Upstairs neighbor problems

[Iron Woode]

This morning he posts a note on my door about "quiet hours" that I should not shower after 10PM.

lol

reminds me of the "mystery" neighbour that left me a note on my door telling me to pick up after my dog. I crumpled up the note and tossed it because I don't own a dog. The next day I got another note. Tossed that one, too. After the 3rd note appeared, I decided to nip this wacko in the bud.

I put up a large note on my door that said: "I don't own a fucking dog. Stop putting notes here or I will track you down and fill your mail box with dog shit. This is your only warning."

The notes stopped.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

This is why I will never live in an appartment.

Not everyone can afford to own a home. Buying a home is a terrible investment anyways unless you can buy it outright.

I have no problem living in apartments. Always live on the top floor and on the outside of the complex. The only noise I hear are from birds and various critters.

 

[Muse]

Dude, you need to tape this.

That might really be a good idea. Looks to me like you really are going to have to report him, he sounds incorrigible. Any firm evidence you have will help. Hopefully, the management is reasonable and efficient. Chances are decent that other people there have had problems with this guy.

Not everyone can afford to own a home. Buying a home is a terrible investment anyways unless you can buy it outright.

I have no problem living in apartments. Always live on the top floor and on the outside of the complex. The only noise I hear are from birds and various critters.

That's really wise. I have my own house but the people facing my bedroom in the apartment complex next to my house are pretty hopeless -- Big screen TVs in both of the rooms facing my house and one or the other or both are on and often pretty loud sometimes until dawn and they are inconsiderate and leave the windows open unless it's cold. I talked to them, but it's only gotten worse. Earplug city. One time not long ago I shined a focused beam D cell flashlight into their windows at 4:00AM and the windows were immediately closed. A couple of nights ago at 1:00AM I triggered my car alarm, several times (it turns itself off after around 1/2 minute). Their apartment and my bedroom are on the 2nd floor and with their windows open, even with their TV on real loud I figured they could hear the alarm. It didn't seem to work and I crammed my earplugs in and finally went back to sleep.

 

[alkemyst]

lol

reminds me of the "mystery" neighbour that left me a note on my door telling me to pick up after my dog. I crumpled up the note and tossed it because I don't own a dog. The next day I got another note. Tossed that one, too. After the 3rd note appeared, I decided to nip this wacko in the bud.

I put up a large note on my door that said: "I don't own a fucking dog. Stop putting notes here or I will track you down and fill your mail box with dog shit. This is your only warning."

The notes stopped.

You dun goofed? You backtraced him?

 

[duragezic]

Why does it cost anything to move? If there is another unit open, can't the office just switch your lease over to that one? It's a pain in the ass to move (just moved last month after moving somewhere a few months ago) but I think to get away from that piece of shit, it'd be worth the hassle. I'm assuming it's some kind of complex where there's other buildings right by.

Thank goodness this complex I'm in seems pretty legit so far. Every apartment I've ever lived in has not been a problem unless I had idiot neighbors. Mostly that was in college with dipshits who pounded bass at every time of the night (2am on a week day? oh yeah).

First night I was in this new place I heard this moron pounding bass at 1 am, but only from my living room. My bedroom is on the other side and so far has been very quiet every night. But still, are people that dumb or that inconsiderate? You don't have to stop making noise at night but how can anyone think slamming dumbass bassy music at night is okay in an apartment?

 

[alkemyst]

Why does it cost anything to move? If there is another unit open, can't the office just switch your lease over to that one? It's a pain in the ass to move (just moved last month after moving somewhere a few months ago) but I think to get away from that piece of shit, it'd be worth the hassle. I'm assuming it's some kind of complex where there's other buildings right by.

Thank goodness this complex I'm seems pretty legit so far. Every apartment I've ever lived in has not been a problem unless I had shit neighbors. Mostly that was in college with dipshits who pounded bass at every time of the night (2am on a week day? oh yeah). First night I was here I heard this dumb shit pounding bass at 1 am, but only could hear from the other side in my living room. So far my bedroom has been very quiet every night.

It costs money to move because they have to refurbish the place to re-rent.

 

[Anonemous]

Moving besides the cost took a lot of time and energy from me. Plus activation/transfer of all the utilities (phone/internet/power/cable) also cost $$$.

As for the note, I took a picture of it.

Dude just massively stomped the floor like a jackhammer when I took a shower other than that it was fine.

 

[Anonemous]

Dude came at 9:30am just as I was going to work and pounded and posted another note. He's claiming now we make noise at 1AM and 5AM and how he can hear us talking when we were asleep. He had his wife talk to the leasing office.

 

[moshquerade]

Good gawd, so you are going to lose some money, I would still gtfo out of there.

Have you google searched this guy? Have you looked up public court records to see if he's listed? I bet this isn't his first rodeo.

 

[Macamus Prime]

How about you try this approach, take him out to dinner. Get to know him. Don't talk about anything other than where he is from. What he does for a living, etc.

Treat it as you getting to know someone. And, do not think about all the things he has done to you thus far.

