Dealing with Bad Neighbors

Wow.

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

almost two years ago, I moved into a triplex apt building.The lady above me became a nuisance the same day I moved in. She started complaining that My husband's truck was blocking the stairway and when we
are we going to move it. My husband assured her that it in fact it was not blocking the stairway. The next day she left a note on his truck that the truck was 2 ft in her carport. We could never talk to her because she was always hiding, like she was scared. But she wasn't scared to call the police on my husband.She accused him of being a jerk, egging her car,turning the power off in her apt. this when on for months.She also reported me the management office and told them I had 5 kids living in a 2 bedroom apt.That I'm guilty of.Its the only place I could afford at that time.It got uglier.She did the unthinkable.She called the police and told them I threatened her life.And I got arrested. The officer told me he did not want to do it. But since the 911 nightmare in New York.they have to take care of terrorist threats seriously.Thats what they charged me with. I never said a thing to this monster. My 5 kids saw mommy being handcuffed. My husband bailed me out 2 hours later.5,000 dollars
we had to borrow.the next day the monster moved out and I was served with a 3 day notice to vacate for disturbing the peace of my felloew neighbor amongst other reasons.I fought it in court and lost. I had a an eviction showing on my credit report which caused me to live in car and motels because no one wanted to rent to me anymore. My kids lived with my parents up until 2 months ago We finally found a place that didn't care about the eviction. I went from an outgoing person to a nervous and stressed out wreck.
I hope that I can sue this monster for everything she has done to me and my family.

Loud, abusive non-caring neighbours really is the theme here. no matter where you go or what rent you pay... there will always be that neighbour with the child running from one end of the apt. to the other bouncing a ball along the way or that resident who lets their kids scream till all hours at nite, takes up 2 parking spaces, lets their animals pee on plants that you spend time caring for. Managers care about rent being paid on time and making sure there are no empty apts. As much as we wish someone would do something about noise, trash, parking or security at any apt. no will probably happen. so... name your apt. make others aware and then foward all the messages with the comments about that apartment complex to the manager, maybe just maybe the complex will make some changes. let them know that these commments will be post on every site that people use to look for apts.

a complex full of queens. noses stuck in your business, stop you in your tracks. must drop everything because a neighbor had a life happening. neighbor who is bipolar and a pill popper stopping you to make a snide remark. got a life, forget it, they don't and you must drop your shorts for them. demands you must do something for them because they think you have the time. they don't want to hear noise yet they drive you up the walls with it. complain that someone steals their property but they invite questionable scum to their place 24/7. bother you every time they see you. noses up in the air, thinking they're the centrifical pull of the universe. two faced, back stabbing, no job to keep them occupied, nosey, nosey, self centered, it's all about them. god forbid you have a life or are too busy for them. god forbid that suddenly they experience things you've been dealing with.... oh my it's hard blah blah, you don't understand. my neighbors in my northern VA hood just don't get it and should develop or even consider getting a clue. when i moved to the place i now reside, i think hard, very serious about why i made such a mistake! i think i want to go back home to where folks have jobs, minds and lives of their own and further yet, mind their own business. also, they don't have this high horse problem and stick their noses up in the air at you because "you're one of them kind". little closet community i've placed myself into. when you have 40something's still living with their parents and neighbors who ain't got enough of a life to figure out that yours is making you too busy to pay attention to them 24/7.... i feel like i'm in kindergarten here with people that i feel is a miracle they lived this long without injuring themselves? how they found the knob on their doors and figured out how to make it function so they can step outside is beyond me.

