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No noise last night or this morning. Again the douchebag still might be on a business trip so who knows if he learned his lesson or not.
Douchebag living downstairs: Advice
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crunchb3rry
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While he's gone, brick up his apartment door.
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[quote name='crunchb3rry']While he's gone, brick up his apartment door.[/quote]
Light-weight.
Find out when he's coming back and hire a bunch of male strippers for a surprise birthday party for him. When he gets back, he'll be greeted by a surprise cacophony of flopping man-meat.
Light-weight.
Find out when he's coming back and hire a bunch of male strippers for a surprise birthday party for him. When he gets back, he'll be greeted by a surprise cacophony of flopping man-meat.
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[quote name='Josef']What kind of car does this douchebag drive? Just curious, that's all. I'm guessing he probably blasts his car stereo as well.[/QUOTE]
Haven't seen which car is his. Probably one of the many leased Beemers in the parking lot.
Haven't seen which car is his. Probably one of the many leased Beemers in the parking lot.
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[quote name='n8rockerasu']Under "normal" circumstances, wearing earplugs in your apartment IS ridiculous. But if you want to quietly read a book at 3pm and your neighbor wants to play guitar, what gives you more of a right to enjoy life than them? They're not preventing you from sleeping. You're just saying your lifestyle if more valid than theirs. Either learn to block it out, find something to help you block it out, or move out.[/quote]
[quote name='sendme']The thing is if your neighbor wants to play the guitar they don't have to play it at 11. They can play it at a low valume and it not be bothersome. Or if their amp has a headphone jack they can plug in headphones. Point is the person making the noise can do things so that others don't hear it. As for owning a house you could always end up like me with that one neighbor that is a jackass that moves in and does what ever he wants and the cops dont give two shits.[/quote]
Did you even read what I wrote? I made no mention of playing guitar at 11pm. I'm even the one who reccommended universal "daytime hours" for all apartment complexes (10 AM - 10 PM). The point is, expecting to be able to sit in a perfectly quiet apartment at 3pm and not hear any other noises coming from your neighbors is unreasonable. If you "need" that quiet at that time of day, then YOU make the adjustment for your unusual circumstance. Just like if I "need" to be loud at 3am, I'd have the decency to go out to a bar or something. Like I said...it goes both ways.
(I realize this debate has gotten off tangent from the OP's problem, but I think this is an issue a lot of people deal with, and obviously people have different opinions on it.)
[quote name='sendme']The thing is if your neighbor wants to play the guitar they don't have to play it at 11. They can play it at a low valume and it not be bothersome. Or if their amp has a headphone jack they can plug in headphones. Point is the person making the noise can do things so that others don't hear it. As for owning a house you could always end up like me with that one neighbor that is a jackass that moves in and does what ever he wants and the cops dont give two shits.[/quote]
Did you even read what I wrote? I made no mention of playing guitar at 11pm. I'm even the one who reccommended universal "daytime hours" for all apartment complexes (10 AM - 10 PM). The point is, expecting to be able to sit in a perfectly quiet apartment at 3pm and not hear any other noises coming from your neighbors is unreasonable. If you "need" that quiet at that time of day, then YOU make the adjustment for your unusual circumstance. Just like if I "need" to be loud at 3am, I'd have the decency to go out to a bar or something. Like I said...it goes both ways.
(I realize this debate has gotten off tangent from the OP's problem, but I think this is an issue a lot of people deal with, and obviously people have different opinions on it.)
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Sorry to hijack this thread, but it is related...
I've been through a similar situation, and the conspiracy theorist in me suspects collusion between my neighbor and the landlord. It goes back to Feb 26 when I paid the March rent and threatened legal action (rent escrow) if a leak in the foundation of my building wasn't fixed (long story short - when it rains heavily I get a patch of wet carpet along one wall in my bedroom). The next day there's a note taped to my door. Apparently someone complained about noise from my apartment. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I have the home theater a bit loud when I'm watching a movie, but in the seven years I've been here I've never had a complaint, so I assumed that it was within reasonable limits.
Assuming the complaint was legitimate (the timing was a bit suspect) I try to figure out which tenant made the complaint. The apartment next to mine and the one across the hall are vacant, so it had to be the lady upstairs. No problem, I'll keep it down. In fact, that night was completely quiet because I worked late.
