Quote - They have a nifty way of making people "disappear" quite nicely with little trace left behind.

Micheál

LMAO

I'm a Registered Nurse and know 101 ways to kill a person without leaving a trace  :b_tonguewink:

Quote - Instead of complaining, you should have called the police,especially in situations of domestic violence.  It's specifically their job to handle these cases.  Let them decide whether its important enough to answer or not.
David P. Hoadley

When I said "fighting for 5 hours", I didn't mean "domestic violence" type fights. I mean the yelling and screaming (mostly the woman), and slamming of doors (again mostly the woman).  Essentially hissy fits, not physical fights.  Trust me, if it were violence I'd be the first one on the phone because I have been in an abusive relationship before.  I'd be the last person to stand around and do nothing if I saw or heard it happening.

Quote - I can sypathise with you. My dad's house is jioned onto won that was bought by someone to rent out. Lots of people came and went, most of whom did a runner after smashing the place up.

The ones who moved out in the middle of the night must have done some damage to their apartment too judging by the amount of noise coming from there yesterday when the repairmen were there.  Also, when they moved out they used the hallway walls as an ashtray and butted their cigarettes out on them. I guess I should be happy that they didn't just drop them on the carpet and set fire to the building.  They also left a going away present for the caretakers to clean up;  they marred one of the hallway walls up with black marker.

Quote - There was this one couple with two young kids, the kids were alright, I felt sorry for them. The parents were always getting drunk, fightining, screaming and smashing things in the middle of the night. The neighbour on the other side of them tried to compliain by going to see them and was threatened by the bloke with one of those "decorative" samauri swords that you can get in places like Glasgow. The neighbour called the police, but they couldn't find and had no proof.

I'd never risk my life by going to someone's apartment about noise. There are a whole lot of unstable people out there.  The following story shows how unstable some people can be.

About 3 or 4 years ago there was a situation in my city where a guy who lived in a very prestigious area of the city was having the same experience with his neighbours as I am having with mine.  He (I'll call him Joe)  went next door and knocked on the guys door at midnight on a weekday to ask if he could turn the music down as Joe  had to work in the morning.  The guy in the apartment attacked Joe with a Machete. The guy was swinging the machete at Joe's head and Joe put his hands up to protect his head and ended up having one of his hands totally cut off, and the other was only hanging by a piece of skin.   Joe had a bunch of deep cuts to his neck and head. The guy was trying to decapitate him.   Joe was in the hospital for months.  His hands were reattached as one of his neighbours had the sense to grab the hand and pack it in ice.   I looked after him and saw his wounds :(

The first person to move into the apartment immediately adjacent to me was a guy in his 30's.  I had lived in my apartment for 6 years at that point and neither I nor the woman who had lived there prior had any problems with one another.

As soon as that guy moved in he was banging on the common wall to tell me that my TV was too loud.  I usually have my TV volume between 3 and 5 notches on the volume bar.  After 11pm I turn it to 3 notches. The lowest notch that still allows me to hear clearly. That first night I was on my way to bed so I just turned the TV off.  Night after night he as banging on the wall. Finally I just ignored him.  I asked the caretaker to come to my apartment and listen for herself.  Her and her husband deemed it to be quiet  and told me that the guy had no business harassing me as he was.   I complained to the agency about his banging on the walls and told them what the caretaker said about my TV and they sent him a warning.

During the day and evening  he would have his stereo up to about volume 10 and wouldn't turn it down, even if I banged on the wall like he did to me.  In fact he would even turn up the noise level when I did that. It became a battle and I was miserable and sleep deprived because I worked nights and slept in the day and he would go out of his way to be a nuisance.

One day he came to my apartment at 1am and asked me to turn my TV down. I told him it wasn't loud and that any lower I couldn't even hear it, and the caretaker had listened to the volume and agreed with me. He said he was going to report me and I told him to go right ahead.  At this point I tried to close the door, but he had positioned his body between the door and the frame and put his foot there too in order to prevent me from closing the door.  I felt threatened by that action and got scared. I did the first thing I thought of and that was to stomp really  hard on his foot and push my body aginst the door to close it.  I did call the police about that and I wrote a letter to the agency telling them what he had done and how it made me feel.   He moved out not long after that.