My fiance and I just moved into an apartment about a month and half ago. When we first moved in we thought that we was being careful to ask all the right things to be sure and not inconveniece the neighbors. Well when the issue of parking came up, we were told that we could not park in front of the neighbors place, and we could not park in the little gravel parking space on our property because the neighbors made that themselves. Well mind you the neighbors only have 1 car, they park it on the street in front of their apartment, so that leaves their private space open, plus they have 2 garages that they can park in, and if they don't want to park in them, then they could atleast use the concrete slab infront of them for parking. All the landlord said we had for parking space was the little patch infront of our aprtment and then it's on the street so it's public. Well we were having trouble with the neighbors parking there all the time, so we called the landlord. Mind you their part of the apartment faces a different street, so there's no need to even park around the corner infront of us, plus they have alot of parking space that they don't use. Well after calling the landlord and asking for some common curtousy, nothing was done. Well last night the neighbors parked infront of our place again, it irritated me. So when I got in I slammed my door shut, it didn't take them but a minute and they were over here complaining. Well I talked ot them like a civil adult and we reached a compromise which was that we'll keep the noise down if they'll park else wear. Well then the neighbors son comes walking around the corner while we're still talking and he just starts cursing me up one side and down the other. I didn't stoop to his level and curse back, I said it was fine and that I would take it up with the landlord. Mind you the neighbor is in her late 50's early 60's, so her son was a grown man. I'm 24 and was home alone at the time. Anyways back on subject once the guy cursed me out and the neighbor left I called my fiance at work and informed him of what had happened. Well he came home about 20 minutes later. As he was pulling up the grown man came back over and tried to apologize to me, I told him that I would not accept his apology and that he had no right to curse me like he did when he did not know me and when I was having a civil conversation with his mother. I told him to get off my porch and that I was going to inform the landlord of the situation, well he didn't like that very well so I told my fiance that he was the one that cursed me out. Being upset about that my fiance yelled at him and asked why he talked to me like he did when for 1 he didnt know me and for 2 I had done nothing to him for him to act like that. My fiance also told him that no matter what he doesn't have the right to talk to a lady in that manner, well the guy pepper sprayed my fiance. I immediatly called the landlord and informed him of what happened, he said for me to call the police. So I did, we were going to press charges but the neighbors lied and said that my fiance threatened their lives so they acted in self defense. That's not true at all. So anyways we weren't able to press charges. But the cops did tell us that they have been dealing with this family for as long as 20 years and that they were nothiung but trash and trouble and they they knew we were telling thr truth, but because they're not judges they couldn't make an arrest without arresting my fiance too. Well about 20 minutes after the cops leave the landlord calls us back and talks to my fiance to see what all has happened. My fiance tells him and the landlord completely sides with the neighbors, so we told him that we wanted out of the lease because we refuse to live next to people that are always in trouble and that are clearly violent. The landlord got mad and said that if we try to get out of the lease then he'll make us pay the rest of the year anyways.
We've already decided that we're moving no matter what, we just have to wait until after our wedding which is on May31st. We are living with blackmold covering our basement walls and on damp days you can smell it in other parts of the apartment too. The landlord knew about it before we moved in and he should have taken care of it, but never. Now when we signed the lease we did know that there was a lil mold downstairs, but we didn't know how much and we didn';t know at the time that it was black mold. A friend of mine and her husband own there own contracting business and they told us what it was and how dangerous it is and can be. Until last night we were going to pay out of our own pockets to have it taken care of, but because the landlord is being a douchebag, we've decided to call our local health department and code office, and let them come in and do some testing....mind you they could condem the apartment...and I hope they do, maybe then the landlord wont take sides and will actually work to keep all tenants safe.

My only concern is that based on what I have explained, would we have grounds to fight for our money back or are we just completely out???? If anyone knows I would greatly appreciate the feed back.

Thanks in advance!!!!!!

Being a pit bull does not make a dog aggressive! It might be or might not be (and probably isn't, by statistics).

Bad Rap- Long story but please read- I need advice!

