As I write this, I am SO angry. There are these ARROGANT neighbors who live in the apartment next door to us [ I live with my parents. ] For years and years now, my parents who are in the 60's cannot get much sleep because these neighbors BLAST their stereo right thru our wall. You can hear these drum sounds, and sometimes it goes on all night long. They are alcoholics and they used to throw these all night beer bashes practically right outside my parents window. My parents are so nice to them, but they are rude. We've tried everything - writing them a letter asking them to turn their music down at night, we've called the police to ask them to turn it out, but then after the police left, they would turn it right back up again. We've tried pounding on the walls to let them know it's too loud, but they don't care. We have to turn on these loud fans in our apartment during the night to help drown out some of the sounds of their stereo, but you can still hear it. I told my dad I wanted to put my radio right up against their wall during the DAYTIME while THEY'RE trying to sleep and turn it up loud to let them know what it sounds like while WE are trying to sleep, but my dad refuses to let me do that. My parents are SICK OF IT, but they just don't know how to deal with it. We thought about moving, but we own this unit, and my mom has worked so hard to remodel the place. My dad says they aren't gonna drive us out of here - we were here FIRST ! There's been many many OTHER problems they've caused us too. Like there used to be this dog over there that would bark all night long [ they aren't even supposed to HAVE a dog there. ]We've tried calling the landlord, but they always get away with everything it seems. I am SO ANGRY, I'm getting anxiety just thinking about it. How does one deal with this situation ? Thank you for letting me vent.

It just feels like a no-win situation and that they get to do whatever they feel like doing. And if we say something about it, they call it '' harrassing.'' They have a lot of nerve to say that WE'RE harrassing THEM when it's obviously the other way around. All of our other neighbors can't stand them either.

Just a question but have any of your other neighbors complained about them too?..to the landlord i mean.

My other neighbors do not get along with them either, but we are the ones who have the honor [ being sarcastic ]of living RIGHT NEXT to them. Oh how I wish it were one of our OTHER neighbors who lived RIGHT NEXT to them. THEY would be a lot more assertive than my parents are. Each of our units [ a total of 5 ] have different owners. My mom had called their landlord to complain, and we were told that they were going to have to leave in 30 days. We got SO EXCITED ... and then we got a call from that landlord basically saying that they WEREN'T going to be evicted after all. These people always seem to get their way no matter how disrespectful they are. I prayed that their stereo would just break.

I know this sounds silly but have you thought about wearing earplugs to bed? I have to sleep with my husband who snores so loudly! I finally gave in and started using earplugs. I am getting the best sleep now. I can't believe it took me this long to discover them.

actually YES we have !

You could try calling the police back when they turn it on again! Maybe eventually they would fine them.

Samantha

I understand exactly how you feel, having lived in an apartment for going on 15 years now. I told my friend the other day that there must be a clause in the lease of the unit above me that whoever lives there must be a vampire! Seems like no matter who moves in there, they aren't going to bed until after midnight and are up stomping around by 4:30 am! And also like to blare music early in the morning.
I wish people would be more considerate. The only thing that helps me is to run an air filter system which makes a fan like noise.

This problem is ridiculous. These people have to stop. I would just keep calling the police every single night until it stops. We have a neighbor who owns the house next door and he used to play music loudly and drink alot and get in fights with his wife. One day about 1:00 a.m. he started throwing furniture out the window. The police were there at least once a week. Finally, his wife left him, and it's been quiet since. The point is the police will get tired of coming out there all the time and eventually they will get fined. In addition, I would keep writing letters to the landlord on a weekly basis until he does something about it (and keep copies). Don't be afraid to report them. Point out that you and your parents are good tenants/homeowners who are considerate of other people and the type of people the landlord should value having live there vs. people like the roudy bums next door. They sound like night people -- what could you do to keep them awake at 6:00 or 7:00 a.m.? WOW -- that is sooo annoying! Good luck,
Noel

Thanks Noel. I appreciate your compassion Actually we DID that - called the police repeatedly [ one night, we called them 5 times !]We were told something like we would have to take them to court, press charges... which my peaceful parents WILL NOT do. I would absolutely LOVE IT if they got a fine for breaking the noise ordinance law, but for some reason, they haven't. Like you, we too have heard all kinds of noises, once a woman being beaten up badly [ that I called 911 for, it was 2am. ] We don't even live in a '' bad neighborhood ''either. The good news is that yesterday my dad had a talk with one of the people that live there, and supposedly she's going to try to keep it quieter [ which I was really surprised to hear that she was even polite about it.] Guess we'll have to see if she actually follows thru.