So I Left A NOTE On

Ian, does your lease have a rug clause? If it does, I presume they have the same. Then it becomes LL enforcement issue.

If your loud neighbors do not respect you, buy three very large loud alarm clocks and place them in your apartment near the ceiling and have them go off for hours when you know your inconsiderate neighbors like to sleep. After noise torture, maybe they'll be interested in making a deal.

My former landlord added a clause to the lease that required tenants to get rugs. Maybe your landlord will do the same since rugs protect floors.

another thing that works is to leave your phone ringing when you are away.

Assuming you have a landline at home, plug in a cheap corded phone. Then, using that spare phone line at at work, call home and let it ring all day.

This is especially effective on people who party late, because they then want to sleep while you are at work during the day.

The sound of a phone is hard to ignore.

Unfortunately, it's hard to do but you need to go up there as soon as they start making the noise. It's the only way that they will learn what it is that sets you off. Eventually they will think twice about what they are doing because they won't want that crazy asshole pounding on their door. They might even buy a rug just to keep you away. Don't threaten them right off or the next time you'll have to go up there with a machete. Also, keep talking as long as you can, nothing more of a downer than some jerk in his pajamas at the door complaining about some bullshit noise. Just don't lay in bed fuming about it!

You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar or at least you can try that approach first.

When I lived in my old building it was as if the family who lived above me were reenacting WWF matches 4 nights a week.

I finally spoke to them about it and they said they would try to keep it down. Nothing changed and I called the mgmt co and followed up with a certified letter indicating the level of noise, occurrences and duration of each occurrence. A week later I was fed up and complained to the family upstairs again. I was calm about it. The father went ballistic as if I insulted his mother or something. I invited him downstairs to hear for himself. He came and heard and there was no more noise after that.

P.S. The guy was intimidating, but nothing a little pepper spray couldn't fix. I had my finger on the "trigger" both times I went up there.

my tenants are the same. she is like 90 lbs with clothes, he is 100 lbs with clothes and they walk around sounding like a velociraptor from Jurassic park.So damn annoying. I wonder what the hell they are doing moving crap all hours of the night. They wander in after midnite most nites and stay up till about 4, making noise banging stuff and moving stuff around. I could kick myself cause when they looked at the apt, they said they would carpet the parquet floors and they leave their shoes at the door and walk lightly and I fell for the line and rented them the apt. Its been years and no carpet and noise every freaking night. But I told them about it one night when I called up there at 2 am and asked what the damn noise was about.They apologized and since then they try to be quieter but they are still noisy as hell.

supreme_ian wrote: i thought the first thing women do is take off the damn shoes soon as you get home!

Hell, I used to think everyone did but I know better now. Apart from comfort issues, who wants to track all the gum and spit and dog piss and motor oil and crap you step in all day all over your living area? A lot of people, apparently.

Anyhow, I recommned use of the Mind Molester in these cases - provided you can get it in there.

http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/11/the-mind-molester/

http://www.shomer-tec.com/product/mind-molester-267.cfm

darla wrote: You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar or at least you can try that approach first.

When I lived in my old building it was as if the family who lived above me were reenacting WWF matches 4 nights a week.

I finally spoke to them about it and they said they would try to keep it down. Nothing changed and I called the mgmt co and followed up with a certified letter indicating the level of noise, occurrences and duration of each occurrence. A week later I was fed up and complained to the family upstairs again. I was calm about it. The father went ballistic as if I insulted his mother or something. I invited him downstairs to hear for himself. He came and heard and there was no more noise after that.

P.S. The guy was intimidating, but nothing a little pepper spray couldn't fix. I had my finger on the "trigger" both times I went up there.

So Darla- did he ever mention what they were actually doing up there to make that kind of racket. I'm always curious- there can't be ALL these people walking and moving furniture at that hour, right? It's just all so mysterious.....in a truly annoying way!

whatchuwant, he didn't say and i didn't even want to know.

there were like 8 people living in that 2 bedroom apartment ranging in age from 5 to 60. so i guess the whole family was running amuck at night (the freaks come out at night)!

^^
Person who's gotten complaints that they walk around like a 3 ton circus elephant.

Mamacita wrote: The dog crap & piss is really the worst part
:puker:

Fuck the shoes! I take off everything!

Tawana Brawley

Sorry, no one has the right to disturb others. I've said this before, I've noticed a lot of people seem to think they're above common decency.

Yes, but they have a right to walk around their apartment at any time, wouldn't you agree?

I'd say you don't have the right to be disturbed by something so normal.