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I can also relate to all these posts...I too have tried everything to stop the downstairs noisemaking jerks. Asked nicely, didn't work, complain to mgmt, what a joke that was...called the cops, they didn't show, and my spouse IS a cop! But he can't just show up downstairs with his badge and gun much as we'd love to it just doesn't work that way...it seems to me that with "fair housing" laws that protect EVERYBODY'S civil rights according to race, gender, disability, nationality, etc, why shouldn't there be protection for those who just want to live in peace and quiet??? Just like there are senior communities that can deny anyone under a particular age, there should be communities that require a certain level of quiet. You only live there if that is what you are looking for and you are assured others there want the same. Let the rude, loud, inconsiderate ones all live together and enjoy each others' noise.

Landlords seem to be able to get away with ignoring lease violators until the negatively affected party is forced to do something drastic and costly like see a lawyer and/or sue or end up with the huge cost and inconvenience of actually moving. How is that fair?? When there seem to be so many people with this same problem as witnessed in this blog (and many others) why on earth is there no justice about this issue??? We are RIDICULOUSLY quiet and considerate and just want the same in return not to mention the most important thing...we and the jerks are bound by the same lease yet they are able to violate repeatedly with no consequence.

I totally identify with those here who are on their last nerve. Many times while enduring the ruckus downstairs, I eyeball my Louisville slugger and debate how embarrassing it might be for my husband to get called while on duty and told his wife was being booked at jail for losing it and going off on the neighbors! It's unfortunate how seemingly relatively small situations can escalate but this is one example of how it happens. A potentially dangerous person is one who feels helpless, hopeless and victimized after consistently 'abiding by the rules' and 'doing the right thing' only to find that a perpetrator is allowed to continue their obnoxious, selfish and sometimes illegal behavior unhindered.

We live in an apt by choice as do many people. With such a large population doing so, (especially in this part of the country) it would seem that builders would easily be able to afford to upgrade construction because of demand for units and property mgmt companies would be at the top of their game as far as "managing" yet this is not the case.

We finally did see an attorney with all of our documentaion and are now armed with our legal rights and some viable choices. Unfortunately to permanently end the problem we may still face a bit of inconvenience and a relatively small financial cost but at this point, it is no worse than the insanity of dealing with the jerks that began the problem and those who refuse to fix it.

They are hard to find but there are some attorneys out there who will see you for low or no cost and some areas have mediation type agencies through your local city government, look in your phonebook, it's worth the peace of mind.

And to all those noisemakers slamming those who want peace and quiet...karma and payback are a b*tch.