I have really loud next door neighbors and I live in a duplex...they play really loud music all the time and they're bass sounds a really loud. I can't sleep at night and yesterday they were holding a party it was soooo loud...is this a crime, can I call the police? Does this count as a disturbance at night? Who should I go to? I've already been to that house 3 times to tell them to please turn down the volume, I can hear them next door but they refuse to take in my humble request. Please Help me!
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Yes, this is criminal besides being rude.\nComplain to both the authorities and your landlord.
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I would just keep no contact between you and her, also after 10pm in most cities the area is expected to be quieter than normal. Well the best way to help you out is to document the times and problems with her or the police coming to the apt. state what you are doing and think what she could get on you far as noise wise and/or any compliant. Also do not make any type of trouble or comments to her or your neighbors that could be friends with her or anything that can be used against you.i wish the best of luck
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Loud welding?... most cities have noise ordinances, file a complaint or call the police. Also most cities have zoning laws about operating a business in a residential area. Call code enforcement.
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As for what the police said about targeting your house. Don't put a lot of thought in that. It still may have been a random act. Now, if something like this has happened before or happen again in the future. Then, it's time to start analyzing things. As for finding out who did it. Ask the neighbors to find out if anyone saw anything. If you have kids in school. Ask them to keep their ears open, but don't react or try to retaliate if they do hear who did it. The kids that did this won't be able to keep their mouths shut about this. They'll have to brag about their accomplishment. I hope that you do find them. I'd love to see how much trouble they get into from their parents when mom & dad have to write you a check for the damages. Good Luck
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Goodness....first thing: leave the cops out of this.  This might be a very technical criminal matter, but believe me when I tell you the cops are likely going to have little sympathy for you in this case and will much rather be fighting some other kind of crime.\n\nSecond thing: you and your neighbor disagree on the chimes.  You can tell your neighbor all day long that you don't like them and your neighbor can tell you all day that that she does.  That's not going to be very productive.  Get used to the idea right now of having someone else mediate this (and we'll get to that in a minute).  That means whatever the mediator decides is what you will have to live with, whether it's in your favor or not.  \n\nHaving said that, there was a suggestion here to record the chimes.  I don't see the point in video recording it, myself, but an audio recording would be a really good idea.  You and your family go out to your deck/yard/patio/whatever where the chimes are bothering you.  Put a decent tape recorder out there with you, and press record.  Have a conversation on the phone or in person with someone else, just to demonstrate how loud the chimes are in comparison with your normal daily life.  Do not do *anything* to exaggerate the sounds from the chimes, just record the chimes and your normal life.  Let me repeat this because you will get in trouble, otherwise: do NOT do anything to exaggerate the sound of the chimes.\n\nThen, march yourself down to the local courthouse and apply for a temporary restraining order.  Part of that process will be having your neighbor served with notice to come to court for the hearing on the order.  That might take care of the problem right there; if she knows you're serious about this and are willing to take her to court, she may decide she doesn't need the chimes where they are and will move them.\n\nIf she does not, show up to court on the day you're supposed to be there with your recording and a way to play it.  Be prepared to explain to the judge why he/she should make it illegal for your neighbor to have wind chimes...something millions of people have all over the world.  You're not going to be able to just push play on the recorder and tell the judge that's all you have to say.  I would venture to say that you're going to have to make a pretty convincing argument...wind chimes are ordinarily pretty innocuous things, and a judge might find it really hard to think you need the protection of the court from them.\n\nFinally, let the judge do what he/she gets paid to do, and LIVE WITH IT.  The judge might order your neighbor to take down the chimes, and you will have made your next door neighbor into your next door enemy.  The judge might tell you you're being unreasonable, and not order your neighbor to do anything.   You will still have made your next door neighbor into your next door enemy and win or lose, you will have to live with it.\n\nYou didn't for an easy or a cheap answer, and mine is neither one.  If you're successful you will almost certainly be damaging your reputation in the community (or confirming what some folks might already think).  \n\nThat's my answer.\n\nThis is my advice:\n\nNo matter how annoying they are, learn to deal with it.  You might win the battle here, but you *will* lose the war.  \n\nI wish you the best of luck...yours is not the only type of situation like this I've seen, and they are almost always ugly.
