Any good suggestions on how to handle a bad neighbor?

[1EZduzit]

They have to sleep sometime. :evil:

Give them enough time for their hangovers to fully develop and then let them have it back IN SPADES!!!

 

[George P Burdell]

1. Release a skunk into their apartment and lock the door from the outside.

2. Release an army of badgers into their apartment and locl the door from the outside. Then, play "Badger badger badger" in an infinite loop until they go mad.

3. Plant drugs in their apartment and call the cops.

4. Call the men in black and tell them you think those guys are terrorists.

 

[Alistar7]

Plant a sheet of acid in their car, call the cops, laugh while they get their asses pounded in federal prison for the next 40 + years.

I had a downstairs neighbor who was rather inconsiderate with his new stereo system, he thought is was uber loud. After a week of his BS I brought home my DJ equipment and set it up in the room above his bedroom. Speakers laying face down on the floor, 15" woofers, quality horns, all being driven by 500 watts. About 4am he got his wake up call, I never heard another sound from his residence other than him picking up the things that fell off the shelves/walls.

 

[IGBT]

..sub sonic frequencies are very annoying and impossible to locate.

 

[dud]

First, where in New York can you rent TWO (2) floors of a building for only $2K per month? Second, the suggestion was made to sue the landlord. If you do not get satisfaction within another week then sue the landlord(s) in small-claims court. You are paying to rent and they have been lax in holding up their end of the bargain.

Now you are going to ask me "Sue for what?" ... sue for emotional distress, loss of use, etc. whatever the civil court will allow you to sue for. While your "neighbors" are making the racket your landlord responsibilities too. They may take notice of you when they receive the notice telling them they are being sued. If they don't show up then you win ... just take it out of the rent. When they start bitching about you not paying your rent tell them that you are taking it out of the judgment.

No one, and I repeat o one likes confrontation but you have to ask yourself if you want to continue to live like this for the next 8 months. If you do nothing ... then you deserve what you get. I should know, I could tell you stories to amaze you. How about my ex-neighbor the cop who got a 15 year-old pregnant and got her an abortion? That's just the tip of the iceberg ...

Keep us updated ...

 

[Jadow]

If you can't beat em join em. Try to get in on their cool parties and get laid in the process.

 

[ktehmok]

Jesus how hard is this.

Find a bum. Pay him $20 to buy any gun & 100 rounds of ammo from Walmart.

Take the gun from bum. Shoot him. Take back your $20. Use the gun to eradicate said neighbors. Use gun to post-suicide the bum & dump him somewhere near your neighborhood.

Live in peace.

If you're too much of a pussy to do that, get a pair of heavy leather gloves & rip the meter socket off of their service panel every time a loud party is happening. They'll get the hint after the 2nd time or so, trust me.

Or just sit here & post like a little woman about the noise in your neighborhood. Remember this, you are only obligated to put up with the inconsiderateness of others as long as you want to. Fuck the law, if someone if making your life hell, fuck them over, they completely deserve it.













In case anyone is wondering, my neighborhood is quiet....

 

[jandrews]

Originally posted by: thereaderrabbit
My lease goes on for another 8 months. They don't seem to need any sleep before going into work, but unfortunately I sure as hell do.

sandmanwake- I'd rather not get even with everyone else in the building, burn most of my my earthly possessions out of spite, and then go to jail over all this, but if that changes I'll be sure to contact you

-Reader

obviously they are not holding up their end of the lease. It seems pretty obvious there are many clauses the complex is breaking by allowing this activity to continue as well as other promised items. I doubt you would be held to the lease agreement.

 

[Boo Boo]

sounds like someone with to much money isnt getting their way no more

 

[meltdown75]

move to another apartment or house?

 

[sao123]

stop paying rent and get evicted.
/thread.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Quiet Enjoyment
Home » Landlord Tenant Law » Eviction Law » Quiet Enjoyment

A tenant has an implied right to "quiet enjoyment" of a leased premises. Quiet enjoyment is described, by the Massachusetts Superior Court, as a tenant's right to freedom from serious interference with his tenancy, or acts or omissions that impair the character and value of the leasehold. "The interference need not arise from the landlord's conduct directly; a landlord may incur liability as a result of conduct of third parties, if serious interference with the tenancy is a natural and probable consequence of what the landlord did, what he failed to do, or what he permitted to be done. A landlord's failure to repair defects in the premises of which the landlord has notice can give rise to liability, if such defects result in a serious interference with the tenancy. The conduct of the landlord need not be intentional, but it must be at least negligent."

The right can be breached by nearly any major disturbance that prevents the tenant from using the property as he or she intended. Thus, failing to provide for heat, having a property that doesn't live up to the health and safety standards of the state or is otherwise uninhabitable, or a landlord's failure to take action against other tenants who make loud or excessive noise at unreasonable hours include breaches of the right to quiet enjoyment. Quiet enjoyment can also be violated if the tenant fails to provide proper security in an area of high crime.

A tenant can sue a landlord for breach of the quiet enjoyment. If a tenant is successful, the tenant is entitled to the difference between the rent and actual value of the tenant's unexpired lease term - thus, if a tenant is forced to move out because of the disturbance, the landlord is liable for the entire rent.

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[FoBoT]

wait ten days
send the same letter again, but add "if you don't fix this within ten days of receipt of this letter, I'll be filing a claim against you in small claims court for the amount of rent I have paid while the property has been unsuitable"

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: thereaderrabbit

Originally posted by: Sureshot324
Get an extremely loud stereo, and set it on a timer to go full blast when they sleep, which is probably in the morning if they party all night.

If I put my stereo on during the days to fight back I'll be pissing off all the businesses on the floors below.

Interesting .... I wonder how the landlord would deal with his business tenants making threats regarding the noise problem?

I assume the business tenants don't care about noise at 3AM. Still, if you can get the other tenants to support you (noise issue or any of the other issues) you'll be in a much better position.