Terrible Apartment Neighbors

[manowar821]

Or ear-plugs if nothing else works...?

 

[BigDH01]

The building I live in is smaller. All of the one bedrooms are occupied (what I currently live in). I could see if I could move into a larger place but they'll try to jack my rent. I would also seek revenge (I have an H/K receiver tied to 4 10" subs) but the neighbor below me is really nice. He's in the Air Force, never complains, always says "hi" etc. I don't want to make an enemy out of him and treat him the way the upstairs neighbors treat me.

This landlord is crappy for other reasons as well. The building is new and was put up as fast as possible. Everything leaked. The showerhead leaked and paint near the drywall started to peel and I suspect that the drywall was ruined. We told the landlord about the leak and it took them forever to respond. When we asked them to repair the drywall (don't want mold) the maintenance man claimed my lock was broken and he couldn't get in. This is the same lock that I use everyday. I called back to schedule a time for them to look at the lock and no one answered. I left a message telling them that I would be home for lunch hour for the remainder of the week from 12-1. No one ever showed up.

Oh, BTW. Internet and cable is included in the rent. The "high speed" internet they gave us was 512/512 from a local provider. It goes down every time it storms as the networking equipment is not on a UPS. I lost internet for three days once. It was over a weekend and when I called the internet company's emergency line no one picked up. When someone finally did, they were drunk. I then called the property manager but no one picked up and their answering machine was full so I couldn't leave a message. They also gave no emergency contact number. I got 5000/896 DSL for 42 dollars a month the next week.

The cable I get is the most basic satellite service that money can buy. For the first week I was only able to get gospel stations as there was a mixup between the provider (same company that provides internet) and DirecTV. We still get less than the most basic package (I know, I called DirecTV). They don't advertise the package we have.

I really think the whole tv/internet included thing is a ripoff. I usually end up paying for these services anyway.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Man, I'm freaking lucky. My neighbor is a smoking hot blond. Her ass was a special project by God himself I do believe. She's sweet as can be too. Told me the first time I met her to crank my HT system as loud as I want. I don't when she's home out of repect, but still....she rocks.

Bring her over, sit her on the sub, and set it at 33Hz.

- M4H

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Man, I'm freaking lucky. My neighbor is a smoking hot blond. Her ass was a special project by God himself I do believe. She's sweet as can be too. Told me the first time I met her to crank my HT system as loud as I want. I don't when she's home out of repect, but still....she rocks.

Bring her over, sit her on the sub, set it at 33Hz, tune into howard stern, call him up and ask him to do a motorboat over the air.

- M4H

Fixed :thumbsup:

 

[Kelemvor]

I'd continue to call the police on them every time it gets out of control. Be sure to tell them that you talked to the landlord and he/she refused to do anything about it. Then the cops will get on the landlord's case as well as the tenants case. Of course you could just find somewhere else to live but you shouldn't have to move because someone else is being a dick.

Or find out if/when they sleep and return the favor. Put your speakers on a cart laying on their back so they are aimed up. That should help reduce the noise from anyone below you. THen attack your subs to the ceiling somehow and rock out.

 

[MasonLuke]

First of all, like you said, its a college town. Live with it or get out. If i were in college and a punk came up to my room on several occasions to quiet down, i'll party some more. I cant see myself doing that now, but thats how it goes. best thing to do is party with them. next time, take a case of beer with you and join them.

or

When midterms/Finals roll along, you get them back!

 

[BigDH01]

Originally posted by: MasonLuke
First of all, like you said, its a college town. Live with it or get out. If i were in college and a punk came up to my room on several occasions to quiet down, i'll party some more. I cant see myself doing that now, but thats how it goes. best thing to do is party with them. next time, take a case of beer with you and join them.

or

When midterms/Finals roll along, you get them back!

I'm also a student. Being a student is not an excuse to be disrespectful. Believe me, I would love to party every night as well but I have responsibilities. I have a full time job plus I want to do well in school. I'm not the punk here, they are.

 

[Kaido]

Yup, my last apartment was like this. We were to the point of calling the cops on our neighbors at least once a week. It got so bad that we stayed with friends a couple times during the lease. I hate apartments. They're great until you have some sort of problem that the landlord can't effectively deal with, then it turns into a nightmare. Get out as soon as you can. Also, make sure you talk to people who live in the apartment you're looking at...we looked at a number of apartments and after talking to various tenants and reading reviews online, we decided to stay with my parents for awhile and save up for a small condo.

I never realized how valuable sleep was and how big of an effect not having enough was on my life until I lived in my last apartment.

 

[mcvickj]

That sucks. I've only been in one apartment complex but I specifically remember reading a section about noise. Three strikes and you are out.