish I knew of some bouncers who could get rid of the bitch who lives downstairs. I seriously think she has mental issues.

and at the same time... or rather, for the days until Friday - it was QUIET!!! I reported them to the landlord Monday, she sent a letter that reached them Tuesday. Then all of a sudden But, apparently they have a different type of lease than everybody else cause they get to blast shit until midnight on Fridays and then so loud during the day Saturday that I couldn't even hear my TV unless I turned it way up. So it'll be another report tomorrow, I still believe the people living in the apartment aren't the ones on the lease so they'll be gone before long anyway cause I reported that suspicion too. The landlord lady was quite upset at this because there's been NOTHING reported here in a number of years, we all get along and everybody's orderly apart from these new people. She took it very seriously cause she knows we're not people to whine about a little thing and that's good. I feel strongly that their extremely loud music Saturday was a stab at me, which of course will only come back to haunt them - I don't demand absolute silence during the day but when you can't hear your own TV? That shit needs to stop.

But, all in all, I thoroughly enjoyed my silent evenings and nights - so much I haven't been online for a week.

Teacher said:

Just keep reporting, and make sure it's documented every time. They will eventually be asked to leave.

GetAwayFromMe said:

Thanks Oh yeah, I do that - now that I've had enough. I went through the niceties without any result, so now they're going if they don't pipe down. Actually all it takes here is one warning, if they don't heed that they get called to a meeting. Unless they can come with a satisfactory explanation they get put on a monthly year-long trial basis then, one more offense and they're OUT. However, they'll now get suprise visits from the landlord checking that it's really the woman on the lease living there and since I'm convinced it's not, well.... she's OUT anyway!

WTF It's gotten better... in the evenings. During the days however, I constantly live with the bass of their music booming in my walls. I honestly don't know what the rules say but I will sure as hell ask the lady at the landlord's office tomorrow because it's grating on my nerves all the time, like I said before normal building sounds are fine but this shit drives me crazy. Why do they need to do this?
If nothing is done soon I will go mad. If I watch TV the boom is in the background. If I read it's there. If I'm in the bath it's there. If I try to take a nap it's there. Should I really have to wear earplugs if I want to do things that don't make much noise?

HamsterHuey said:

They do, and the bass sound is the worst. It's like water torture sort of, grinding away without mercy.

i have a neighbor who lives upstairs and wont stop bitching to the landlord/calling the cops about noise

its really annoying

i cant even listen to music without headphones in my own house in the summertime during the afternoon without a policeman showing up

Stop faking the Funk!

Teacher said:

Call the police, as often as that music is overbearing. Here in NYC even if noises are allowed from 8:30am to 11pm, that does not mean you HAVE to tolerate (what I've called) "crazy loud". Walls booming is "cl", IMO. Make sure you receive a complaint number. Follow-up and then print the results as evidence against the neighbor.

I now play semi-loud music. And to take it to another level. I play one song from 8am to 9pm. If the neighbors worked through out the early hrs midnight to 3am. Or I dry clothes all day for several hours up to 12midnight, once in a blue moon. Normally after "dryer therapy" they are quiet the next day. They walk the other way now, whenever they see me. I've confronted them and said "I know it's you working from home, making all that noise. It is against the rules." I'm not the only tenant-shareholder with this "non-everyday" noise, as I've might have mentioned before.

Vikings would meet evil with evil. Back in my teen years I was a "wannabe Viking". Now that I'm a believer, I must stand down my flesh. It ain't easy, Teacher. It ain't easy. One song 11hrs, dryer therapy, is nothing, Teacher. Truth be told I want to take a hammer and put a gapping hole in their wall. "Here. Now, fix this!" That's the old me.

Do not give in, continue to report and document. Remind yourself "everything has a begining and an end."

minneapolisFunq said:

It depends on what volume you got on the music. I do NOT have to endure the bass of HER music booming over whatever I do in MY apartment regardless of what time of day it is.
I'm going to fucking kill her. I swear. Who'll bail me out?

your neighbors probably hate u as much as every1 on the org does, and r just playing music loud 2 wind u up

they could even b orgers who found out u lived next door, or michael jackass fans who hate u cuz u like prince

unique said:

I don't like Prince so your reasoning is flawed