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PLEASE READ!!!! I desperately need advise as I am poor and can't hire a lawyer. This may be a bit long but I don't want to leave anything out. We moved into these apts 2 1/2 years ago and are month to month. Our old upstairs neighbors trashed the apt as we complained about the noise and the weak flooring. They eventually got evicted. In come new neighbors and they have kids(2 of them 3 and 4 years old). We can hear them walking and talking. That is bad enough when you can hear talking through the floor. Now the problem, the kids run constantly all over the house and on to the deck. They scream very loud(I once, after leaving AGAIN heard them from about 150 yards away) and constantly throw garbage/toys onto our property. The thumps and bangs are so loud, we get woken up constantly. It literally sounds like bowling balls being dropped. I emailed the manager regarding the issue...no answer. Again, no answer. Again, finally a response which was to take care of it myself. We have had to leave countless times and even take my portable dvd player in the car so we can watch a movie. After 6 emails with pictures of the garbage(13 of them) sent, issues of child abuse,(I witnessed the mom hitting the child three times on the backside and dragging him upstairs by his arm along with many many times hearing the children scream with terror and big slaps) and my mentioning if we could move to a different apt, he didn't respond but that one time. Here are the dates I emailed him(with the pictures of the garbage also), May 20th, 28th, 30th, June 1st, 2nd and 3rd. He responded once on the 29th with "Chirs -

Thank you for bringing these issues to my attention. I will look into them and get back to you." and "Have you personally talked to your neighbor about the heavy thumps? If you haven't, I would recommend that you do. Almost all issues can be more successfully resolved neighbor to neighbor." Yes, he spelled my name wrong also!! The reason I emailed so many times was the have it documented and saved. I wanted him to know what we go through on a daily basis. Some of the emails were just pics of toys and garbage on our property that we witnessed. I saw him face to face when I paid rent on the 5th. He was so rude and mean. He didn't want to talk about it. I said the floors are bad and they always have been. I told you that over a year ago. He said the floors have been inspected so maybe you should have moved into a upstairs apt. I also said we are losing sleep everyday. He said "I SAID, I'll look into it" but he didn't. He acted like I was making HIM mad when it's his responsibility to do something. I finally confronted the neighbor and she understood that they are noisy. But she said "what do you expect, I have kids" (I know that noise is protected under state and federal laws). She didn't get the fact that the kids throwing garbage and dumping glasses of water onto our "backyard" is a problem. What if we were standing underneath the deck...we'd be wet and be hit in the head with toys. Not to mention that we complained way before that to this "manager". He said he laughed when he heard us complain about the noise, it's a part of apartment living. To sum up, he ignored issues of child abuse, us willing to move to a different apt...same complex so he will still get his money for rent, littering, bad floors and massive noise all hours of the day. I finally emailed him again saying I talked to the neighbor but it didn't help. She is nice but just doesn't get it. The floors definitely needs work was also mentioned. Thanks for your time and sorry it took so long to read. I am mad, tired, sad, poor and stuck in this h*ll hole. Mad in Milwaukie