r/NoisyNeighbours

Newish neighbors across the street are really nice, much better then what was there before. The only problem is when they have friends over, they play REALLY LOUD music. Right now they have a giant speaker on the top of their car pointing directly at my house. The music is LOUD but the BASS is making my floors vibrate...We have 3 a/c's running and tvs on and we can not only hear the bass, we can feel it. I get that it is a holiday but at what point do I say enough is enough. My son is on the spectrum and is going to freak out when he gets home. And this music will play all night. I can hear and feel the bass. It started as a LOUD rumble that I thought was thunder off in the distance... Now it is just noise! My brother won't say anything to them so that will require me to say something....but I have no filter and when I talk, sometimes it comes over as being rude.. I don't sugarcoat anything.

I know the rep that HOA's have. I'm aware how evil and uptight they are. My HOA, however, refuses to act when I bring them an issue I'm experiencing.

I've written about my neighbors in neighborsfromhell subreddit. Crazy college parties, big semitruck, etc.

I have these other neighbors who play loud music for several hours every day. They basically live in their garage and the rest of the house is just for sleeping (probably). The music is objectively too loud. If I can hear it inside my house with the windows closed, I consider that disturbing my peace. If it happened ocassionally, I would tolerate it, but it's every single day now. There are other issues I have with these neighbors. A woman from this house came to our house and knocked so hard it felt like she was gonna knock down the door. That's another story I don't wanna get into, but the point is that these people can't be reasoned with. I've asked them to lower the music before, but after the incident with the lady, I afraid of even stepping out of my house.

I made the HOA aware of that situation with the lady and I also told them about the noise, but their response was "let's see what happens and we'll go from there."

But I'm the one that has to live through this every day. What can I do so the HOA acts? Send a letter, give them a phone call, fine them or something!

The community manual says that conduct like the one displayed by neighbor goes against the code of conduct. Any helpful advice?

Hi all - in recent months I’ve noticed intermittent ultrasonic animal scarer sounds coming from a neighbouring house. This summer it’s gotten really bad and near constant at times - it’s unbearable!

I’m sure they can hear it as well - but I’m not sure what to do as I can’t figure out exactly where it’s coming from.

Does anyone have any tips? I’d thought about writing letters to all nearby houses or posting in the community Facebook group, but don’t want to make the situation worse.

Thanks

My neighbor is in his 60s he’s an alcoholic (goes to the pub everyday from around 2pm till 8-11pm) when he comes home he’s shouting down the street in which is a small cul de sac of 10 bungalows. During the summer months it’s absolute torture he leaves his front door open,I can hear him drunk shouting, his tv on loud and also he’s a frequent weed smoker, I’ve hardly ever seen this man sober. He thinks we are on good terms because I have friendly conversations with him, and when I’m on the verge on pulling my hair out I do have to go round at midnight sometimes even 4 in the morning to ask him to politely keep it down. I have to be honest and as evil as it is I wish he would drink himself to death. I hate the man, I need to sleep. For those who are wondering why not report him or get the authorities involved, he’s someone you wouldn’t mess with not because of what he would do but because of the people he knows in which he could make me disappear….

I’d just gotten home from work, absolutely exhausted. Barely functioning. All I wanted was to eat something and collapse into bed

Then I heard the knocking. Then the banging…

And somehow I already knew this wasn’t going to be a pleasant conversation

It was my downstairs neighbors and people I’d maybe exchanged two words with in my entire life. The second I opened the door, I knew exactly what this was about

Some weeks earlier… I started realizing that there was water accumulating around the corner of my tub every time I had taken a shower. It wasn’t much. Just some puddles. But every time I told myself I would take care of it later on. The rug will take care of it until then

Well, later finally came knocking

My neighbors were furious. Their ceiling had wet stains spreading across their bathroom and even into their dining room. I couldn’t even argue. I knew exactly where it was coming from

After a long, awkward conversation, they calmed down a bit and but not before a few insulting words were exchanged. They suggested I call Top Flow Plumbing Services in Wollongong because they’d used them before for another issue in the building

I braced myself for the worst. Tearing apart tiles. No water for weeks. Huge repair bills.

