I just moved out of my apt a few months back because several neighbors in the past were asses (had to endure 4 different asses over a span of 1.5 years). As if THAT pain wasn’t enough, I recently moved into a house (it’s not a rental so I can’t just leave and go elsewhere), and the neighbor to my left makes SO much noise. Which pisses not only me off, but pisses the neighbor on my right.
When the asshats on my left make noise, the ppl on the right retaliate and make noise. And then the asshats make more noise. And then the other one gets more pissed and make more noise. And on and on it goes.
And no, I haven’t talked to either of them but they both already KNOW they’re being loud bc they’re both doing it on purpose to piss each other off. But I get caught in the middle bc they’re to the left and to the right of me.
I can’t take this shit. Talking to neighbors about noise in the past has done MORE damage than not talking, so I haven’t said anything. Every time I mention noise to my neighbors, it gets worse. This has happened numerous times in the past so I don’t even want to go there. The noise is driving me crazy. I’m not making ANY noise at all. It’s obnoxious how noisy and disrespectful and vengeful they both are.
And no, the noise isn’t during late night hours so I can’t report them. Not that I’d want to go that route bc ppl get pissy and even more vengeful if you report them.
And again, in the past talking, to neighbors has never worked out (only gotten worse) so I hesitate to even talk to both of them. Well, the ppl on the left have talked to me and they know they’re super loud (she came to say hello to me, i didn’t bring anything up) so they KNOW they’re loud, without my having to say anything. And then their noise war with the neighbor to my right- they BOTH know they’re loud and annoying and are purposing being loud to piss each other off more. I mean, how do you even talk to people who KNOW they’re loud and they’re BOTH doing it on purpose?
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Few things are worse than noisy feuding neighbors.
I just want peace and quiet. For some reason, the universe is determined to make me go crazy. My previous slew of neighbors were all bad too (not just the 4 in the last 1.5 years), but for like the past 15 years. Yeah… -_-‘
No matter where I move to, this dark cloud follows me…
Well, maybe the neighbors on the left would listen if you approached them about it, you said she came to introduce herself, so maybe if you find a diplomatic way to bring it up it could help?
Sit them down and force them to watch Klaus and ask their opinions on the feud, it’ll make them feel stupid.
People are Sick
Ya it’s not worth owning if you end up living in a bad neighborhood. Unfortunately rotten people can be found pretty much anywhere.
Actually you can report them since excessive noise that causes a disturbance can be against certain bylaws, depending on your city. Just call the cops in your area, see what they say first about such issues before making a formal complaint.
Most people are not reasonable, respectful or understanding, esp. when it comes to their own home. This is why we need a policing system.
The old noise wars… boy, it’s been ages since i’ve had to deal with that situation (my own fault tho, i started it), so i can only advice a few things (kinda joking, kinda serious):
– You could talk it over with them, in a REALLY polite way (most preferable i’d say). It might make it worse, but it’s the one that minimizes risk/rewards the best imho.
– Like Soda says above you could call report them depending on the laws, regarding of the hour. If they find out who did it it might be worse than talking it over tho.
– You could invest in some noise isolating headphones (half joking here, but hey, those do work).
– You could join the noise wars and beat them both. Likely to get you arrested instead of them, lol. Funnily enough i solved the issue with my neighbors this way, since they realized i had more “noise making equipment” than them, so they just gave up.
Buy some big speakers and blast some music at night and let them call the cops on you, then you explain the situation to the police.