Noise Problem with Neighbor

[lowens1975]

Alabama. A woman moved into the unit that shares a common wall with mine. The wall happens to separate her two bedrooms with mine. Since September of 2017, I've tried to be nice and reasonable about the noise, but she's turned her grandkids loose (they've already broken out windows in the apartment) and they are up screaming, slamming doors, giggling, and bouncing off the walls all hours of the night. I've been nice, went over twice to ask her to hold it down. I finally wrote up a complaint (two pages of date, times and instances listed) and turned into the office. The past weekend, she left with someone to go out of town for about three hours and her little dog barked his behind off. When I complained to her she went up to the office and claimed her dog wasn't barking. (Don't know how she would know that if she wasn't at home to hear it). I filed a complaint and was told she had already denied it. Only problem for her, is that i used my cell phone to record the dog through the wall. I played it for the office manager, which seems to satisfy her. But now I'm worried about recording the noise that gets loud enough to penetrate the walls and is audible in my apartment. If I had not had the recording, the woman would have been given the benefit of doubt about whether the dog was barking or not. There are also *very* audible conversations, laughing, etc., that comes through the walls as well. I'm done with being nice, am going to just call the police, but how legal is it for me to have proof of her making noise all the time? Thanks.

 

[Just Blue]

Alabama. A woman moved into the unit that shares a common wall with mine. The wall happens to separate her two bedrooms with mine. Since September of 2017, I've tried to be nice and reasonable about the noise, but she's turned her grandkids loose (they've already broken out windows in the apartment) and they are up screaming, slamming doors, giggling, and bouncing off the walls all hours of the night. I've been nice, went over twice to ask her to hold it down. I finally wrote up a complaint (two pages of date, times and instances listed) and turned into the office. The past weekend, she left with someone to go out of town for about three hours and her little dog barked his behind off. When I complained to her she went up to the office and claimed her dog wasn't barking. (Don't know how she would know that if she wasn't at home to hear it). I filed a complaint and was told she had already denied it. Only problem for her, is that i used my cell phone to record the dog through the wall. I played it for the office manager, which seems to satisfy her. But now I'm worried about recording the noise that gets loud enough to penetrate the walls and is audible in my apartment. If I had not had the recording, the woman would have been given the benefit of doubt about whether the dog was barking or not. There are also *very* audible conversations, laughing, etc., that comes through the walls as well. I'm done with being nice, am going to just call the police, but how legal is it for me to have proof of her making noise all the time? Thanks.

You do understand how apartment works?

 

[lowens1975]

You do understand how apartment works?

I understand that you can only be nice for so long to someone that already has two strikes against her in a complex that has a 'three strike' rule. She's doing so well and throwing herself out without my help.

 

[FarmerJ]

if the noises happen say after 10 pm start calling the police and report the disturbances or wait til your lease is nearly up , give to your LL the notice required according to your lease and find a NEWER building that has better sound proofing between units . ( Your city building inspections desk can tell you if codes now require soundproofing -insulation between multi unit apartments and what year that the code started )

 

[lowens1975]

if the noises happen say after 10 pm start calling the police and report the disturbances or wait til your lease is nearly up , give to your LL the notice required according to your lease and find a NEWER building that has better sound proofing between units . ( Your city building inspections desk can tell you if codes now require soundproofing -insulation between multi unit apartments and what year that the code started )

Thanks, I'm not going anywhere. I've been here three years, pay my rent on time, no complaints against me. She's impulsive and thinks she's protected by a couple of people who think they "can do what they want". The rules will be enforced if I have to sue the owner, the landlord and her. She'll move first. But thatnks for input.