But the plumber came quickly and I found them online and they arrived within a couple of hours, thank goodness. They found the problem fast: a hidden leak around the bathtub drain and damaged sealing that had been slowly leaking water between the floors. That’s why I only saw puddles on my floor while water was seeping down to my neighbors

Somehow, they managed to fix everything in about four or five hours. I was using my shower again that same day

I’m not exaggerating when I say that felt like a blessing after the stress of that entire day

Anyway, if water is showing up where it shouldn’t, don’t keep kicking the can down the road like I did. And don’t wait for your neighbors to come banging on your door at the worst possible time

I'm in NYC. Moved into the 1st floor of a 2 family last year. A woman, her boyfriend, and a new born moved in a few weeks before me and my wife. We didn't want any kids upstairs and the landlord agreed and said he wanted the same. The plan the landlord was told was for the woman and baby to stay and the poor excuse of a man boyfriend would help get settled and then be back & forth. Fast forward to today, the jobless, alcoholic, do nothing has stayed the entire time, and now its a 1 year old, a 7 year old, & a 10 year old.

I've complained to the landlord when the kids first appeared in January. They rolled in well after midnight and decided its party time. Running back & forth, moving furniture, music blasting until after 5am. Told landlord. He spoke to them. Kids left 2 weeks later.

2 months later, landlord tells me a few days before that they are coming back and said they will "try" to keep it down. Stroll in same time & do the same shit. Now its my turn to have a talk. Douche answers the door shitfaced and me and my wife, politely but stern, tell him to please not have the kids run around. Its 3am and we have to wake up for work in the morning. Next part I almost laughed out loud. "We have jobs too". LOL. He was pissed and was saying I'll talk to them. I tell him about quiet hours in NYC (10P to 7A) and I'm met with "who said that?" Tell him NYC law. We say one last time, just please don't have your kids run around, thank you. We close the door and hear "you better watch your fucking mouth". Turn right around,open the door and ask, was that a threat? Says no, no, & backtracks a bit. Now, he's fuming. Quiet upstairs after.

We wake up around 7am and once he heard we were up, decided to purposefully stomp across each room. Send the landlord the audio my cameras picked up & give him the story. Talks to them again, supposedly. Kids gone 2 weeks later.

A month or so after that, there was a big domestic dispute up there, alcohol fueled. Shit was thrown, hands were thrown. Hands were put on her and she fought back and then left the apartment (and left the front door open all night). Send landlord audio of that and he talks to her and she downplays it.

Kids come back 2 weeks ago & each day, virtually quiet until 6-7pm. Then its relentless until after 12am. Give the landlord an update on the noise. He comes back to talk to the mom and then to me. Decides to tell him, the kids are staying. It went from 2 people all the time, to 5. The landlord has also already told me that their lease is not being renewed and I've heard him tell them that.

Its obvious the talking to them doesn't work. The thought of calling in a noise complaint and then waiting for the cops to show up at 4am isn't ideal because of my job & the work I do. I feel like the landlord should issue them a Notice To Quit or at a bare minimum have them put rugs down at their expense or carpet down at his expense (its all hardwoord floors and in the lease agreement it says floors must be covered with carpet or rugs).

I'm just looking for some insight on how to go about moving forward or anyone who's had a similar situation. The landlord is not holding up his end of the deal and he's only protecting himself. I know I'm in NYC & everything favors the tenant, but still, I'm entitled to the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of my living space. Do I seek counsel and try to get a rent reduction? I'm open ears here. Landlord is a softy and upstairs played him from the beginning and I threw that at him yesterday. And as for me, I'm very handy and have done A LOT for his property so far. He's told us several time he doesn't want us to leave. We don't want to leave either but its on the table if upstairs isn't out in the next 2 months.

Also, the one person upstairs who does have a job is in the public eye and I'm sure the company wouldn't like to hear about any of the issues and the violence that's gone on in front of an infant.

so i am currently a university student and i live in this apartment complex outside of school where the walls i'd say arent that bad but i cannnot say they aren't thin. Recently moving here, i didnt have a problem with my neighbour. Both me and him have been trying to stay as quiet as we can...and no complaints either. UNTIL a few days ago he brought this girl back, and atfirst he started singing...i was like "ok, im not a buzzkill go sing, beyonce." But THEN I HEAR "ah.ah.ah" IM LIKE WTF. it wasn't that loud but it kept going on AND OFC YOU CAN JUST TELL THEY WERE DOING IT. That time i only knocked one time cus well atleast they weren't that loud. Maybe I should've knocked more. AND NOW ITS HAPPENING AGAIN...AUGH IT FEELS GROSS TO HEAR IT. I knocked like 3 times yet after a while i would keep hearing it. What should i do? Should i slip a note under his door telling him to go at it at a hotel? Lmao i asked AI and it told me to clap loudly when they finished. Should i complain to my landlord? im in need of suggestions...i can't even tell my friends cus where i come from...this type of this is... Yk...'too much'