I can't take my neighbor any longer

Thanks. these are great suggestions. the police actually told me they can't do anything unless they actually speak directly to the person (they state that they can't write a summons to an apartment...) they also told me to keep calling them until they do speak with him directly. The letters are a good idea, just don't think anything will actually matter. I'm open to hiring a hit man! Just kidding brownstoner...

Posted by: boog at September 6, 2007 11:11 AM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

sometimes what we think is rational courtesy falls on irrational deaf ears and coop BS.

Posted by: boog at September 6, 2007 11:56 AM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

thank you to all of you had some constructive suggestions. Here's my response to some of these: tried the buzzer thing (not often enough apparently) he never answered, ever... withholding my mnt is not an option, that just backfires on you in the long run, and my coop consists of a bunch of "what do you want us to do" kind of people. I did think of reporting that I smelled smoke so the fire dept would have to break open his door but I don't want to do that to our beloved firefighters!
sadly enough, this has pushed me over the edge and it looks like it will be me who will be selling and movng. anyone wanna buy a coop???!!!

Posted by: boog at September 6, 2007 4:30 PM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

hey, I like the mediator suggestion from ldft...thanks!

Posted by: boog at September 6, 2007 6:07 PM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

LOL to the dog poop. i thought about that one too! I did contact the court tv thing. thought it was a civilized way of approaching things. well the ONLY downside they thought would prevent us from doing anything is the fact that I do live in a coop and there are probably restrictions regarding filming on the premises. while it would also behoove the board to do this I don't think they would go for this. they think this is a white glove building and it's really a black hole! at this point I'm running my fan to drown out the noise a little but not sure how long I can do this (especially as the weather gets coller). but sad enough my decision to sell has been made and will do so very soon. maybe like 8:32 I'll finally get a good nites sleep!

Posted by: boog at September 9, 2007 11:05 AM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

to 1:12 and 9:39: In almost 2 years I have tried all of these suggestions: speaking directly to him, writing a letter, going to the board, flipping his switch (this one I had to rely on the super since the room is locked and he's tired of me asking him to do this), calling the police, I spoke with an attorney and with the court tv person. short of resorting to some of the more violent or disgusting suggestions I am out of ideas because none of this has worked and that's why I resorted to this site. this man does not care and is beyond horrible. the board does not take anymore action and won't claiming they donb't know what else to do. this is why I am now ready to move.

Posted by: boog at September 12, 2007 9:09 AM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer

Allstate dropped me and I was in the Heights. stating hurricane risk. not a happy camper to say the least

Posted by: boog at September 12, 2007 12:09 PM in response to Insurers See Storm Clouds Over Brooklyn

I just bought a new home in a manufactured home community a month and a half ago and am dealing with this same problem. I came to visit the house at varying times a good 10-15 times before purchasing the home, and even spoke with the community leader to make sure that there had been no previous issues. However, the day after I began to move in, the radio next door started pounding. Pretty loud if you're outside and my six inch walls filter it to a steady "whomp whomp whomp" which is oh so pleasant.

I went to their house to nicely ask them to turn it down but they couldn't hear me pounding on the door for a good five minutes. So I went to the backdoor, which the woman finally heard me, only to shout, "That's the backdoor stupid!" Duh, so I went around to the front again, had to pound another five minutes before she opened the door. I introduced myself and asked her to turn it down because it was bothering me, and she did. For that one night.

A month and a half later, I've called the cops 8 times, reported it to the community leader just as many times and no one is doing anything. The cops say it's not "excessive" despite the fact that I can hear it quite clearly in my house almost everyday a week from about 4pm to after midnight.

I can't watch tv or read or even sleep most days. The constant noise is driving me nuts. The problem of course is that I spent so much money to buy the house that I don't have money for anything else. I will try talking to the community leader again tomorrow, as well as the property owners and calling a lawyer. I think however, that I won't have money for the lawyer, and will probably end up selling my house.

Sadly, I can't get anyone else from the community to say they hear it too, because the radio is pointed at my house, and we are all pretty far apart (which I thought at the time would be a good thing, but is obviously not far enough).

Now I believe they have it on all the time just to bother me. And I'm running out of options. The former owner of the house claimed she only had one or two issues in the past, but however did not reveal this to me until much later, and several calls to the police.

Since I'm new to the community, I also believe that is why no one is taking me seriously. I'm a single white female who has two jobs just to pay the bills, and don't have much time for socialization. I guess I just feel like I'm going crazy from all this and running out of options.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Posted by: guest at September 13, 2007 3:19 AM in response to I can't take my neighbor any longer