The next day (the 28th) the lady upstairs is playing her stereo loudly. A little unusual given that she's been as quiet as a mouse up to this point (she's been there at least six months), but it's the middle of the afternoon and it's not that loud, so I let it go. When I get home from work that night though, the stereo is on again. Now the volume is a problem, but she turns it off shortly after I crawl into bed, so again I let it go.
That was Saturday night. Now it's Sunday. I get home from work a little earlier and things are quiet. At exactly 1am the stereo comes on and continues until 5:30. On Monday I bring it to the attention of the landlord. She says she'll "look into it." Great. That the night the stereo is on again, louder than before. This continues over the next couple of days. Keep in mind that I haven't watched a movie or listened to music since receiving that letter, so there's no reason for my neighbor to be retaliating. Also, I never watched movies after midnight. Still late admittedly, but not this really late bullshit...
I talk to the landlord again on Thursday. Apparently she spoke to my neighbor and got her assurance that she'd tone it down. Fine. That night, about 9:30 the stereo is on and it's louder than ever. I can clearly make out the lyrics over the sound of my own tv (which was just loud enough to hear over my furnace - in over words, low). I can't take it anymore. The resonance created by the bass actually hurts my ears, so I call the police. They arrive and the music stops. I figure I'll finally have a quiet night, which I did, until 6am. The stereo comes on and nearly shakes me right out of my bed it's so loud. Only lasts for ten minutes. One last
you apparently.
The next day I submit an intent to vacate letter to my landlord. I had been looking to move for a while anyway; now seemed like the perfect time. That night and every night since has been completely quiet. Not a peep from my neighbor. She's still there; I can hear her walking around, but the stereo hasn't been on. Not at all, near as I can tell. Strange.
k
The place I'm moving into is nice. It's an old luxury hotel that was converted into apartments. The walls and floors are solid concrete, so noise shouldn't be much of an issue, in or out.
I've been through a similar situation, and the conspiracy theorist in me suspects collusion between my neighbor and the landlord. It goes back to Feb 26 when I paid the March rent and threatened legal action (rent escrow) if a leak in the foundation of my building wasn't fixed (long story short - when it rains heavily I get a patch of wet carpet along one wall in my bedroom). The next day there's a note taped to my door. Apparently someone complained about noise from my apartment. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I have the home theater a bit loud when I'm watching a movie, but in the seven years I've been here I've never had a complaint, so I assumed that it was within reasonable limits.
Assuming the complaint was legitimate (the timing was a bit suspect) I try to figure out which tenant made the complaint. The apartment next to mine and the one across the hall are vacant, so it had to be the lady upstairs. No problem, I'll keep it down. In fact, that night was completely quiet because I worked late.
The next day (the 28th) the lady upstairs is playing her stereo loudly. A little unusual given that she's been as quiet as a mouse up to this point (she's been there at least six months), but it's the middle of the afternoon and it's not that loud, so I let it go. When I get home from work that night though, the stereo is on again. Now the volume is a problem, but she turns it off shortly after I crawl into bed, so again I let it go.
That was Saturday night. Now it's Sunday. I get home from work a little earlier and things are quiet. At exactly 1am the stereo comes on and continues until 5:30. On Monday I bring it to the attention of the landlord. She says she'll "look into it." Great. That the night the stereo is on again, louder than before. This continues over the next couple of days. Keep in mind that I haven't watched a movie or listened to music since receiving that letter, so there's no reason for my neighbor to be retaliating. Also, I never watched movies after midnight. Still late admittedly, but not this really late bullshit...
I talk to the landlord again on Thursday. Apparently she spoke to my neighbor and got her assurance that she'd tone it down. Fine. That night, about 9:30 the stereo is on and it's louder than ever. I can clearly make out the lyrics over the sound of my own tv (which was just loud enough to hear over my furnace - in over words, low). I can't take it anymore. The resonance created by the bass actually hurts my ears, so I call the police. They arrive and the music stops. I figure I'll finally have a quiet night, which I did, until 6am. The stereo comes on and nearly shakes me right out of my bed it's so loud. Only lasts for ten minutes. One last
you apparently.The next day I submit an intent to vacate letter to my landlord. I had been looking to move for a while anyway; now seemed like the perfect time. That night and every night since has been completely quiet. Not a peep from my neighbor. She's still there; I can hear her walking around, but the stereo hasn't been on. Not at all, near as I can tell. Strange.
kThe place I'm moving into is nice. It's an old luxury hotel that was converted into apartments. The walls and floors are solid concrete, so noise shouldn't be much of an issue, in or out.
