Do your neighbors drive you up the wall?😭😡

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

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Location
Midwest
My neighbors have gotten on my last nerve. Noxious noise all the time. Tonight I said F it and turned my stereo up and enjoyed it! I'm sure there will be more noxious noise to come but playing my favorite music helpe


Anyone else have more problem neighbors??
 

Luckily the condo building that I bought in is very well soundproofed and quiet. Also people get a warning and then a fine if they are too noisy.

If a renter is noisy the owner gets notified and if it doesn’t stop the board keeps fining the owner at which point the owner gets upset and gets rid of the tenant.
 

I have great neighbors for the most part. I have one gentleman that believes he knows what is best for me. I know he means well but I did have to to put a lock on my back gate. He would go back to cut shrubs that grow on the fence we share. I do not mind but he gets the dogs all worked up, barking and fussing. He has also left the gate open and the dogs got out.

I had to go to the emergency room via ambulance when I was in a lot of pain waiting for my hip replacement. I had taken my walker out with me so he took it to his house. When I got back home I called him the next day to bring it over. Instead of bringing it to the front door, he went thru the back gate and opened my back door. Problem was I was just wearing a tshirt and undies. I was not pleased at all, I think I scared the S*** out of him. I don't thnk he will ever open someone's elses door.
 
Teacher Terry said:
Blessed, your neighbor is really overstepping normal boundaries and I wouldn’t be happy. You found good ways to handle it.
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He is a little over the top but it is just his way. Not a mean bone in his body. For awhile he was home while his wife had not yet retired, I think he was just lonely. None of the neighbors escaped, if you were outside he would be right there to have a conversation
 
My wife has had sleep terrors ever since I have known her.

When we lived in a small apartment, she'd wake up in the middle of the night screaming and throwing stuff around. The next day I'd always get 'the fish eye' from my neighbours. I think I was probably known as the wife beater in the neighbourhood.
 
My building is pretty quiet and especially my floor except for one guy down the hall. He talks super loud even if he is face to face with you. He sometimes yells or laughs too loud at his television. Also when he is on the phone, I can hear every word he says. Luckily he gets up every morning at 5 and is gone for the whole day. Maybe he has a hearing problem, I don't really know.

What bothered me most about neighbors in my building is when they whine and complain about everyone all the time. We had two of them and they were a brother and sister. The brother lived next door to me and he was so grumpy all the time. He just moved out a couple of months ago and what a relief. His sister was downstairs and always causing trouble but she left before he did. Now it is pretty nice here.
 
Some of my previous neighbours from other house were a source of sleepless nights and oh so many calls to police which got us nowhere. Sad but true...

Compared to where I am now, it's like night and day, storms clouds over sunshine and rainbows. It's absolutely lovely nowadays.

We have Japanese blossom trees on the street. Only one neighbour I actually feel bad about... He's being henpecked which is unpleasant for him and means that we've lost our handyman. I now understand why he came alone at hubby's funeral.

Otherwise, the remain fun gang are just super. Had a funky talk with one yesterday (of the good neighbours) and after saying hi and wanting to know if he wanted me to paint his side if the fence, he uttered a huge apology.

Said that he'd been embarrassed to reply to my request if help due to himself being crap at DIY. We had such a laugh, it was refreshing.

Anyway, we've planned to do the painting of our mutual fence during is upcoming holiday. So great results...

To all of you who posted here, I sincerely sympathise with you as I've experienced bad neighbours more often than good ones. Sometimes, some are just bullies who are looking for a rise in you. Don't give in. Report them to antisocial behaviour services and eventually they'll get karma.

Blessed be!
 
I'm really sorry about that. Obnoxious noise should not invade your home like that.

The jerk downstairs, the abuser, just left for work late screaming f. bombs into his cell phone and "never f-ing want to see you again." I'm sure it's that poor woman. Of course he does, he wants to abuse her.

There have been some up and downs in this complex but it's mostly been decent. I've had two downstairs neighbors that used to be gone for weeks at a time so that was nice. Then there were the jerks that got evicted with the dog who yapped and whined the entire time they would be gone.

I think the fear of noise and harassment is one reason I never bought a condo though I'm thinking that may not have been the right choice.
 
officerripley said:
I don't think we have such a thing here in the U.S.:unsure:
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Call the police services, not 911, and ask what services are available for antisocial behaviour and I guarantee (TX directed us to a charity who took care of that in the 90s) they'll let you know where the nearest social service department is and you'll be surprised of what they offer.

Or to save money on the phone just go into a station and ask to speak to someone from social service as they have one officer on standby. Good luck @officerripley
 
hawkdon said:
One of the crime channels in usa has a designated show
about bad neighbors.....usually ends in someone's death....
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Goddess me I remember watching one of those episode in the 90s. Think it was called Neighbours from Hell. I was dumfounded as to some of the cases. Golly Geez what a tough thing to film. Sad yes when someone dies needlessly.
 