My situation is a bit different...I live in an upper duplex and the folks below me are a mother, probably mid 50's and her late 30's son. They have lived in this duplex for about 8 years. I moved in last October so I have been there about 7 months. They have complained about me 3 times to our landlord. The first time was 2 weeks after I moved in saying they were concerned because I didn't close the garage door in a timley manner and that I didn't always lock the side entrance door behind me. I was very cool about it when my landlord called and said that though I'm sure I am closing the garage door, I will be conscious of these things. Then in December they called my LL again to complain that they can hear me when I come home late on the weekends, as in they can hear my high heeled shoes on the stairs as I go upstairs and then I MUST be walking around my apartment in high heeled shoes even after I'm inside (because people do that all the time of course). Mind you these people don't work on the weekends so it's not like they have to get up early on a Sat or Sun morning. They also complained that I'm on the phone all the time at 3am (I'm not) and they can hear my conversations. My LL was trying to be the middle man in this so I'm not mad at him, but he suggested that I take my shoes off once I'm in the side entrance so they don't hear me and also that I try not to have phone conversations in my bedroom as it's right above one of their bedrooms. Unbelieveable. He tells me that during the week they have to have to leave a 5am to be at work and I told him that I'm very aware of that because their yipitee dog barks constantly as soon as they leave. He asked why I didn't call him to tell him this and my reply was that I wouldn't do that because I live in an apartment setting and there are certain things one has to deal with when living in an apartment. He really was trying to make both parties happy and said that he would remind them to keep the dog quiet and that they too need to be aware of their noise level. I told him that I am a good tennant. I'm a 30 year old professional, I don't have parties, I don't play my muisc loud, etc. So fast forward to a bad snowstorm here in WI and the mother that lives downstairs gets her car stuck in the driveway. So I see this and decide to be the nice person and go down there to help her, spraining my thumb in the process. I thought we were on better terms then because while having my sister visit out of town, she had a rental car and they (the mother and son) were nice enough to move their cars around so that my sis wouldn't have to park on the street. We treated them to a box of chocolates for their trouble. Things seemed to be okay. Dog still barking all the time but again, I choose to not make a big deal of it. NOW- I just got a call from my LL again! This time they are saying I slam doors (I don't slam doors, my apartment door needs to be pulled hard to get the deadbolt in place) and whats the kicker is they do it to!! They also complained because I make too much 'noise' after 10pm. I was pretty blunt with my LL this time and told him I was speechless about all this complaining and that if these people want complete silence, they should rent the upstaris themselves or buy a house.
I know many peoples advice would be just to move but I still have 5 months on my lease and I don't want to move again, I like my apartment and the neighborhood. I am so angry because these people are making me look bad and I'm afraid they could possibly get me evicted. And for some reason, they won't come talk to me about their concerns, they go right to my LL. My LL seems to be trying to stay neutral but I can't believe he doesn't find their complaints unreasonable. I feel like a prisoner in my own apartment. I don't even have a few friends over because I'm afraid they will complain to him. I have lived in several apartments and have NEVER had anyone complain about me.

Do I have any power here at all? I welcome any advice.

You're all a bunch of whiners. Apartment life is apartment life. Extreme cases require special attention, but for the most part NOISE IS NOISE. I have two boys. To keep them quiet is to essentially beat them into submission. I'm not going down that path to satisfy someone who is hypersensitive to a little stomping until 9 at night. Get ear muffs, a fan or SOMETHING.

Wah wah boo hoo I shouldn't have to do that. Lord, 1/3 of the worlds population sleeps on the dirt at night and deals with animals and critters. OOOHHHH a thpider and thome noith... whoa is me!

Arrogant whiny people.

If you have a rude neighbor i definitely agree to destroying their car, absolutely.

last weekend my next door neighbor was drunk and standing outside infront of his apartment, 3 of my friends and I were on our way into my unit when one of my guests stopped to say hi to him because he thought he recognized my neighbor.

my neighbor responded with "fuck you motherfucker i dont fucking know you hit the fuckin door"

then five minute later he comes knocking on my door telling my friend to come outside, my friend went outside and i refused to close the door, upon my refusal he grabbed MY door, yelled "close the fucking door!" and slammed it shut.

once my friend returned, he informed me that my neighbor had said lots more nasty things about me and everyone in my unit, so i then went next door to try and reason with him, and was threatened with a gun!

I want to resolve this with no police interference... can i use any of that to break my lease?

help me out!!!

ps, when i DO move out, your weak ass automatic camaro is toast sucker!

I have a problem with my neighbor someone please help . I live in an hud subsidized apartment my neigbor who is a woman and her 2 kids are the only ones on the lease . Her husband who is not on the lease is living there with her and had been banned from the property a few years back for fighting drinking and drugs . Anyway this guy is back and smokes like a chimney . The problem is my son is 19 and gets sick from the smell of cigareetes he always has a headache and allergies > he has been to the doctor a few times for this and I finally asked the doctor if the second hand smoke could be causing all this he said yes . We told the manager she said there is nothing we can do we said even if he's not on lease she said we can't prove he's there because neighbor always lies about it . In the mean time my son has to go day by day by always having headaches and getting sick someone please help before my son bedomes seriously ill from this . What can we do ???????

My problem isn't about noise. I just moved into my apartment about a month ago. I met the nabors 2 weeks ago that live above me. They are nice but not on my list of best friends. The problem is that they invite themselves over all the time. Now sure I could say no! get away from me. But I'm a nice person. So I tell them I'm doing something. their responce:
We will come back later when your done,
or
We can just be in another room.
or
It won't bother us if you working on the computer.

It doesn't matter if a have a free hour or not. The proper way to live is let the nabor invite you over. Not invite youselves and make the nabor feel obligated.

Sorry I went on a rant, but you get the pont.