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I havent had time to read thei whole thread yet, but here are my two cents.
I lived in an apartment building when I was in college.
1. People sleep durring all parts of the day but playing music between 8am-10pm shoudl be acceptable, 10pm-8am on the other hand is an issue. we had a neighbor that would complain if we had our tv on at all durring the afternoon, her son went to bed at 4pm and so if we watched TV we had to turn on subtitles just so she wouldnt complain.
2. when living in an apartment you have to realize that the buildings are built so cheaply that something at normal listening volume in one apartment may be near teh same volume in another apartment, I was at my neighbors apartment one day and I thought my roommate had the radio on too loud so I went to tell him to turn it down, and it was about the same volume. If you want to live in an apartment you have to put up with apartment life, while it is good to get along with the neighboors you also have to realize that you are in an apartment.
I'm nto hating on you, just laying it out.
I lived in an apartment building when I was in college.
1. People sleep durring all parts of the day but playing music between 8am-10pm shoudl be acceptable, 10pm-8am on the other hand is an issue. we had a neighbor that would complain if we had our tv on at all durring the afternoon, her son went to bed at 4pm and so if we watched TV we had to turn on subtitles just so she wouldnt complain.
2. when living in an apartment you have to realize that the buildings are built so cheaply that something at normal listening volume in one apartment may be near teh same volume in another apartment, I was at my neighbors apartment one day and I thought my roommate had the radio on too loud so I went to tell him to turn it down, and it was about the same volume. If you want to live in an apartment you have to put up with apartment life, while it is good to get along with the neighboors you also have to realize that you are in an apartment.
I'm nto hating on you, just laying it out.
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one last thought, this is something that we did once, we had a neighboor that had parties that started about 2am and ran untill 7am on his balcony on the apartment building next door. We got tired of it so we downloaded a bunch of southren gospel, put in our ear plugs and turned our stereo up loud then went to bed. they kept it down from then on.
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[quote name='Allnatural']Sorry to hijack this thread, but it is related...
I've been through a similar situation, and the conspiracy theorist in me suspects collusion between my neighbor and the landlord. It goes back to Feb 26 when I paid the March rent and threatened legal action (rent escrow) if a leak in the foundation of my building wasn't fixed (long story short - when it rains heavily I get a patch of wet carpet along one wall in my bedroom). The next day there's a note taped to my door. Apparently someone complained about noise from my apartment. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I have the home theater a bit loud when I'm watching a movie, but in the seven years I've been here I've never had a complaint, so I assumed that it was within reasonable limits.
Assuming the complaint was legitimate (the timing was a bit suspect) I try to figure out which tenant made the complaint. The apartment next to mine and the one across the hall are vacant, so it had to be the lady upstairs. No problem, I'll keep it down. In fact, that night was completely quiet because I worked late.
The next day (the 28th) the lady upstairs is playing her stereo loudly. A little unusual given that she's been as quiet as a mouse up to this point (she's been there at least six months), but it's the middle of the afternoon and it's not that loud, so I let it go. When I get home from work that night though, the stereo is on again. Now the volume is a problem, but she turns it off shortly after I crawl into bed, so again I let it go.
That was Saturday night. Now it's Sunday. I get home from work a little earlier and things are quiet. At exactly 1am the stereo comes on and continues until 5:30. On Monday I bring it to the attention of the landlord. She says she'll "look into it." Great. That the night the stereo is on again, louder than before. This continues over the next couple of days. Keep in mind that I haven't watched a movie or listened to music since receiving that letter, so there's no reason for my neighbor to be retaliating. Also, I never watched movies after midnight. Still late admittedly, but not this really late bullshit...
