I live in a loft and it's on the second story. I've got a neighbor below me and he's down right annoying. No matter how low the TV is turned down or how quiet he sleeps, we tick him off. I've got a job that I leave at 7:30 in the morning (heaven forbid I leave before he wakes up) and I might not get home till midnight. And the nights I don't get home late I stay up late. My roommate and I have done everything possible to make him happy. We've even put padding under the TV to see if maybe the stand was resonating down into his room. I guess this evening he finally had enough (hell it's been 3 months) and said something to me. I just flat out told him that there's nothing I can do about me having to leave first thing in the morning or me staying up late to watch a movie. I even allowed him in the apartment to let him listen to how low I have the volume turned in order to make it as quiet as possible for him and when the AC kicked on you couldn't even hear it. He tried intimidating me and punching my door to no avail (he is a bigger guy but nothing a bat couldn't take care of in short order). Other than changing my lifestyle, which is about to really make him mad cause I'm about to leave at 6:30 in the morning and not get home until 1 or 2 at night thanks to work, what else could I possibly do. I mean this sorry SOB has banged on the floor at 7 in the morning while we were still asleep and has even banged on the floor half an hour after we were asleep yelling at us to be quiet. I guess he's just not used to having people living above him. I guess I just needed to vent cause it ticked me off bad tonight when he came up here screaming at me for something that's beyond my control. I'm not going to go to bed early or wake up late just for this guy. I guess I could start parking next to his window.

 

Just start stomping on the floor at random and yelling for him to be quiet. Sounds like you've been more than accomodating. Park under his window, and make sure you warm your engine up good before you leave in the morning. After all you've done to try to keep him happy, I think I'd look upon the situation as a challenge as to how bad I could annoy him while appearing innocent and unaware.

 

If it's in an apartment complex, you could ask the rental manager if there's another apt available and move away from him.
It might be more work, but at least you'd be away from the problem.
If the guy obviously has coping issues, intentionally ticking him off more might land you as the lead story on the 10:00 news.

 

What Shovel said, these things aren't worth it in the big picture. Sounds like HE needs to take it up with the landlord too, not much you can do a as a tennant about the way the place is built?!

 

Tyler,

It's funny you bring this up, because the lady and I are having a similar problem. We are on a lower floor and we can hear every step that our upstairs neighbors make. Sometimes it sounds like they have the UFC fighters in the apartment taking each other down on the floor. The whole building shakes! We are very close with our neighbor downstairs and we did a little experiment one day... I went downstairs and she jumped up and down on the floor, dropped her school bag full of thick medical books, and walked like an elephant. She didn't even come close to making as much noise as they do. And they have done it at midnight, 0300, and 0400 (we get up not much after that, but still!).

It may be the way the building is constructed, but it really sounds like this guy is just looking for someone to irritate. I mean, why is he yelling for you to be quiet when you are already in bed? Why is he banging on the floor at 0700 when you haven't made a peep?

It sounds like you are going out of your way to not disturb him, but it just isn't working (how can you be bothering him when you are asleep?). I can relate to keeping the volume on the TV so low that you can't hear it when the AC kicks on.

Here is my suggestion..... If this has been going on for three months why don't you write a nice letter to the management (certified, return receipt) advising them of the problem and see where that gets you? If you need to go further with it (we have) shoot me a PM and I'll turn you on to some resources.

Or, you could do like we did.... buy a house!!! Man I can't wait for it to be done!!! Only about a month and a half now!

 

Man that sucks you cant get a neighbor that gets along with you. Some people are wierd like that. They have nothing better to do than complain about something and a neighbor is an easy target it seems. They have no real legit. complaint but try to make one. I think it may be a some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder or something along those lines. At least you dont have one like my next door neighbor. She has a security camera pointed at my master bedroom window. She is single and was part of that FedEx retirement plan a few years back. She lives in total seclusion. She moved here from Memphis and I guess is used to needing to watch her property like that. She needs to relize that this is not the ghetto and that type thing just detracts from the neighbor hood. If I cant find something leagaly wrong with this situation ( I dont think there is) I will just use the age old If you cant beat them join them tactic. I have access to some motorized cameras that are for outdoors and I think I will mount one on the rear corner of my house pointing into her back yard and side bathroom window. I dare her to say something about it. If I mount it like that it will be out of sight by everyone except her. It doesnt bother me that the camera is pointing at my house, I will walk out in the front yard in my undies if thats what she wants to see. My other neighbors are the ones that question it. They ask if it makes me nervous? It dont bother me if it dont bother her!!!!

 

My brother sold a rental property because of issues like this. The woman upstairs moved in while he had an airline pilot and his flight attendant wife living in the unit - they were rarely there except to sleep and eat. When they moved out, a couple with two little kids moved in. The woman upstairs would call at all hours to complain about the tenants - who were living as quietly as could be expected. She would stomp on the floor in the middle of the night to get "revenge". My brother got sick of dealing with it and sold the place after 4 months. People like that are a nuisance to both their neighbors and the landlord.

My advice is about the same as Nick's. Be civil to your neighbor, but if he threatens you call the police. Go about your business as quietly as is reasonable, and make sure the landlord knows what's going on.

 

I think this guy really is just looking for an argument cause the day we moved in I tried to introduce myself and be nice and what not and he just blew me off and kept walking. As much as I'd like to get revenge on the sorry guy, I don't feel like getting in a fight or risk my truck getting damaged. Good news though is that I do a TON of work for the rental agency that just took our complex over and I'm friends with everybody up there so I'm gonna see what I can accomplish on Monday. I could understand if I threw wild parties or was loud constantly but dang. I leave at 7:30 for work and I get home anywhere between 6-2 at night and I just wanna sit down and relax. Not try to make him happy. Oh well. Only another month and I'm outta here.

 

Call 911, tell them there is a guy outside your window that was peering into your bedroom and fondling himself.

Describe this guy's clothing enough to incriminate him, but not too good.

He will spend a night in jail, be on the ten-0'clock news, and end up on the sex affenders list.

During all this, he will be too busy to give you grief.

 

Dear Lord, what have we come to.

*note to self*: steer clear of KY.

 

ROTFLMAO!!!

 

I would take a whole differant approach. I would be just as noisey as I normally would be. And when he started the banging I'd call the cops. And tell the land lord. I wouldn't change the way I did things for him no matter what.

 

All I have to say is what the He** is wrong with you. because this would cause the problem to be solved

 

Normally I would but I'm trying to be less of a horse's behind these days. I don't like confrontations but will finish them if need be. I thought it was particularly funny when I told him that I can't do anything about it and he got right up in my face and stood up straight trying to intimidate me. He did that a couple of times. I guess after the 3rd time he did that and he realized that I wasn't gonna back down that it didn't work. He got really mad when I got tired of dealing with him and he turned around to regain his composure and I slammed the door on him and locked it. Sorry SOB punched my door. Oh well. He does it tonight the police are getting involved. I don't like getting them involved over petty stuff like this but if he's not even gonna have the decency to come and tell us to be quiet 3 months ago when we moved in or not even say hi kiss my *** when we first met him then screw it. I'm tired of being nice.

 

i hope you are rolling on the floor quietly