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$5000 for rent? Where? Manhattan? Like STT said, go back to court for the violation of the order. If the judge said 'they would be in a lot of trouble'..... take action. Or move.
I would just move... life is too short to be stressed out like that.
I agree. If you can afford that kind of money for rent, then you can afford a better place without nut jobs that live downstairs. Jeez, I live in NYC and that's high, even for here, (unless you are talking about an apartment over looking Central Park) but granted I don't know the size of your apartment.
I have been living in my apartment for 4 years. Ever since I moved in my downstairs neighbors has bothered me but over the years it has just gotten worse and worse. I live on top of a 65 year old woman and her 2 sons. The oldest is a drug dealer convict with anger issues. The younger one is a schizophrenic monster who throws tantrums like a 2 year old. Both of their ages are 30-35. Neither of them work. I'm pretty sure the younger one had never had a job and just sits home all day due to the fact he doesn't interact with people well.
In 2013 they started harassing me by banging on the ceiling with objects. I suspect it was a ball or broom. They would do it every time me or my husband came home. They would do it all night long to the point where me and my husband could not sleep. Any time we would just walk to the bathroom they would follow us and bang under our bathroom. My husband tried going down stairs and speaking with their mother and that didn't work. We complained to our landlord. They told them to stop but they continued with the immature behavior. We wrote to the owner of our complex multiple times and that didn't work either. My husband and I aren't loud. We never blast music or watch tv too loud. We are barely even home. My husband is a doctor and I'm in medical school so we really aren't home too much to begin with. We don't even have sex loud. We don't walk too loudly or stomp on the floor. The most noise we make is vacuuming or the occasional time we drop our phones on accident.
In February 2014 my husband left for work at 7am while I was in bed. As soon as they heard him leave they started banging on the ceiling directly under my bed. I called my husband very upset and he told me to call the cops on them. Again. For the third day in a row. The same cops came to our apt again and told them to cut the crap and leave me and my husband alone for the third day in the row. The police left and about 10 minutes later my 3 neighbors came up to my door banging and threatening me with horrible things. Saying how my husbands not home and they would break down the door harm me and he wasn't there to protect me. I didn't say anything back to them I just recorded the entire thing on my phone and dialed the police on my cell phone and they said they'd be right over. When the cops came back the a-hole brigade had fled the scene and the cops listened to my recording and stuck 3 nice little tickets on their door saying they would have to appear in court because they were being sued for harassment. I ended up going to court. They all plead guilty to violating the noise laws of our lease and the harassment and verbal threats they made to me. They were fined a lot of money each and were sentenced to community service. FINALLY.
The judge told them if they bothered me or my husband again they would be in a lot of trouble. After the court date in March 2014 they finally stopped banging on the ceiling. They had kept banging on the ceiling until our court date. UGH SO OBNOXIOUS! But they stopped... Until a week ago. They started banging on the ceiling one night while me and my husband were both home. We weren't walking around the apt. We had been sitting in bed for hours while I was reading and doing homework and my husband was sleeping. They woke him up after he had been working for 2 days straight. They only banged for about 15 seconds and stopped. Still it is not okay. They have done the same thing about 3 more times this week. It's not to the extent it was before but it makes me cringe when I hear it.
We spoke to the police again. They said there isn't much they can do. They can just tell them to stop or me and husband should just move. I will not be bullied out of my beach apt by 2 imbeciles. My husband pays 5000 a month for us to live here and we aren't bad neighbors and don't deserve this at all. We have never banged back on our floors either. If anyone is making too much noise it is them. They scream and fight with each other all the time. The cops have came to our building so many times because their disfunctional family issues. Is their anything else my husband and I can do. My landlord won't evict them because they have been living here for almost 20 years. My husband is older and just wants peace and quiet after he is done with work.
This is happening in a $5k per month unit? Why not get a house if you can afford that? Either way, sounds like a situation the county mental health people might address. The only logical reason is that they hear your normal walking noise. Have they given no cause?
You pay 5k a month for a unit where the landlord allows convicted drug dealers to live? Are you sure you don't mean $500 a month?
The OP (post #1) is the one with the neighbor problem. The poster who's paying $5K/month popped onto the thread to let everyone know what she pays every month (post #2). Convicted drug dealers? Where did that come from? Coffee, Kim, coffee!
The OP (post #1) is the one with the neighbor problem. The poster who's paying $5K/month popped onto the thread to let everyone know what she pays every month (post #2). Convicted drug dealers? Where did that come from? Coffee, Kim, coffee!