Remy said:
I'm really sorry about that. Obnoxious noise should not invade your home like that.

The jerk downstairs, the abuser, just left for work late screaming f. bombs into his cell phone and "never f-ing want to see you again." I'm sure it's that poor woman. Of course he does, he wants to abuse her.

There have been some up and downs in this complex but it's mostly been decent. I've had two downstairs neighbors that used to be gone for weeks at a time so that was nice. Then there were the jerks that got evicted with the dog who yapped and whined the entire time they would be gone.

I think the fear of noise and harassment is one reason I never bought a condo though I'm thinking that may not have been the right choice.
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I empathize with you. I lived in a condo a few years ago and the walls were not soundproof. When a person sneezed across the hall, I could hear it! One time, I even counted the number of sneezes - 12! When I first moved in, I had the hardwood flooring installed (replaced a dirty carpet) and people came knocking, not to welcome me, but to argue about the noise. I apologized and told them it was temporary and the job would be finished in a few days, but their response left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't think I could ever live in an apartment or condo in the future. I am too sensitive to noise. It is quiet and peaceful here with my 1 acre lot.
 
Ruthanne said:
My neighbors have gotten on my last nerve. Noxious noise all the time. Tonight I said F it and turned my stereo up and enjoyed it! I'm sure there will be more noxious noise to come but playing my favorite music helpe


Anyone else have more problem neighbors??
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Sorry you are going through this, @Ruthanne! I do not do well with noise and can empathize with you! I have also done something similar in the past (play music, or play the violin!). I also have used ear plugs to drown out the noise. Good luck!
 
we moved from NC to Southern Illinois to be near our daughter....bought property on edge of the small town...
a great neighbor passed away 2 years ago...house sold to an ex convict and girlfriend...
he shoots small animals with air rifle...cats..squirrels..
he dumped some unwanted household items in alley that joins our property...
i regard him as dangerous and
he's a person we stay away from ...
 
katlupe said:
My building is pretty quiet and especially my floor except for one guy down the hall. He talks super loud even if he is face to face with you. He sometimes yells or laughs too loud at his television. Also when he is on the phone, I can hear every word he says. Luckily he gets up every morning at 5 and is gone for the whole day. Maybe he has a hearing problem, I don't really know.

What bothered me most about neighbors in my building is when they whine and complain about everyone all the time. We had two of them and they were a brother and sister. The brother lived next door to me and he was so grumpy all the time. He just moved out a couple of months ago and what a relief. His sister was downstairs and always causing trouble but she left before he did. Now it is pretty nice here.
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He probably either needs hearing aids or the ones he has aren't working.
 
A next door neighbor, elderly, overweight, and arthritic was calling the fire department weekly, or even more often. The siren got pretty annoying until she eventually asked them not to use it. They got to carry her down the stairs and haul her off to the ER. I helped her out by installing a lock box containing a key over her front door and gave the key to the box to the local fire station so they wouldn’t have to kick in the door in case it was locked. This went on for months until another neighbor found her dead on the toilet.
 
At our previous address about sixteen years ago we had at some weird neighbours. We lived in a first-floor flat. Druggies upstairs until they eventually got thrown out. Another women upstairs who kept a dustbin outside her apartment. Eventually the smell of decomposing trash was too much and she g hot a reprimand. She would also chuck cigarette butts out of her window and they would pile up in huge numbers.. :rolleyes:

Where we live now is much better but it has not been totally incident-free. Will add more at another time. Fascinating to hear everyone's experiences..
 
Have one neighbor I don't like, have nothing to do with and 6 live in that house ...
Well, 4 of them (non working young couple with two boys) live in a dang shed behind the house.
Just wish they'd clean up the junky yard, get rid of the broken down not running truck out front, trim bushes and fix the house.

Department head at the local college with a doctorate in music lives next door, but never plays loud music.
County Circuit Judge lives behind me and the loudest noise I ever hear is a vehicle door closing
... or a foo-foo dog yapping that they shush right away.

Quiet here in the oldest part of this small town ... and getting better.
 
katlupe said:
My building is pretty quiet and especially my floor except for one guy down the hall. He talks super loud even if he is face to face with you.
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I’m guessing he just wants to hear what he is saying too. 😉

I don’t always wear my hearing aides and there are times when the option to take them out is a real bonus.
 
I can’t complain about neighbors here. I’ve got a community orchard south of me, a park to the east and a creek to the north separating our building from a larger one which is work only/ no habitation. Of course there are parties and kids playing in the park a lot. Why do little girls seemingly love to scream high and loud? But my most active neighbor is a woman from back east living out of her van on the street in front of us. But she is very considerate and even moved it to give the arborist’s crew more room to work recently. We have each other’s phone number numbers and when my wife was having trouble receiving a shipment of meds (because of the shipper’s incompetence/indifference) she even offered to call us or receive the pkg if we weren’t home. So all in all, no complaints.
 

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