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Luckily I'm not home that time of night.. however I have been known to mow my grass 7am on a Saturday morning.. that probably pisses off the nighbors who are trying to sleep in.\nI think it is a lack of proper parenting now adays that lets the idiots with the loud music run thru residential areas with their music so loud that it rattles everyones windows... I keep threatning to sit out on my porch and take pot shots at them.
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Start out by reporting her for disturbing the peace. Do it every time she starts screaming at you. If they won't come out and do anything about it, this is what you do. Go to the Police Dept during regular business hours and file a complaint regarding lack of response on your problem. Tell them that you feel threatened by this woman. Keep a journal of every time you call and everything she does. Write down dates and times for everything. After you have several calls down and several incidents recorded, go to your city or county courthouse and ask the clerk of court about filing for a protection order. A protection order says that she can no longer attempt to communicate with you in any way. She can still yell at your husband or guests, but not you. Once you are at that level, go to your apartment managers again with copies of all this information. Still can't get rid of her? Take your info to an attorney for civil matters. You may have a nice case for a lawsuit. You may also want to have your husband file for a protection order as well. Hopefully you get a good repsonse from the police and she starts getting tickets for disturbing the peace. Do you know her name? You can check with the county courthouse and get her criminal record if she has one. Check with them and see what they will charge you for the information. In my area it's ten dollars for anybody's info. Build up and save your evidence and you should see her going bye bye, before long. If I can be of any further assistance, let me know.
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I'd continue to politely request that the parents control their children, padlock the gate, post no trespassing signs and finally alert the police.  If you are absent during these trespasses, hopefully you can enlist your other neighbor to make the call.  At the very least they should send a patrol car.  Your privacy is being violated and it is an issue you have every right to stand up for and expect no retaliation.  I would also suggest to the parents that your property may have hazards on it and you would be stricken should a child be injured on it.  BE careful not to sound threatening, but more like an ocd individual.
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Okay, you've got some good advice here and some useless advice.  I'll offer mine in addition and see what happens.\n\nI'm confused: a woman has been stalking you, but a man was taking pics of the inside of your apartment...??\n\nBut you're asking for advice:\n\nMove.  Seriously.  If you really believe that your life is in danger, move.  Now.  People take the position that "I'm not being pushed out of here by these crazy people" and then live months or years, constantly looking over their shoulders.  I guess you can if you want, but if moving solves the problem, do it.  I know that's not a good answer for a lot of people...but if we are talking about your life, what's more important?\n\nSounds like your last contact with the police was on the 8th, right?  Don't wait for them to call you and let you know what's going on...call them, and ask what's going on.  Have there been any arrests?  What's the status of the investigation?  Can they offer you a temporary or emergency protective order?  Who is the officer or detective handling the case?  When can you speak with them?  What do they recommend you do, based on their investigation?  Where can you go to seek some legal advice or representation?  \n\nI don't know that I'd be so quick to get to the media as some have suggested.  I would certainly make every effort to work within the police department and seek your results through them, rather than possibly embarrass them or yourself in the media.  \n\nIt's late and I'm beat....but I'd be happy to help you sort some more of this out if you'd like.  You can email me at my user name at yahoo.com.  Really need to know what state you're in, though.