THEY ARE TAKING OVER MY LIFE!

What can I do about this with out sounding like a bit*h. I feel I have to sit them down a explain the proper way of doing things.

PLEASE HELP ME!

Dusty

My partner and i moved into an appartment two years ago and we love it. the people keep to themselves but they're friendly enough. there is a family that lives below us and their relatives live below them. they have been complaining about us for about 8 months now and we haven't done a single thing to them. they say we are loud and that there's loud banging going on and we vaccum late at night. the other night we had some people over and we may have been a bit noisy but we didn't have any music going and there was only 6 of us. we played cards and had some beers, and the next day i overhear one of our lovely neighbors saying that they have recorded us being loud. now, we had a meeting with them three months or so prior to this and we came to the agreement that if there was any noise that they should come up and knock on our door and let us know. they have failed to do that. instead they have jumped the gun and are going to make it look like the noises they heard last night is an example of the noises they heard before. i dont' know what to do. the landlord likes us a lot and he knows that they're lying when they say we're noisy. but i'm afraid that this recording will make him think we are like that all the time, when it was only one incident. they have also told their kids that my partner and i are bad people and that they shouldn't talk to us. i feel discriminated against and pissed off. they're nothing but biggots and they're making themselves look like the victims and it's not right. if anyone can help me i'd very much appreciate it. it's been going on too long and has made our lives that much more stressful. one night we had gotten home and it was around 11:00 and we had been home for no longer than a half an hour and we heard a knock at the door. it was the police. they had called the police and reported a disturbance, and we hadn't even been home long enough to disturb anyone. now what makes me so mad is that they don't know us well enough to say 'hi' or 'how are you doing' or 'please keep the noise down' but they seem to have no problem calling the cops on us for no reason. i hate always wondering if we're going to get another visit out of the blue from the police and wondering what they're cooking up to make us look bad. Please Help!

Neighbor from Hell!!!

I am posting this because I need some type of help. About two years ago my husband, daughter and myself moved into an apartment. After being there 5 minutes the neighbor is already knocking on the door saying "my new neighbors move in yet?" Stupid question, but anyways. My neighbor is constantly drinking, slamming doors, being loud until 10 oclock, I have a 6 year old who goes to school and is in bed at 8 o'clock. He also has cameras in the hallways and one pointing out at the pool. We have gone to our landlord and she just says: "you know how they are when they are drinking." Well it doesn't stop. We don't have a lease or a contract, but we cann't afford to move either. The neighbor has been there 8 years and never had a non-family member live across the hallway from them. We cann't even put our daughter in time out, because if she screams, they stomp the floors, bang on their door, or just become a complete butt head. We cann't stand it anymore.

WHAT CAN I DO?

Bugged out!
I'am on disabillity & used all my funds to buy a trailer in a nice park and have become very close to all my nabor's but there is one trailer across the street that is a rental unit & the owner doesn't live here, The new people have been there 3 months now & have 2 teenage daughters & 1 son that about 8yr's old & they are driving me nuts with there loud music & heavey traffic, There son is wild & tears up anything he gets his hands on and now starting to come in my yard & steeling things,my dog cable, garbage can,bird feeder & useing a plastic bad to beat on things & beeing loud, I have called the owner of the trailer but she just say's deal with it yourself, So I went to the park mgr & he said there not breaking the rules of the park & call the police to report the noise, So after 9 calls to them in 1 month & countless fines there still doing the same !
I don't have the money to buy anouther place to live & know apartments are worse so what can I do ?

I live in this apartment complex for about three years, and put up with the crap because I don't have the money to afford to move. This elderly lady who had been complained about before, actually the gentleman that lived below her wanted to kill her. Why? She doesn't work and lives on disability, but all day is there. I work and try not to be there, because she has her surround TV turned up full volume at time. Sometimes during the night she has a radio on. I couldn't get enough sleep to think properly at work today. I wrote a letter to the rental office, nothing was done. Called them almost everyday, they just ignore it. I have no peace or enjoyment at my apartment which is directly under hers. Can you tell me what my rights are?

