Hi Penny,
I'm still having the popping sounds in my apartment. I noticed them at 11:30'ish the past few nights, and it's been happening every morning when I wake up about 7:30. I tried to get the video from my phone, but it's in a format that is blackberry only.
I also need my lightbulbs replaced in my bathroom. I've tried various power lightbulbs and as your maintenance director noted, the voltage requires a higher voltage lightbulb that I haven't been able to find in stores.. I'm on my third pack of 6 bulbs in 2 months. Is 130volt electricity even up to code? I have delicate electronic equipment and have already oddly had a harddrive with data fail due to a capacitor blowing out.
What's becoming a bigger issue though, is the tenant that lives above me. I'm not much of a complainer, as my previous apartment I never made any complaint against anybody. However, considering I pay $1000 a month for this "upscale" living apartment, I need to be comfortable living here.
There is a woman that lives above me. Now, I'm not racist, but I must say, it sounds like the ghetto up there. I pay too much to put up with that. I can hear her talking (in ebonics) at the top of her lungs every night until 3-4am. Her talking actually wakes me up at night. I've called the courtesy guard several times, and while she will be quiet after being told to be quiet by the guard, she just does the same things the next night. I'm starting to feel like I'm becoming a nuisance to the courtesy guards. I honestly think her voice is the most annoying thing I've ever heard. To make things worse, she or whoever else lives up there, seems to be deaf, as they turn up their tv so loud that I can tell what show is on and even found myself laughing at the jokes being said on her tv. She also has loud, obnoxious guests over, and with all of them being loud, jumping around, making the ceiling squeek over and over.. its just crazy. I can't deal with it much longer. My job and ability to pay you rent is directly related to how well I perform, and if I'm not getting any sleep, I'm not performing. Wouldn't it be silly if I lost my job and couldn't pay you rent because I couldn't sleep because of another tenant? I've already experienced some terrible night's sleep because of my upstairs neighbor. Muzzle her please or you are going to start having issues where I skip the courtesy guard and go up there myself. I've thought about waiting until I can tell she is going to sleep, going up there, banging on the door as loud as I can then running to the stair case so she doesn't know who does it.
As I said, to make things worse, the hardfloors squeek terribly when she walks around. Evertyime it happens it's on the same level of annoying as finger nails on a chalkboard. She also seems to like to bounce on the squeeks, which creates a "skipping broken record" phenoma of squeeking floors. Perhaps she doesn't realize how loud she is, or that the squeeks from the floor are just as loud from underneath as they are for her. But it's incredibly frustrating. Every single time I have a guest stay over, I get complaints. They can't sleep either. From the mishap of merchandise mart trying to put me in a handicapped room when I first moved in, to the ongoing issue of the pipes in my apartment, the lightbulbs always blowing out, the obnoxious neighbor that just won't shut up, I honestly feel foolish for having moved in and paying the price that I do. I love the building, the appearance, the amenities, etc. but my living experience in that space I have is not good at all. I was more happy with my $450 a month apartment in belleville. I'm a short fuse from demanding money back and feeling ripped off or handing my lease agreement over to my lawyer and moving out. I know this isn't your fault, you didn't build the building, and it's not you talking loud until 3am, but you are my point of contact and the person who has authority to make things happen. Perhaps you can find a more accomodating apartment for me with just as good a view?
My feelings are; I shouldn't be having to make constant complaints about neighbors. I shouldn't be having to take videos of popping pipes. I shouldn't be having to take notes as to when the popping occurs. I shouldn't be having to make trips to walmart for lightbulbs so I can see in my bathroom. I shouldn't be having to constanty remind my landlords of my issues. For christ's sake I wrote like a 3 page dissertation about the plumbing problem several MONTHS ago and I still don't feel like its been taken seriously. I moved down here so I could focus on my job. That's all I want to do.
One thing I'd like to point out, is that I worked closely with XXXXX (director of IT) with HRI Properties from the New Orleans office. HRI contracted with me and the company I represent (my name is on the contracts) for all of HRI's disaster recovery solution in regards to their data, systems, etc.
-Jason
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thoughts? It's a really nice elegant building with loft apartments, two blocks from my workplace and location of a startup company I'm involved with. I've talked to other tenants and nobody has the complaints that i do. So I think my room just sucks.
-Pipes under floor in kitchen and bathroom make loud cracking and popping sounds when tenant below me runs their water. Sounds can continue for up to an hour after they quit using their water. WTF.
-Hardwood floors of tenant above me squeek like mad crazy. And its loud. I can hear it over my headphones when I'm listening to music.
-Upstairs tenant is loud and obnoxious, talks in ebonics and I can hear everything she says. She seems to get home around 11pm and talk to all her girlfriends on the phone until 3am.
-Bathroom lightbulbs keep blowing out. tried different brands, wattages, etc. Maintenance guy says its because lights are on 130volt line.