I live in a highrise in a nice area of the city and the rent is not cheap. I currently pay $610.00 for a one bedroom apartment and that will be going up to $650.00 in October. The problem is that they are raising the rent so high that it's to a point where many individuals consider it too much money to pay for an apartment and what is happening is that they are renting to "kids" who share rent, and as  a result it's becoming a freaking dorm.

I will swear that the people across the hall deal drugs.  There are people coming and going all day and all night long.  There are days and days when they are burning incense to the point I have to stick a towel at the bottom of my door because it stinks and sets off my asthma.  And there are days where you can smell pot.  I think the next time I smell it I'm going to call the police and tell them that they are dealing drugs.  The cops are  more likely to respond to a call about drugs than one of noise, LOL  And it's not very easy to conceal the smell of Sweet Mary Jane... even incense doesn't hide it :)

Quote - Maybe the party was to celebrate the band leaving

LOL, but somehow I doubt it.  They were friends of the ones who moved out. I was hoping actually that they were all moving out together, but my genie must have been asleep when I made that wish,  lol

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We tried complaining to our housing manager and we got told as they had 'substance misuse issues'. We should be more tolerant of their lifestyle. Cops and local noise officer didn't want to know.  

After one of my neighbours crashed his van because he couldn't sleep. So all the residents got together  an every time they made the slightest noise someone would bang on their door and have a go at them. The stairwells got hosed down every day despite anyone sleeping there. Now they are as quiet as church mice.

The agency is good about responding to complaints. I will give them credit for that.  But I think part of the problem is that the people coming into sign the lease aren't the same people moving into the apartments.  IE: Parents signing the lease on behalf of their kids and friends.

And given that story I told above there is no way I'd ever go to someone's door by myself and tell them to keep it down.  I'm too chicken to do that.

Quote - or wait till its nice and peaceful then knock on the door and do your best crazy screamin woman act you can.

haha, I was close to that point last night.  They finally quieted down at 4am.  However, there is no "peaceful' time in their apartment. It's grand central station day and night.

Quote - I couple years ago, I had a neighbour with a dog (one of those dogs who's lonely and loves his own voice kinda dogs) now I love dogs, but I dont agree with even getting one if youre not gonna at least spend SOME time with it

I used to live in a house with a neighbour like that.  The poor dog was outside 24/7 regardless of the weather, and it gets mighty cold here in the winter time.   I used to take it food on my way to the bus stop and felt so bad for the poor thing.  Finally I couldn't stand it anymore and I went and "dog napped" the poor thing and took it to the Humane Society and reported the abuse.  Unfortunatly after the HS investigated and the guy cut a hole in his garage to give the dog some shelter the dog was returned to him :(

That was the first and only thing I've ever stolen,  hehe

Quote - he bought a caliope CD (carnival/circus music) and put it on repeat, lowered the speakers to the floor and pointed them down, turned up the stereo and hit play. Then he left. They got the point and if they ever started up again he could just play the first few notes fairly loud and they would run to the stereo.

LMAO. OMG!  That's hysterical.  wipes tears from eyes  LOL

Quote - Now that I live on a 3.5 acre plot of land, I can basically crank the amp (2 Celestion 12") up to about 4 or 5 without being noticed - but still within normal hours.

Good luck and I suggest that it's time to seek new residence if the circus continues.

Robert

Adopt me? :)

Quote - You could always pledge your soul to serve Davey Jones for 100 years aboard "The Flying Dutchman" and then ask him to sic "The Kraken" on them. That's not against the law.

At least not in Wyoming.

LOL, I've considered Voo Doo!!!

Quote -
This is something you should never ever do - it's very bad....

There's a joke shop product called "Fake F@rt" and it smells terrible - beyond anything the human body could produce without the aid of nuclear contamination...and it clings...

Under no circumstances should you spray it through their keyhole or on any washing they may leave out to dry or into their letterbox etc etc and god forbid they leave their car window down a crack...

This is in no way the most satisfying revenge you can take on a neighborhood idiot without the risk of getting punched out...

Hmmm.  Bad you say? :b_grin:

You guys are the best!!!  Thanks for all of the posts and support and some suggestions that I couldn't help but crack a smile at :).

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi