I think my blood pressure has went up 20 points today!! I'm pregnant and I don't need this stress. We have neighbors that moved in a few weeks ago. We live in a townhouse and they are on the side with the firewall. I've lived here almost six years and have had some party animal neighbors but could never hear a peep from them. Well these new ones play their rap music LOUD all day and night! All I hear is BOOM BOOM BOOM! They have a stereo in the living room so I hear that one downstairs and one in their bedroom so I hear that one upstairs. You can even hear it outside! I've complained twice, they sent letters and the guy still turns it up!

So today I pounded on the wall, afterall, how would he like hearing boom boom boom all day. So he pounds back! Then comes to my door and says he will NOT turn his music down and I need to respect the fact that he enjoys listening to his music! He acknowledged that he received the "ten" complaints and said he will not change. I didn't send 10 complaints so others must have complained as well. I said okay well I'll just keep complaining and hopefully you get evicted. He said he won't and walked away. So now I just shot off yet another letter to the property management company complaining yet again demanding that something be done or they need to move us or break our lease. I'm so fed up! I'm sooooo tolerant of other people's regular noise, but this is overboard. The neighbors on the other side don't have a firewall between us and I hear them in the bathroom, I hear their TV, I hear them flicking on the light switch on the wall, heck I hear their conversations, but that's everyday normal noise so I don't care. I just can't take the boom boom boom boom anymore. I'm going out of my mind! I'm so stressed out about this whole situation.

Sorry just had to vent!!

So sorry...I would definitely keep complaining. Is there anything in the lease about disturbing other tenants? I would also see if there are any local laws that can be used...disturbing the peace or excessive noise after X time or something.

Rotten neighbors can certainly make life difficult.

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Have you tried your local sheriffs/police office. I would turn him in for disturbing the peace. I'm sure they would more than happy to help out a woman with child from a grouchy old grinch. Maybe they can convince him to turm the racket down.

Sorry you are going thru this. I hope it works out for you.

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I agree with calling the police now. What happens when you have your baby and the music is still loud??? You will have a very unhappy baby that will cry all the time. You will be so much more exhaused with the baby and wont be able to enjoy the time with him or her.
Let us know what happens.

We had similar neighbors at one point years ago when i had an 18 month old....I made sure and stomped around and made plenty of noise whenever she woke up in the middle of the night...paybacks are hell!!

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I had a similar situation with a neighbor in my apartment complex about 6 months ago. We kept calling hte police b/c of the noise (music, fighting, whatever). Every time, we also went to the apt office the next day...eventually they got evicted after the office had had enough of hearing the complaints themselves!

Years and years ago, I lived in a "carriage house " home..which is sorta like a townhouse outside of Jacksonville, Florida. ..anyhow..when we moved in, I lived next door to some very nice, decent , responsible law abiding people..never bothered anyone..they were married and 2 children, around ages 8 & 9...

they were military ( as we were ) , and got orders to Japan so had to move ..they decided to rent their home out with a rental manag. co. The management co found some dreadful people to rent the home..they were a married military couple with one little girl , age 4..a bi-racial couple..which SINCERELY did not matter to me at all..their 4 year old and my son played together all the time, and I welcomed her in my home.

However, the mom was a piece of work, I would wake up on a Sunday MORNING at 8 am and my walls would be shaking with the bass playing next door on her stereo. I very NICELY knocked on her door and VERY NICELY asked if she minded if she turned in down a few. I said something along the lines of, " I don't know if you realize it or not but I can hear the music in my home, can you turn the volume knob down a bit ? Thanks ! " ** insert happy grins**

a few days later, again, with the music..I again walked over and said the music was loud, and she SNAPPED on me ! Snarled that she turned it down once and wasn't going to turn it down again..and if I did not like it I can call the city noise control people to file a complaint , because she wasn't going to turn it down, and further more, the only reason she thinks I am complaining is because she is white ( so am I !) & she is married to a black man ??? HUH?

I said , no, that is NOT the reason why, I came over because the music is very loud, and the people who lived here before , I never heard a peep out of, so I know it can be done"..she then snottingly said well..she is NOT the people who lived here before, and she was NOT going to turn it down, so too bad soo sad..!!

I stood there with my mouth open and didn't know quite what to say...it later went to a full fledge war with our dh's having a fist fight in the front yard a few weeks later..and us calling the police. I didn't have a problem with them before the music, I really did not..her daughter and my son played very nicely together, and in fact, when she was at work her dh would come to my house and practically beg for his dd to come over to play with my ds because she was whining and he did not know how to deal with her...and then I have a problem cause they are black ? Ugh, it was like I said a good maybe 15 years ago this happened and I still get steamed about it..they obviously did not respect boundries and tried to make it that we were being unreasonable. errrrrrrrrr!!!!!

