What do can we do about these inconsiderate neighbors?
The tenants who live right below us moved in back in January, and they’ve been a nightmare ever since. They blast loud music almost every single day, for hours on end. I’ve e-mailed two noise complaints to our rent office; one in late January, and the other in mid-March, and yet here we are now in mid-April, and we’re still going through this. We can feel the bass thudding through our floors, and hear word by word the lyrics of what’s being listened to. That’s how bad it is, up to 5 hrs. at a time. Then a lot of times they stop for a while, only to start up again later. My father has called the (non-emergency) police as well, twice, but they didn’t do anything either.
What makes it worse is that we actually have a building manager that lives right below them, on the first floor, but he’s apparently friends with these a-holes, which is one of the reasons I’m pretty sure nothing’s really been done. But the fact that he knows about this and is letting it slide just adds insult to injury. The very person/people who are supposed to enforce the rules aren’t doing their job.
So what else are we supposed to do? It’s going on 5 months now that we’ve had to deal with this.
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After they are tired from partying then as they go to sleep play polka , or other annoying muisc, till they complain than make a deal to institute quiet hours.
Get yourself a bumper sticker that says “I have a gun and I’m not afraid to use it.”
Talk to them directly and explain the impact on you.
And/or, ask the other neighbors how they feel about it and escalate to the building owner, not just his manager.
Failing that, find the town noise ordinances and wait for them to break them and then call the actual police on them.
Wear shoes.
By that I mean, when you’re faced with a world full of rough terrain, it makes a lot more sense to put on a pair of shoes to create an artificial surface on which to walk than it does to level and smooth the entire world.
In this case, trying to get them to stop is going to be difficult, frustrating, and quite likely impossible. While you have little or no control over them you do have total control over yourself, which means the solution is in your hands.
Assume that their behaviour will never end, and figure out some way to live with it. For example, you could wear ear plugs. You could install noise baffles. You could hang cordless headphones by your front door and put them on as soon as you come home, playing white noise or other pleasant sounds. You could nail down the floor to the joists to prevent it from acting as a speaker membrane. I’m sure you can think of other things to ameoliorate the problem if you’re creative.
To put the locus of control back into your hands, you’re going to have to learn how to let go of concepts like “fairness.” Do you want to be right, or do you want to win? They are often mutually exclusive. Let go of your anger and do whatever is needful to adapt to an unpleasant reality.
When you call the police, what do they say?
Do they have neighbors on either side? Could you talk to them and see how they feel about it? If enough people complain you might have better results.
Is there a noise ordinance where you live? That might help.
This may sound extreme, but I think if neither the super or the police are listening to you, you may have to consider moving either to another apartment in the complex or elsewhere. You are in a rental; see what the terms of your lease are and if you can break for these reasons without a penalty. Then look for a happier rental situation.
Never mind the manager get in touch with the owner.
Surely there was a lease required..read it in regards to noise etc.
The owner wouldn’t like his/her place used in this way.
Every time they start playing music too loud, just go downstairs, ghetto knock on their door and politely ask them to turn down the music.
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