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I had the same problem. My downstairs neighbour complained constantly about my cat (my cat!) walking around... she had my landlord come and check to make sure I didn't have a large dog in the apt. I became a nervous wreck trying to tiptoe around doing my normal activities and trying to keep my cat from running around too much.  The apartment mgr. knew that it wasn't my fault but there was nothing more she could do about this complaining tenant. Eventually, I just moved out.  \n\nI am sure your normal activities seem loud to them in the apartment below, because many apartments are not solidly-made enough to muffle noise.  That is why I never would live in a ground-floor apt. if noise bothered me (which it doesn't).  You should ask your landlord if you can move into another unit, preferably on the ground floor.  They may accommodate you because they are probably tired of these other people's complaint.  Of course, the one drawback is - if you move into a ground floor apartment, the tenants above may seem noisy to you.  But - you seem sane and probably wouldn't treat anyone above you the way your downstairs neighbours are treating you.  They sound crazy and there is absolutely no dealing with them - get out before the situation escalates... Good luck!
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i know what are you making through, i hate it too when my neighbors make loud noise at night , making a party all night long, and sleeping over the day over,... you have many solutions, first of all, find some people in your building who does not like this noisy thing too, ask them to make a list or something and go to the person who is in charge of the building, you can show him this list and he should make a conversation with the noisy neighbors, or you can do it very comfortable for you by using ear pads or headphones and play on your CD player or radio some music which helps to make you feel peaceful with yourself at night, ... there are in the market a lot of Cd's for relaxation , nature sounds and so on, so you can not hear the noisy neighbors at all, or use some ear pads, that people wear in factories to protect themselves of hearing loud noises...
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Check the sound ordinance in your town.  In Philadelphia if you crank the tunes after 10pm the cops will give you a ticket.\n\nCall the cops a few times and he'll stop.
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Your city or town probably has a noise ordinance that prohibits loud noise after certain hours. If you aren't getting anywhere with the council, call the police each and every time this happens. They will get tired of having to go out there that often and will eventually do something. You may also want to go to a town council meeting if they are public held and bring it up there. They will be more apt to do something if other people are around to hear them address the issue. You can also write a letter to the editor of your local paper and say that the council won't do anything. No one in public view wants to look bad. They will eventually be forced to deal with the issue.
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I don't think you're breaking any noise ordinances...I say let them call the police and the police will tell your neighbour's that you are within the law.  Period.
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THERE IS A " QUIET TIME " MANDATED BY THE APT.COMPLEX . I HAVE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST THAT IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER TENTANT TO CALL THE POLICE AND MAKE A COMPLAINT .THAT WAY IN THE EVENT OF EVICTION YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CURE THE PROBLEM  TO THE APT. MANAGEMENT . HOWEVER , WITH YOUR SITUATION OF NOT BEING WANTED THERE , I WOULD STILL CONTACT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND FILE A COMPLAINT ON NOISE . THAT WILL LET THE NIEGHBOR  KNOW THAT YOU SERIOUS . IF YOU HAVE TRIED TALKING TO THEM , TELL THEM THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU WILL NOT BE  KNOCK ON THERE DOOR , THE POLICE WILL ... THERE IS LAWS ABOUT EXCESSIVE NOISE ALL OVER . GOOD LUCK
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Since your neighbor and his guests are being rude, talk to the property manager.  There are most likely community by laws / rules including not parking in such a way to block other tenants cars.  \nAsk the manager to enforce the rules.  If he/she says they have to see it, ask if time stamped photos would prove it.  \nBe nice to the manager.  He/she is only doing either job and hopefully being fair about it.  \nAlso if you have on site security, call them when it happens.  They may be authorized to have the vehicles towed if not moved. \nThe drive way needs to be clear for several reasons especially if any type of emergency services are called to your home and need quick access to the house.   \nAlso ask the manager about putting up no parking signs in front of your drive. \nBest of luck.
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well if its loud enough to disturb them then yes you should probably turn it down a little\n\nin a way by yelling outside of your door they might feel they are giving you a taste of your own medicine, I mean its still rude of them, I'm just saying try and understand where their fustrations come from\n\nalso it might help if you move the TV/speakers away from any walls near your neighbours, that might lessen the noise for them