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Yikes, what is wrong with people! I mean geez, it's one thing if you live in a house, but when you live connected to someone else, it's just common courtesy to keep the music at a minimum. So many people lack courtesy and manners though!

I have seriously thought about calling the police. My friend said if it goes on for 15 minutes or longer, you have a right to call and they will come out. I'm just concerned about retaliation since he knows what cars we drive, etc.

The apartment on the other side of his is vacant and there is no firewall there, so if he thinks people are complaining now, just wait until a new tenant moves in! Although, that's probably why it hasn't been rented, because they show it and the people can hear the stereo.

Good luck to you!! Keep complaining. (I LOVE the fact that you lost it and pounded on the wall. This is something that I have done.) Hopefully the management will take stronger action.

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oh call the cops and keep on calling! beat him at his own game...what a jerk! keep us posted!

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We had similar neighbors in our apartment YEARS ago. So, I fought fire with fire: I played the twangiest country music I could find the loudest I could and after 3 weeks, they moved out!!!! Of coarse this was after complaining, etc and I did tell the mgmt and other neighbors what I was doing and some of them even joined in

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Personally, I think Heb Alpert at 6AM is a pretty good option, but yeah, in this case, I would look for legal help.

contact your landlord and his (hopefully they are one and the same). In most leases, there is some type of quiet enjoyment of property clause. You shouldn't have to put up w/ that. It drives me nuts (and gives me the biggest headache!) when I am at a stoplight w/ one of the bozos w/ their bass pumped and the music going; I can't imagine having to live next to it!

I live in a rental community so we all have the same landlord

I actually haven't heard his music since that day he came over here. I know he has been home because I've seen him outside. Maybe it sunk in that he could really get evicted because of this.

So last night at 10pm I hear boom boom boom bass through my bedroom wall. Not good when I'm trying to sleep!! It went on for a half hour so I called the police. They came to his door, I don't know what was said, but the music did NOT stop! UGH!!

I feel your pain too!! When we lived in an apartment, our upstairs neighbors were a young dating couple. Not much older than us, but we had one young child and a baby. The guy loved to play his music really loud, which didn't bug me so much as the nighttime stuff! They would start getting it on in the middle of the night and I could hear it all!!! The floors were paper thin and I could hear her "voices" and the headboard smacking the wall and so on! It was GROSS!!! I complained to the management so many times, but they said there was nothing they could do?!? I ended up pounding on my celing a few times to get them to knock it off. Talk about a mood killer for them, ha ha ha!! But seriously I don't need to hear that! I don't recall whether we moved out first or if they did. There were many other problems with the complex that I didn't want to be around!

The first apt we lived in, a recently divorced woman lived upstairs with her 2 small children. She had a boyfriend and he was out to sea a lot with the Navy ..and when he came in to port oh BOY talk about being kept awake all night ! I heard EVERYTHING! It was so bad, that my BIL once spent the night over at our apt..( he was like 14 )..and he even heard them clear in our living room while he slept on our sofa ! I saw him leave once for a cruise, and I tell you what, she had a new boyfriend by the end of the day, and the noise continued !!!

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WOW!! I remember when we lived in Va. Beach and had the same problem from the people down stairs.
Here is one thing you might want to try. For the life of me a can't remember what it is called. You have to file with the courts. Call your local courthouse and tell them that your are having trouble with your neighbors and that you have call the police and talked with your landlord and still you have a problem. I wish I could remember what is called. Any way you have to pay the courts your rent payment and they hold the money until the problems are resolved. The landlord can not kick you out of nonpayment, because you are paying the court and the court puts into some kind of account until the issue is resolved. Believe me your landlord wants your money every month. Or maybe you could just bluff your way thru call your court house and find out what it's called and talk with your landlord and tell him if he can't put a stop to it you have no other recourse. Lady carrying a baby what judge wouldn't have a field day with your landlord.
Good luck

I am a Paralegal and the best advice I can give you is to keep track of every complaint. If you send a letter make yourself a copy. If you go over write down what was said and who said it. You will be surprised how much this will help you if you have to go to court. There have been thousands of cases where the person who make the complaint has to move. Good Luck to you!

I am a legal assistant in a law office, so I knew to document everything. We have an attorney that specializes in LL/Tenant matters but has been on vacation. If it comes down to going to Court, surely I will have him represent me! I haven't heard any music since the day I called the police, but then again he may not even be home, since I haven't seen the car in a couple of days.