I talk to the landlord again on Thursday. Apparently she spoke to my neighbor and got her assurance that she'd tone it down. Fine. That night, about 9:30 the stereo is on and it's louder than ever. I can clearly make out the lyrics over the sound of my own tv (which was just loud enough to hear over my furnace - in over words, low). I can't take it anymore. The resonance created by the bass actually hurts my ears, so I call the police. They arrive and the music stops. I figure I'll finally have a quiet night, which I did, until 6am. The stereo comes on and nearly shakes me right out of my bed it's so loud. Only lasts for ten minutes. One lastyou apparently.
The next day I submit an intent to vacate letter to my landlord. I had been looking to move for a while anyway; now seemed like the perfect time. That night and every night since has been completely quiet. Not a peep from my neighbor. She's still there; I can hear her walking around, but the stereo hasn't been on. Not at all, near as I can tell. Strange.k
The place I'm moving into is nice. It's an old luxury hotel that was converted into apartments. The walls and floors are solid concrete, so noise shouldn't be much of an issue, in or out.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that sounds pretty damn suspicious.
I've been through a similar situation, and the conspiracy theorist in me suspects collusion between my neighbor and the landlord. It goes back to Feb 26 when I paid the March rent and threatened legal action (rent escrow) if a leak in the foundation of my building wasn't fixed (long story short - when it rains heavily I get a patch of wet carpet along one wall in my bedroom). The next day there's a note taped to my door. Apparently someone complained about noise from my apartment. Now, I'll be the first to admit that I have the home theater a bit loud when I'm watching a movie, but in the seven years I've been here I've never had a complaint, so I assumed that it was within reasonable limits.
Assuming the complaint was legitimate (the timing was a bit suspect) I try to figure out which tenant made the complaint. The apartment next to mine and the one across the hall are vacant, so it had to be the lady upstairs. No problem, I'll keep it down. In fact, that night was completely quiet because I worked late.
The next day (the 28th) the lady upstairs is playing her stereo loudly. A little unusual given that she's been as quiet as a mouse up to this point (she's been there at least six months), but it's the middle of the afternoon and it's not that loud, so I let it go. When I get home from work that night though, the stereo is on again. Now the volume is a problem, but she turns it off shortly after I crawl into bed, so again I let it go.
That was Saturday night. Now it's Sunday. I get home from work a little earlier and things are quiet. At exactly 1am the stereo comes on and continues until 5:30. On Monday I bring it to the attention of the landlord. She says she'll "look into it." Great. That the night the stereo is on again, louder than before. This continues over the next couple of days. Keep in mind that I haven't watched a movie or listened to music since receiving that letter, so there's no reason for my neighbor to be retaliating. Also, I never watched movies after midnight. Still late admittedly, but not this really late bullshit...
I talk to the landlord again on Thursday. Apparently she spoke to my neighbor and got her assurance that she'd tone it down. Fine. That night, about 9:30 the stereo is on and it's louder than ever. I can clearly make out the lyrics over the sound of my own tv (which was just loud enough to hear over my furnace - in over words, low). I can't take it anymore. The resonance created by the bass actually hurts my ears, so I call the police. They arrive and the music stops. I figure I'll finally have a quiet night, which I did, until 6am. The stereo comes on and nearly shakes me right out of my bed it's so loud. Only lasts for ten minutes. One last
you apparently.The next day I submit an intent to vacate letter to my landlord. I had been looking to move for a while anyway; now seemed like the perfect time. That night and every night since has been completely quiet. Not a peep from my neighbor. She's still there; I can hear her walking around, but the stereo hasn't been on. Not at all, near as I can tell. Strange.
kThe place I'm moving into is nice. It's an old luxury hotel that was converted into apartments. The walls and floors are solid concrete, so noise shouldn't be much of an issue, in or out.
[/QUOTE]Yeah that sounds pretty damn suspicious.
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Well this morning was not bad. Music was pretty much inaudible and wouldn't have woken me up if I were still asleep; I was awake because my fiance's alarm went off. The music was MUCH lower than usual and more than reasonable. Sounds like he might have gotten the hint, but we'll see what happens in the next few days.
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Good to hear that he might be getting the hint, DoK. I'd give him a full week from today and see if he continues to be good. If he does, then I think you might consider the matter closed.
Until he does it again, of course, which I'm sure will happen again in the future.
Until he does it again, of course, which I'm sure will happen again in the future.
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