NWR: my neighbors are so rude

I feel for you! I have lived in my condo for 4 1/2 years now. I rent the unit from a couple who are GREAT landlords. I thought the unit above me was empty until FH moved in. Then we started getting the noise problems. It was sparse at first then became constant. Day in, day out, all hours of the day. The guy was clearly pacing up and down the hallway, around the living room in a circle, then back. He would do it for hours on end.

One day we went to Sams club and came back about an hour later. We are on the ground floor with access to the parking lot, so we were carrying in our stuff through the patio. He was stomping/pacing SO BAD that it knocked the smoke detector out of the ceiling, cracked the glass light fixture, and basically ruined our bathroom ceiling fan/light by knocking it out of place or something. It was so loud I was able to record the noise on my phone easily. We called the cops and when they talked to him he told them he was "purposely trying to annoy us so we would leave, because he KNOWS we are cooking meth in our unit!" WTFFFFF????? This guy is nuts! The cops said he appeared to be dealing with a mental break of sorts and to continue to call it in if needed.

It calmed down after that for awhile, but have since had to call the cops twice more, and get the association involved who finally fined him $250 and threatened to evict him if it didn't stop. He was literally stalking FH to a point because I would come home and it would be silent for hours, but the minute FH walked in the door the stomping and pacing would start! At one point he was even slamming cupboard doors for more noise. So be glad you aren't dealing with full on psychotic harassment like that!

So as much of a pain as it seems, get the cops there. If you call them repeatedly, they will likely get more stern with them from being annoyed at constantly coming out there. Hopefully that will knock some sense into them to be a bit more respectful! Good luck!

Tweakers. SMH. I'd be irritated too!

@BBrown

I'm sure you're an awesome neighbor (not). I worked night shift or a swing rotation for ten years but I still was respectful and tried to do things during respectful hours as not to disturb my neighbors. But then again my parents raised me to respect other people.

@Beklynn

I've never seen their poor dog outside and he's a big dog. I feel so bad for that poor dog.

I'm to short to bang on the ceiling unless I stand on my bed which is like five feet off the ground then do it.

@futureMrsSchneider

Omg! That is insane. Wow just wow. I would tell those cops come in a look around seriously. Those officers should have IVCed him and been done with it then you wouldn't have had to deal with it anymore.

And thank you, I'm just hoping to move soon due to our jobs.

Sucks that your neighbors are rude. Try documenting the issues and then bring that to the complex management. In the mean time try ear plugs.