Noisy Neighbor
- Thread starter Kestra
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If it happens past midnight, I think you can complain. Most cities have noise ordinances that don't allow anyone to be loud after midnight. It's why you won't see any outdoor concerts go past midnight. So, if anyone does happen to be loud, they're essentially breaking the law and then it's up to the cops to enforce it, so if you bring it to their attention, it's possible the person could be fined.
This is why I was going to suggest going to the landlord. That's a good "middle ground" solution; that way, you aren't stuck handling it yourself but it's dealt with without you personally saying something and possibly putting a target on your back if the music playing people turn out to be jerks or even dangerous. And that way they're not pissed that someone called the cops. I'd save that for if the landlord doesn't settle it adequately.
We actually have "quiet hours" after ten at this complex, where you're not supposed to run your vacuum, dishwasher, do laundry, etc. People generally obey it. I think it's a nice courtesy to others.
Yeah, I agree. So, obviously this person isn't obeying it. Is it a new person who's potentially not aware of it, I wonder?
Anybody who plays loud music at 1 am in an apartment complex is a jerk.
Simplest solution would be to print out a note describing the problem (especially the 1am loud music) and that the person responsible should tone it down after 9 or 10pm.
If that doesn't work track the culprit down.. should be easy if the music is so loud (step outside your appartment and listen where the music comes from). Knock on the door and talk to the person face to face.
If that fails call up the owner and let him deal.
Last resort is police.
If that doesn't work track the culprit down.. should be easy if the music is so loud (step outside your appartment and listen where the music comes from). Knock on the door and talk to the person face to face.
If that fails call up the owner and let him deal.
Last resort is police.
"These are the people I turn to for advice, so you might want to think about playing your music a little quieter."
Find the fuse box and cut the power off to their apartment only.
That was actually my first thought, which would indicate that it's not someone on our floor because those apartments have had the same occupants since I got here.
I would say that some people may not realize that the sound was carrying so much. I can't hear the music in the hallway at all (I know some people suggested listening for it, which I have). The outer walls may be constructed differently since our apartments technically open to the outside (covered hallways).
When my husband was little, his family lived in apartment building where the power kept going out. One day a police officer showed up to the door of their apartment. Someone had left some panel open and there were tiny footprints next to it. Turns out my husband (who was something like five or six at the time) was turning the power off at different times because there was a boy in the building he didn't like, and he didn't want him to be able to play video games.
Your husband is totally awesome. This entire thread has had me in stitches. No matter what course of action you take, Kestra, there must always be the cowboy hat picture (for what it's worth I agree with contacting the landlord, though printing this thread out and shoving it under the door would be epic).
I have a similar problem with someone who plays loud music with the bass turned all the way up, this thumping music comes right through my bedroom wall where my bed is, and this usually occurs past 10pm until 1am, local ordinances have "quiet hours" for loud music set at 10.
I mean, it's seriously pretty annoying you'd think common human courtesy would tell people not to play loud, thumping, music late at night but....
I mean, it's seriously pretty annoying you'd think common human courtesy would tell people not to play loud, thumping, music late at night but....
The way my building is laid out, my bedroom is adjacent to the next apartment's bedroom. Their apartment is basically a mirror image of mine. And recently, the guy living there has fancied himself a dubstep musician, so I get to listen to his "works in progress." 
(No, he isn't any good.)
(No, he isn't any good.)
My old neighbour (we live in semi-detached houses) had a drum kit in his garage and he was always careful never to play after 8pm. All well and good, but he didn't have a shred of rhythm so it was painful to listen to him play at any time. Please don't ask me about the current accordion-playing neighbour, because I may become all stabby.
I don't understand why more people don't use headphones, either, especially with the rise in MP3 and iPod ownership. And there's the basic common courtesy issue. I grew up in detached houses but never blared my music because my parents didn't allow one person to blast music throughout the entire house to the annoyance of other family members. Manners, anyone?
I don't understand why more people don't use headphones, either, especially with the rise in MP3 and iPod ownership. And there's the basic common courtesy issue. I grew up in detached houses but never blared my music because my parents didn't allow one person to blast music throughout the entire house to the annoyance of other family members. Manners, anyone?
I suggest going around asking neighbors that live next to your prime suspects about whether they hear anything, and wherefrom. They might be better with hearing. Try to get a consensus. Then do whatever.
I had a really sweet old lady bother me about noise pollution in this apartment that I was staying in over the past summer, but had also grown up in. It was mostly about my friends who grew up in houses, and would just generally be douchy when visiting me. This one really loud dude would make phone calls on my terrace at 12:30 am. I would go out for a smoke and granny would stick her head out the window of the next apartment over, and give me shit, so I tried to get my buddies to quiet down when inside as well.
We got together a few times to try out Lord of the Rings Risk (awesome). This one guy also having a cigarette with me shouted "this will be the gayest thing I ever do!" At which time she was peaking and just gave me this hilarious concerned look. But then, despite my numerous warnings, they kept at it. 2 of the 4 of us who were playing at like 3 am would get into a pointless argument about a rule that wasn't even applicable in the given situation, and since there was drinking, it was pretty much at the top of their lungs. I didn't wanna join in and handle the sitch by being even louder, but I seriously felt like hitting someone. After that I instituted a no-visits policy for the bros. Then my girlfriend started coming over and I would catch granny watching us on the terrace, barely visible behind her giant AC fixture coming out the building's outer wall. So when gf walked back in, I was like "different crowd, we won't be as loud". To which she replied, "this is definitely the better choice".
I had a really sweet old lady bother me about noise pollution in this apartment that I was staying in over the past summer, but had also grown up in. It was mostly about my friends who grew up in houses, and would just generally be douchy when visiting me. This one really loud dude would make phone calls on my terrace at 12:30 am. I would go out for a smoke and granny would stick her head out the window of the next apartment over, and give me shit, so I tried to get my buddies to quiet down when inside as well.
We got together a few times to try out Lord of the Rings Risk (awesome). This one guy also having a cigarette with me shouted "this will be the gayest thing I ever do!" At which time she was peaking and just gave me this hilarious concerned look. But then, despite my numerous warnings, they kept at it. 2 of the 4 of us who were playing at like 3 am would get into a pointless argument about a rule that wasn't even applicable in the given situation, and since there was drinking, it was pretty much at the top of their lungs. I didn't wanna join in and handle the sitch by being even louder, but I seriously felt like hitting someone. After that I instituted a no-visits policy for the bros. Then my girlfriend started coming over and I would catch granny watching us on the terrace, barely visible behind her giant AC fixture coming out the building's outer wall. So when gf walked back in, I was like "different crowd, we won't be as loud". To which she replied, "this is definitely the better choice".
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