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What to do about harassing neighbors?

Aluisious

Aluisious

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So I live in this condo complex where there are 8 units per building. I share a bedroom wall with some old people who I suspect moved in recently, because in the last month or so I've been waking up in the morning around 530 or 630 due to some kind of noise (never remember what it is since I'm sleeping). I suspect they're slamming doors or something. I got up a few times and looked outside and their bedroom light is always on when that happens.

So I left a polite note saying I'm having trouble sleeping and asking if they could be careful. Then about a week ago they started waking me up every morning. Getting pretty tired and strung out, I went and talked to the old guy Saturday evening. I was very polite and asked if they could be careful about noise in the morning. Now the last two nights I've been woken up at 246 exactly by some noise, and I'm sure this morning later they've got more in store for me. I'm making audio recordings for evidence and plan to film a vid when they do it this morning to show they're the only ones awake at that time.

I can only assume now that they're crotchety old assholes who are doing it intentionally since the problem gets worse when I say anything about it. What can I do? I'm on a lease so I can't move and moving is a pain in the ass anyway. Am I supposed to sleep on my couch because of these people? Do I call the HOA or the cops or what? I don't even want to get even with them, I just want to be able to sleep in my bed without getting startled wide awake a couple times every night :|
 
I have found that fifteen seconds of Slayer at full volume aimed at their wall at 9:30 pm usually shuts annoying old people up.
 
I have dealt with this. And dealing with it legally or calmly usually doesn't work. You really have to make them realize you can play the game too.
 
Well, you could notify the landlord. Also, I'd try wearing earplugs. Not ideal, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly, particularly if you wear them when you ride.

And if you're going to play Slayer, I'd wait til maybe midnight or so... make sure they're good and asleep before you wake 'em up... :)
 
I do wear earplugs. I used to live next to the Caltrain line and that never woke me up. These people though...well anyway one of their favored times to screw with me is 5:36 so I'm sitting in my room without earplugs to see if they stay on schedule :|

Well looks like nothing is on the schedule for now, they must be waiting for 5:56 or 6:36 this morning. It was 5:56 the last two nights (yeah, on a weekend :|).

Problem with blasting Slayer is that I have other neighbors too. I think I might do the rounds this evening and talk to other people to see if they've been woken up. Get some numbers on my side...and maybe go sleep at my parent's house tomorrow just so I can get a full night in for once.
 
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I'm down for some midnight Slayer
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Ok some clarification on the use of Slayer Noise Therapytm.

If these are old people and they are waking up at 5:30 in the morning, chances are that they are going to bed early. Also, the 9:45 timing is set so you don't break any noise rules.

The idea behind blasting Slayer isn't to piss them off. It's really just a shot across the bow letting them know you are aware of them and their stupid actions and can retaliate at will.

15 seconds only, the best song is off Haunting the Chapel and starts with a long scream. That will wake anyone up.

Aim your speaker at their wall, preferably the bedroom. Then kick or pound three times on the wall just to reiterate that you are talking to them.

The may escalate the situation, but Slayer noise therapyTM is guaranteed to work in under three sessions. If not, Kerry King will come over and kick the old geezer's ass personally.
 
Well that's good for a chuckle at least. I think Nick can attest to how...efficacious my computer speakers would be for a "shot across the bow."

Let's just say I don't know how loud they can get because I'm scared to try.
 
mcarb said:
I have found that fifteen seconds of Slayer at full volume aimed at their wall at 9:30 pm usually shuts annoying old people up.
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^THIS^

mcarb said:
I have dealt with this. And dealing with it legally or calmly usually doesn't work. You really have to make them realize you can play the game too.
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Don't waste your time with legal bs, take the law into your own hands. :thumbup
I had the same problem, but I'm more like your crotchety old neighbor. I go ta bed early, and get up early.
The dickless, tweaker across the way thinks it's real cool to rip up & down the street on his POS Harley (run'in straight pipes) all night long. Fair enough, I just crank up the stereo at 5:30 in da morning. Yo bro, howz that work'in out for ya? :laughing
 
It's probably one of them rolling over and knocking over one of their oxygen tanks.

Slayer will most likely induce a heart attack.
 
+1 to mcarb's idea.....emphasis on "measured response" though


I've got a similar issue...the short sale house next door just got sold to a young family with SCREAMING kids.......I'll give it a while for the "new" to wear off their glee of a new home, then it's time for Jimi Hendrix and porn soundtracks blasted across the fence
 
Man screaming kids...crotchety old people...all this noise. Makes me fantasize about buying a house in the middle of nowhere.
 
How was your conversation with him? Are you only noticing the loud noises when everything else is quiet, only at those times, or does it persist throughout the day?

They might be hard of hearing and simply not notice the noise they're making.



If things persist, leave more notes. You can pick up tips and strategies here: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/category/neighbors/

ETA: I don't know about your building, but when I lived in condos/townhouses, I think the contractor stapled a sheet of TP to the sheetrock and called it "insulation." Sound just sucks in those, for the most part.
 
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some revenge ideas, you didn't ask for them, but I'm providing them for when the "nice thing" doesn't work...

throw small rocks and marbles in their yard and wait for them to mow it

chemical that kills grass and wrote 'a-s-s-h-o-l-e-s' on their beautiful lawn!

ordering several hundred catalogs to be delivered to his house. This is easier than you think. Just run a Google search for “free catalog” and put HIS address into as many forms as you feel like filling out. I recommend at least a hundred.

For no reason at all go outside and shoot video of your neighbor.

Get the numbers for every service where someone would come out to give an estimate and send them to Richard’s house, do this from a PAY PHONE. I’m not talking about two or three guys, I’m talking about calling everyone from the Stanly Carpet guy to the Sears Aluminum Siding guy

FILL OUT A CHANGE OF ADDRESS CARD FOR HIM!

Buy something nice that operates off of AC power and install an audio transceiver into it and mail it to Mr. Head anonymously. If it is something nice enough he will plug it in and allow you to listen to the interior of his home.

If you know his phone number use a sharpie to plaster it on the wall of men’s restrooms advertising the kind of love one would expect from someone so “anal”. (That cracked me up to type it!) Don’t put it into just one restroom, put it EVERYWHERE you go! Truck stops are the best!

Another good thing to do is to mail a “commercial sample” of some shampoo to his house. Make sure it is an expensive brand with many claims. Replace the shampoo in the bottle with hair remover before sending it

... I'm thinking some of these are not legal...
 
The sound also might be of the old lady's vagina closing for the day, I hear they get real loud once you get really old.:later

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Trust me, a 450W half stack has the ability to be more than a little "obnoxious" in the right environment. :teeth

A cheap alternative would be an inexpensive snare drum off craigslist. Wouldn't shake the place, but it'd be annoying as fuck. :laughing
 
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