Loud Neighbors: What do you do?

[UglyCasanova]

Loud neighbor here AMA

[comesect2.0]

Landlord: house
Apt manager: rat hole

[OldGeorge]

Solution #1

The best solution to any interpersonal conflict is to have sex with that person's significant other. It works.

Solution #2
GT200 + 812 on a looper at 237am, Drum kit from 3-7pm, infrasound 7-10pm. Sonic warfare!

On a more serious note, I have used sonic warefare with a drum kit and a friends 3yrold. I lived in a 3 flat and had obnoxious college students below me. For 3 hours a day for 2 weeks straight my roommate and I would put on noise cancelling headphones and let the little guy go to town. When they finally had the balls to knock we explained our side and they got it... but we also looked like angry bikers and these kids were from farmtucky USA.

[snipelfritz]

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[aetheriac]

Loud cheesecake real late at night

Leave a Limburger Cheesecake at their door as a "gift".
But have the Limburger deep inside so as not to tip them off.

[01010111]

Update: after having pestered the landlord enough, he finally talked to them. The day after he did, they put a note on our door asking us to talk to them if they’re being loud. Just now they were being loud, then he came downstairs and asked if they were being too loud and told us to talk to them if they were ever being too loud. I said okay, and shut the door in his face. He immediately went upstairs and cranked his music waaaayyyy up.

Now, am I being an irrational dick here? I feel like they’re going to escalate things, and I don’t feel comfortable or safe living here anymore.

[jrfox92]

Update: after having pestered the landlord enough, he finally talked to them. The day after he did, they put a note on our door asking us to talk to them if they’re being loud. Just now they were being loud, then he came downstairs and asked if they were being too loud and told us to talk to them if they were ever being too loud. I said okay, and shut the door in his face. He immediately went upstairs and cranked his music waaaayyyy up.

Now, am I being an irrational dick here? I feel like they’re going to escalate things, and I don’t feel comfortable or safe living here anymore.

Inform them of this

We aren't allowed to pound on the walls or go talk to them about it (that's in the rental agreement).

and tell them to go fuck themselves.

Call the cops every time they do this shit.
Every.
Single.
Time.

Also, you should send a picture of the note to the landlord because of the rental agreement, just as an extra "fuck you" to your neighbors.

At least you've convinced me to never even consider moving to Portland.

Also, keep on your landlord with the complaints because, now that they know you're pissed, they're gonna start making complaints about you.

[BetterOffShred]

Letting them and your landlord know you don't feel safe, in writing, is step #1.. make a photo copy too so you have proof. Then by all means go tell them one time that they are being too loud, make a recording with your cell phone audio while you do it. Then depending on the outcome jump right to call the cops, letting them know you have attempted to involve your landlord in the process and that you have a formal complaint in writing about them, and that you still feel unsafe. Paper trails are how you involve cops. From there it should be fairly straight forward, just remember to audio record every interaction.

Edit: I think Oregon is a state where you can record people without their consent. You may want to double check

https://www.rcfp.org/reporters-recordin ... ide/oregon

Oregon apparently has weird laws on recording audio. But you just tell them you're recording it for your own protection and that's that.

[HorseyBoy]

Not adding anything constructive, but on a related note, why is it that the loudest neighbours always have the shittiest taste in music? Why do said people with horrible taste always feel the need to inflict their shit on everyone else?
Anyway, I hope you sort the situation out. Hate to say it, but it might be a case of having to move or hoping they move first.

[01010111]

I’m emailing the landlord about what happened, that we don’t feel safe here anymore, and that we want to move to a different unit in the complex. Would it be good to send a physical, written letter as well? I highly doubt the landlord would evict them, and at this point I just want the noise to stop and to feel safe in my own home. We also have six months left on the lease, or we’d try to break the lease and move.

The best part of their note was that they said “we try to be quiet”. Saying that’d make sense if they had kids or something, but they’re just a shitty rapper and a bad cellist who constantly play bad rap at an unreasonable volume.

[BetterOffShred]

Paper copies too yes.

[fcknoise]

you haven't tried fighting fire with fire? worse rap, at even louder volumes?

[comesect2.0]

....you shut the door in his face...................

[weebles]

....you shut the door in his face...................

This seems to be important information regarding the subsequent volume level.

[01010111]

....you shut the door in his face...................

This seems to be important information regarding the subsequent volume level.

I feel like I’m being really dense right now, but why is this sequence of events so important?