So in another post, I had mentioned someone new just moved in to the apt below me. She is effing terrible and I can’t stand her. She’s only been here for 4 nights and it’s already a nightmare.
Day1- Sat- she moves in on a Saturday, but doesn’t stay over. Hear noise during day but it’s move in so okay.
Day2- Sun- she moves furniture all day Sunday, loud noises all day. I know it’s move-in so I was like okay. It gets somewhat quieter around dinner time, guess she’s out at dinner. Then at 10PM, bit*ch starts up again. Like WTF, it’s 10pm at night. She continues to moves her furniture and makes loud banging noises till midnight. How rude do you have to be to move furniture in the middle of the frigging night, knowing you’re being loud, knowing you’ve got neighbors, knowing it is fucking 12AM? But she doesn’t care. After a LOUD thud past midnight, I stomp on the floor twice to let her know she’s being loud. She responds by banging even LOUDER. Like I understand there’s gonna be noise at move-in, but bit*ch, you know not to do it at FUCKING MIDNIGHT.
Day3- Mon- Then the next night she continues to move furniture and bang on stuff till 1AM. Because I had lodged a complaint about the guy smoking, I didn’t want to lodge a complaint about another tenant because usually if you complain too much, they’ll ignore all your complaints, and you’ll be seen as the problem rather than the others. Also, I was going through my lease renewal (I am in a low income unit)- still waiting to sign my lease- so I didn’t want to complain until after they’ve given me the lease to sign (didn’t want to jeopardize my renewal).
She also decides to cook at 12AM- fucking midnight. My entire apt smells like whatever she is cooking. That is not a complainable offense, I know, but still, my apt is going to smell every time she cooks. And she cooks often. Great.
Day4- Tues- She decides to cook at 4PM and my entire apt smells horrible. Like I couldn’t get the stench out. If I open the windows, more of it would come in. If I close the windows, then the smells are trapped in my apt. The smell is WAY worse than the previous night. At least it didn’t smell that bad that other night she cooked.
630PM- Then I come home to my apt full of smoke from the other neighbor. Lovely. Just fucking peachy. Then at night, she turns on her TV. Well bit*ch’s TV was on all night so I had to close my window. AFTER the guy finally stopped smoking and the smoke finally started to dissipate after a few hours. Like as soon as the smoke smell finally stopped, she started her TV. I had to close my window. Haven’t had fresh air all night. It is now 5 in the fucking morning. This is the only time when I don’t smell smoke or hear this bit*ch. And she is home all day too. Not even like there’s a break from 9-5.
UGH. SHe’s only been here 4 days and it’s already a nightmare. It was already a nightmare after Day2 when she kept banging on shit till 12AM knowing it was loud and bothering me.
I have not complained to the office about her. The only thing I can complain about is the thuds from moving furniture at midnight and 1 in the morning on 2 nights. Oh, that and she smokes pot. But again, because I’m already complaining about the guy smoking, it’s hard to complain about another neighbor without me sounding like I’m a complainer. So I’ve only lodged a complaint about the guy smoking once, and will again once the office reopens Friday.
But official complaints aside, this one is going to give me trouble as most of what she does I can’t complain about (cooking/TV).
God, this is a fucking nightmare. Both neighbors are shitty. No I can’t move. All I want is peace and quiet and clean air to breathe in my apt. But I can’t even have that.
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Well. As a fellow apartment dweller my entire adult life, I share your pain. It’s a pain, apartment living. It’s a trade off. The apartment assumes responsibility for upkeep, but you can’t choose your neighbors. The place I’m in now has the worst sound insulation ever. I get to sit in my living room and listen to normal conversations from downstairs, like they’re in the room with me. TV or stereo? I can repeat the words as the song or show is playing, cuz I hear it all. Fortunately, I have good neighbors right now, but have had some real winners though.
Good luck with them. I know what you’re going through. Would a window mounted fan help with the smell and smoke, you know one of those that blows air out or in, depending on how you set the switch?