I'm still having the popping sounds in my apartment. I noticed them at 11:30'ish the past few nights, and it's been happening every morning when I wake up about 7:30. I tried to get the video from my phone, but it's in a format that is blackberry only.
I also need my lightbulbs replaced in my bathroom. I've tried various power lightbulbs and as your maintenance director noted, the voltage requires a higher voltage lightbulb that I haven't been able to find in stores.. I'm on my third pack of 6 bulbs in 2 months. Is 130volt electricity even up to code? I have delicate electronic equipment and have already oddly had a harddrive with data fail due to a capacitor blowing out.
What's becoming a bigger issue though, is the tenant that lives above me. I'm not much of a complainer, as my previous apartment I never made any complaint against anybody. However, considering I pay $1000 a month for this "upscale" living apartment, I need to be comfortable living here.
There is a woman that lives above me. Now, I'm not racist, but I must say, it sounds like the ghetto up there. I pay too much to put up with that. I can hear her talking (in ebonics) at the top of her lungs every night until 3-4am. Her talking actually wakes me up at night. I've called the courtesy guard several times, and while she will be quiet after being told to be quiet by the guard, she just does the same things the next night. I'm starting to feel like I'm becoming a nuisance to the courtesy guards. I honestly think her voice is the most annoying thing I've ever heard. To make things worse, she or whoever else lives up there, seems to be deaf, as they turn up their tv so loud that I can tell what show is on and even found myself laughing at the jokes being said on her tv. She also has loud, obnoxious guests over, and with all of them being loud, jumping around, making the ceiling squeek over and over.. its just crazy. I can't deal with it much longer. My job and ability to pay you rent is directly related to how well I perform, and if I'm not getting any sleep, I'm not performing. Wouldn't it be silly if I lost my job and couldn't pay you rent because I couldn't sleep because of another tenant? I've already experienced some terrible night's sleep because of my upstairs neighbor. Muzzle her please or you are going to start having issues where I skip the courtesy guard and go up there myself. I've thought about waiting until I can tell she is going to sleep, going up there, banging on the door as loud as I can then running to the stair case so she doesn't know who does it.
As I said, to make things worse, the hardfloors squeek terribly when she walks around. Evertyime it happens it's on the same level of annoying as finger nails on a chalkboard. She also seems to like to bounce on the squeeks, which creates a "skipping broken record" phenoma of squeeking floors. Perhaps she doesn't realize how loud she is, or that the squeeks from the floor are just as loud from underneath as they are for her. But it's incredibly frustrating. Every single time I have a guest stay over, I get complaints. They can't sleep either. From the mishap of merchandise mart trying to put me in a handicapped room when I first moved in, to the ongoing issue of the pipes in my apartment, the lightbulbs always blowing out, the obnoxious neighbor that just won't shut up, I honestly feel foolish for having moved in and paying the price that I do. I love the building, the appearance, the amenities, etc. but my living experience in that space I have is not good at all. I was more happy with my $450 a month apartment in belleville. I'm a short fuse from demanding money back and feeling ripped off or handing my lease agreement over to my lawyer and moving out. I know this isn't your fault, you didn't build the building, and it's not you talking loud until 3am, but you are my point of contact and the person who has authority to make things happen. Perhaps you can find a more accomodating apartment for me with just as good a view?
My feelings are; I shouldn't be having to make constant complaints about neighbors. I shouldn't be having to take videos of popping pipes. I shouldn't be having to take notes as to when the popping occurs. I shouldn't be having to make trips to walmart for lightbulbs so I can see in my bathroom. I shouldn't be having to constanty remind my landlords of my issues. For christ's sake I wrote like a 3 page dissertation about the plumbing problem several MONTHS ago and I still don't feel like its been taken seriously. I moved down here so I could focus on my job. That's all I want to do.
One thing I'd like to point out, is that I worked closely with XXXXX (director of IT) with HRI Properties from the New Orleans office. HRI contracted with me and the company I represent (my name is on the contracts) for all of HRI's disaster recovery solution in regards to their data, systems, etc.
-Jason
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thoughts? It's a really nice elegant building with loft apartments, two blocks from my workplace and location of a startup company I'm involved with. I've talked to other tenants and nobody has the complaints that i do. So I think my room just sucks.
-Pipes under floor in kitchen and bathroom make loud cracking and popping sounds when tenant below me runs their water. Sounds can continue for up to an hour after they quit using their water. WTF.
-Hardwood floors of tenant above me squeek like mad crazy. And its loud. I can hear it over my headphones when I'm listening to music.
-Upstairs tenant is loud and obnoxious, talks in ebonics and I can hear everything she says. She seems to get home around 11pm and talk to all her girlfriends on the phone until 3am.
-Bathroom lightbulbs keep blowing out. tried different brands, wattages, etc. Maintenance guy says its because lights are on 130volt line.