No, poster #1 stated that in the last paragraph of her post.
I cannot imagine paying $5000.00 a month rent in the same place as someone who has non working drug dealing sons.
I cannot imagine paying that much to rent in the first place. For that kind of money one could own a home and pay someone to do all of the maintenance in regards to cooking, cleaning, laundry and lawn care and still probably have money leftover at the end of the month.
I have been living in my apartment for 4 years. Ever since I moved in my downstairs neighbors has bothered me but over the years it has just gotten worse and worse. I live on top of a 65 year old woman and her 2 sons. The oldest is a drug dealer convict with anger issues. The younger one is a schizophrenic monster who throws tantrums like a 2 year old. Both of their ages are 30-35. Neither of them work. I'm pretty sure the younger one had never had a job and just sits home all day due to the fact he doesn't interact with people well.
In 2013 they started harassing me by banging on the ceiling with objects. I suspect it was a ball or broom. They would do it every time me or my husband came home. They would do it all night long to the point where me and my husband could not sleep. Any time we would just walk to the bathroom they would follow us and bang under our bathroom. My husband tried going down stairs and speaking with their mother and that didn't work. We complained to our landlord. They told them to stop but they continued with the immature behavior. We wrote to the owner of our complex multiple times and that didn't work either. My husband and I aren't loud. We never blast music or watch tv too loud. We are barely even home. My husband is a doctor and I'm in medical school so we really aren't home too much to begin with. We don't even have sex loud. We don't walk too loudly or stomp on the floor. The most noise we make is vacuuming or the occasional time we drop our phones on accident.
In February 2014 my husband left for work at 7am while I was in bed. As soon as they heard him leave they started banging on the ceiling directly under my bed. I called my husband very upset and he told me to call the cops on them. Again. For the third day in a row. The same cops came to our apt again and told them to cut the crap and leave me and my husband alone for the third day in the row. The police left and about 10 minutes later my 3 neighbors came up to my door banging and threatening me with horrible things. Saying how my husbands not home and they would break down the door harm me and he wasn't there to protect me. I didn't say anything back to them I just recorded the entire thing on my phone and dialed the police on my cell phone and they said they'd be right over. When the cops came back the a-hole brigade had fled the scene and the cops listened to my recording and stuck 3 nice little tickets on their door saying they would have to appear in court because they were being sued for harassment. I ended up going to court. They all plead guilty to violating the noise laws of our lease and the harassment and verbal threats they made to me. They were fined a lot of money each and were sentenced to community service. FINALLY.
The judge told them if they bothered me or my husband again they would be in a lot of trouble. After the court date in March 2014 they finally stopped banging on the ceiling. They had kept banging on the ceiling until our court date. UGH SO OBNOXIOUS! But they stopped... Until a week ago. They started banging on the ceiling one night while me and my husband were both home. We weren't walking around the apt. We had been sitting in bed for hours while I was reading and doing homework and my husband was sleeping. They woke him up after he had been working for 2 days straight. They only banged for about 15 seconds and stopped. Still it is not okay. They have done the same thing about 3 more times this week. It's not to the extent it was before but it makes me cringe when I hear it.
We spoke to the police again. They said there isn't much they can do. They can just tell them to stop or me and husband should just move. I will not be bullied out of my beach apt by 2 imbeciles. My husband pays 5000 a month for us to live here and we aren't bad neighbors and don't deserve this at all. We have never banged back on our floors either. If anyone is making too much noise it is them. They scream and fight with each other all the time. The cops have came to our building so many times because their disfunctional family issues. Is their anything else my husband and I can do. My landlord won't evict them because they have been living here for almost 20 years. My husband is older and just wants peace and quiet after he is done with work.
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These are crazy folks... not going to change them - so move, but there are laws for being able to live in peace- and I'd sue the landlord and stop paying rent (through the right process of course) each state is different, but you have the right to live in peaceful environment.
Your rights as a tenant include the right to "quiet enjoyment," as it is called in the law. This means the landlord cannot evict you without cause or otherwise disturb your right to live in peace and quiet. If other tenants in your building are disturbing you, you should complain to the landlord. The landlord has a duty to see that you are protected from other tenant's wrongful behavior. Of course, you may not disturb other tenants, either.
The younger brother has mental issues so he is declared unstable to work so he gets money from something. I'm not sure where.
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