I need help, I am not sure exactly what to do in my situation, the offenders are not others who rent in my building, it is the bar that is two doors down. I know living next to a bar there is going to be noise but this is just outrageous at times, we will have people coming out of the bar between 5pm and 3am and screaming at the top of their lungs "WHOOOO!!!" or fighting with each other, or throwing bottles on the ground or against our building (Their back door is next to the entrance to our building), urinating on the sidewalk, etc, and not to mention the music when the back door is open. Did I really ask for a rock band in my livingroom?!? I am a 20 something female, and I am often coming home from work or going to work between 10:30pm-11:00pm and have to walk by these people acting like huge jerks to get to my front door and sometimes I question my safety. I did not know it was this bad when I moved in, and I absolutely love my apartment aside from this factor and would hate to loose it, but what can I do? If the bar would simply instruct their patrons to use the front entrance instead of the back door, or at least to be considerate if they leave from or smoke in the back, and to shut the door behind them- it wouldn't be such a problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

Witsend in NY

I live in the downstairs part of a duplex. I have had prblems with the neighobor looking in my windows and making comments about what I should do about it in the past. Since I live in a military community I went to the first sargent about it. More than a year leter and this woman is still obsessed about when I go to be and get up in the morning. I feel that I have been more than considerate at night whe n I do stay up. T never do certain things at night. The tv and radio is always at a resonable level. This woman has temper tantrums when she thinks I ought to be up the the morning. She has temper tantrums when I get up and let my dog outside. I have to watch my dog to make sure she hasn't fed him choclate. She has temper tantrums at the slightest noise. I feel like I can't live in my own house. I can't do anything because she gets angry about the sounds I make. She runs to every room in the house and slams every door when I use my sewing machine. I am also a pianist. I I only practice between the hours of 12:00 and 5:00.I usually practice at work. My neighbor and I are usually home at the same times because we both work in the afternoon hours in afterschool programs. I can't do some of these things when she leaves her house otherwise I get nothing done. They stomp, slam doors, slide chairs. When they leave their house they slam both the foyer door and the outside door. Do I need tomention that these people have absolutely noghing in thier house, no carpet and no curtains. Everything they do echoesthreough the house, yet they expect us to stop living our lives. I have gone to the landlord about it but they don't seem to think that the neighbor is doing anything bad. What can I do about it.

It's long but PLEASE READ!

I live in a bottom apartment where the neighbors above me play loud music and have done so since I've moved in about 6 months ago.

Initially I just asked him to turn it down and he did but returned the next day to do the same thing. Not only does he blast music but he has friends over to play dominoes, yes dominoes late at night yelling and jumping up in down in excitment over the game which keeps me from sleeping peacefully.

His roommate constantly sweeps their trash from their balcony onto my parking space and this includes broken beer bottles...and last but not least someone has been vandalizing my car (i assume it's the neighbors) they put cigarettes and ashes on it and seem to be pouring some type of liquid on it, this occurs atleast once a week.

I've explained my issues to the realty company (apt owner) and he told me to make noise complaints which I have tried. the guy (my loud neighbor) has even been cited for the noise and continues to play his music extremely loud...he doesn't care!

Last night was the last straw, he had his friends over for dominoes. They didn't start with the noise until after midnight. Awakened by it my bf decides to make the usual noise complaint by this time it was 3 am...after the policeman show up and leave the guy decides to come down and warn us not to make any more complaints about him since he's only trying to have a good time playing dominoes with his friends...I'm seeking legal advice currently I MUST break this lease, legally of course!

Wait! I haven't even mentioned the repairs that were supposed to be made before I moved in and have yet to be fixed...among them is mold on the bathroom ceiling and the heat doesn't work properly.

I am a college student and I feel like this is my disadvantage, I think the realty co. owner is a con artist and cares nothing about the complexes he owns or the people in them. The only reason why I moved into this hell hole was because in this college town finding an apartment is like winning the lottery...there are so many people and so little time to find one you'll like...needless to say I started looking 2 wks before school started so i was desperate for a place and this was the only place available that I could rent without having to look for a few room mates which I did not want to do.

I know that I have several justified reasons to break my lease but do I have the right to go after my landlord for moving expenses too? (srry for sp errors no time to spchk)

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I LIVE IN A DUPLEX.WELL WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE LIVING NEXT DOOR FROM US. I MEAN THEY PUT THEIR TV SO LOUD ALL DAY AND NIGHT. I TOLD HIM 3 TIMES BUT ITS STILL THE SAME.IT COMES RIGHT INTO OUR LIVING ROOM. AND UPSTAIRS TV IS BAD I CAN HEAR EVERY WORD THE TV IS SAYING.I LIVED HERE FOR 6 MONTHS. TOLD THE LANDLORD WHAT A JOKE. U CAN EVEN HEAR THEM TALK VERY CHEAP WALLS. SO NOW WE GOT TO MOVE ITS WAY TO MUCH STRESS. I WANT TO STAY BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE GOOD. WHEN I MOVE IM TELLING HIM OFF.