 

[alkemyst]

Dude came at 9:30am just as I was going to work and pounded and posted another note. He's claiming now we make noise at 1AM and 5AM and how he can hear us talking when we were asleep. He had his wife talk to the leasing office.

You unleashed the kracken

 

[Iron Woode]

You dun goofed? You backtraced him?

consequences will never be the same.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

How about you try this approach, take him out to dinner. Get to know him. Don't talk about anything other than where he is from. What he does for a living, etc.

Treat it as you getting to know someone. And, do not think about all the things he has done to you thus far.

Wtf are you talking about? Dude will probably think OP is approaching him for a fight and attack him. No use in trying to reason with a neanderthal.

 

[DaTT]

Have you considered punching the the shit out of his face?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Not everyone can afford to own a home. Buying a home is a terrible investment anyways unless you can buy it outright.

I have no problem living in apartments. Always live on the top floor and on the outside of the complex. The only noise I hear are from birds and various critters.

How is buying a home a terrible investment? I've had a mortgage since 2004 (2 different homes) and have built over $80k of equity without ever paying more than $900/month. Not only that, but my first home had a rental unit attached to it that made approximately $6000/year in rent. The way I see it, me buying a home in 2004 has given me about $100k of value......and at this time, I wouldn't have $80k equity and would be in more school debt.

I think the housing market is a YMMV. Just like stocks, there are winners and losers. If you don't overbuy and can do home improvement on your own, you can come out on top over renting. I just miss having a view, a pool, and not having to mow....but things could be worse. I don't have to deal with nutjobs like the guy described in this thread.

 

[Anonemous]

Posted a youtube video and I sent the link to management, they promptly told me to take it down so I complied. Wife does not want to relocate since we had just moved in and unpacked.

 

[moshquerade]

Posted a youtube video and I sent the link to management, they promptly told me to take it down so I complied. Wife does not want to relocate since we had just moved in and unpacked.

Then there is no sense in complaining any more.

 

[Newbian]

On a side note, what kind of crappy deck does the place have if it leaks on the lower one?

Are there no drains and the wind is really bad and pushing the water on yours or something?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

How is buying a home a terrible investment? I've had a mortgage since 2004 (2 different homes) and have built over $80k of equity without ever paying more than $900/month. Not only that, but my first home had a rental unit attached to it that made approximately $6000/year in rent. The way I see it, me buying a home in 2004 has given me about $100k of value......and at this time, I wouldn't have $80k equity and would be in more school debt.

I think the housing market is a YMMV. Just like stocks, there are winners and losers. If you don't overbuy and can do home improvement on your own, you can come out on top over renting. I just miss having a view, a pool, and not having to mow....but things could be worse. I don't have to deal with nutjobs like the guy described in this thread.

Yeah, extremely YMMV. $900 a month couldn't even get you into the ghettoest neighborhood around here. I think if I were to ever buy, I would invest in a 10-20 unit building and just live in one of the units.

 

[Anonemous]

On a side note, what kind of crappy deck does the place have if it leaks on the lower one?

Are there no drains and the wind is really bad and pushing the water on yours or something?

There is no wind and there are no drains. Upstairs was supposed to have a liner/2nd container for his potted plants. Their excuse for it dripping was that someone else was taking care of it when they were away (which explained why no one answered the door when I went to talk to them the first time). But on the next two occasions it occurred I spoke with the neighbor upstairs and he was at home. They told the leasing office that they had a 2nd container on it even though I noticed more flooding than usual this past Sunday.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Then there is no sense of complaining any more.

OP - turn in your man card.

Sack up and move - now the leasing office thinks you are the problem.

GNR

 

[Aikouka]

I have no problem living in apartments. Always live on the top floor and on the outside of the complex. The only noise I hear are from birds and various critters.

I don't live in large apartment buildings... always complexes, but I specifically choose a townhouse on the end of a row just so I can avoid possibly annoying two sets of people and having the possibility of two sets of people annoy me. My neighbor is pretty relaxed though, and I have no issues with him. Although, one of my sort-of neighbors randomly uses my second parking spot without asking... that bothers me quite a bit.

 

[aceO07]

Posted a youtube video and I sent the link to management, they promptly told me to take it down so I complied. Wife does not want to relocate since we had just moved in and unpacked.

Basically the management doesn't want to acknowledge or deal with it. You backed down and took the video off.

The options seem to be to make management move/remove the other tenant or you move. Management is very unlikely to deal with the other tenant. The easiest option seems to be for you to move.

What are you going to do?

 

[DaTT]

Posted a youtube video and I sent the link to management, they promptly told me to take it down so I complied. Wife does not want to relocate since we had just moved in and unpacked.

Why would you take it down? Why did they want you to take it down?

 

[Anonemous]

Basically the management doesn't want to acknowledge or deal with it. You backed down and took the video off.

The options seem to be to make management move/remove the other tenant or you move. Management is very unlikely to deal with the other tenant. The easiest option seems to be for you to move.

What are you going to do?

Actually management wants to mediate but I don't know how that will turn out. I am keeping all the options on the table and moving is one. Management apparently does not want the video to be public or they have bad publicity so I set it to be private. In the video, the neighbor says, "This is War." several times while screaming about how he declared war on me.