I have a nice studio apartment,but the neighbors are causing me anxiety.Neighbor across the hall chain smokes and the smoke is seeping into my apt.The hallway smells bad now.He feels the need to slam his door every time he goes in or out of his apt.The upstairs neighbors blast music,stereo's and tv's all the time.They stomp,run,wear clogs and have to many people coming in and out of the apt.My closet is underneath their stairway.The door to each apt is only about 2 feet distance. This apartment has cheap construction and horrible hardwood floors that creak everywhere you go. Kitchen tiles are cheap and cause sound to travel from upstairs apt.I want to move, but can't afford to.What is a person to do?

I have lived in my apartment 8 years, it was nice and quiet till the neighbor from Hell moved in across the hall. They slam there door every time they go in or out and people coming and going all the time and she hangs her clothes to dry in the hall way,( yes underwear for every one to see!) Last summer I heard some one yelling out side my window talking on a cell phone, so I went and looked and some woman started yelling at me till my b-friend went to window, well it was my niegbors boyfriends wife.....Duh to date a married man. The neighbor has a attitude with me now cuz I told thw wife where her husband was ...ha ha. I really hope to move soon!!!

I have a problem with a family who I feel is discriminating against me. The home is older with wood floors and everyone hears eachother's movements about their respective apartments. I've been asked repeatedly to turn down music which is not even the slightest bit loud. It can barely be heard outside my bedroom even w/ the door open. I feel helpless especially because my neighbors' developmentally disabled son screams at the top of his lungs, slams doors, and stomps up and down on the floor on a regular basis. I learned to tune it all out until now. Now I'm utterly shocked and upset because I think they expect complete silence all around them without even affording me the same opportunity. To top it all off, the complaints come in the middle of the afternoon... I don't want to be unreasonable but I know the music isn't loud so I refuse to turn it down. What should I do?

I was threatened by my buildings superintendent (a large building:in NEW YORK) and 6 of his drunken house guests at my apartment door way. I have complained to the building management previously about his drunken loud parties and and even called the police several times but to NO avail Now what can i Do? this is the superintendent of the building that is throwing the parties and threatening me???? and Management and police are not doing anything they even took me into custody after one time i called the police on him and he told them a bunch of lies along with his drunken guests and it was a case of him having witnesses and i not having any so it didnt matter he and his guests were sloshed and i was just trying to get some sleep after a long days work...please some advice here can i sue the management? who is responsible ????

WHat do you do about cats running all night above you? I NEED my sleep.

My husband and I along with our 8 yr old son have lived in this same apartment for two yrs now. Never once has anyone in or around the building complained about us being noisy. We got along with all our neighbors and stuck to ourselves. We also have always paid the rent on time. Now all the sudden there are issues being addressed by our landlord stating that we are being evicted because they are getting complaints that we are being too noisy and that our house is a mess. Our landlords' even hung out with us pretty many times in the past and never once said anything about the house being messy. This seemed to all have started when my son and another child weren't seeing eye to eye. One of the neighbors did not like it so she called the landlord on us and complained. According to the landlord though this is not the reason we are being evicted. I'm confused and bewildered as to what's happening here. Nothing has changed since we moved in. It's not like we have parties or the properties damaged.If anything we hear noises coming from our neighbors above us that have three kids but we aren't the type to complain. We have a child also so we can understand the noise. The neighbors around here have been acting rude towards us also lately which doesn't make sense. I honestly can't make sense of the whole thing. Also there is mold growing in our apartment and the landlord has done nothing about it. They told us that we have thirty days to leave the premises but i'm 6 months pregnant and i thought by law they are suppose to give more time then that. Does anyone know what rights that us tenants have here in Pennsylvania?? Please any advice would be helpful

I have a problem with a neighbor that might be clinically insane...maybe a multiple personality...she has been seen wearing obscene clothing in the areas around our buliding and cursing loudly to herself...the other day my husband and i returned home with our two small kids to find her standing in front of our apartment...the office asked her and she denied being there...we saw her with our own two eyes! staring into our sliding glass door from just feet away....what can we do? i need to keep her away from my kids and she is always watching people...not to mention that she watches me way to closely...any suggestions?? worried in FL you can email to cheraerae at yahoo dot com