Suggestions on dealing with rude neighbors

Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:03 am

Take videos of/record them. Explain to them that you need sleep/when you go to bed/have to get up (politely, no threats) and suggest a time that you'd appreciate if they'd be quieter on days you work (midnight perhaps). You could start with a note on the door, then a knock on the door. If they don't lessen, call the cops next time (and have the video/s to prove it's not a one time occurrence). The idea of asking other neighbors/maybe have block complaint is also a good one, since then you'd have support.

Generally speaking, I find such neighbors will never change on their own. People have patterns to their lives and they don't always mix with our own patterns - who's to say whose has more importance. We have to find compromises. Don't know what your local laws are, but 11pm-1am is often used for noise. That's assuming it's truly excessive noise. If you're a light sleeper it could be other neighbors haven't noticed much. If you have extra sensitive hearing/don't like loud voices in general, same thing. So another good reason to ask your neighbors.

If you're afraid of confrontation/repercussions to the point of not wanting to rock the boat in a way that they'll know it's you, you may have to live with it a while. I know how you feel - I'm not very confrontational either. But sometimes it's the only way.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 3:42 pm

Burn their house down :happy:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:15 am

Speaking of annoying neighbors there's a guy with a white truck that we call "F-150" that parks in front of our house instead of in his driveway. This is somewhat justified on his part as the road is too narrow to park in front of his house and his driveway is kind of full . He could likely make room if he would move things around, and that is where the main point of contention arises. Whenever asked to try and make room his defense is that He's been "Parking there for five years, so I shouldn't have to move!" We're new, we just moved in, so he was here before us and will likely be here after us. He has ended up parking in another person's driveway instead of clearing out his own, no doubt explaining to that person that it is we that are to blame for this situation.

In case anybody is curious, we have five vehicles and as many drivers living here, all of which need a vehicle. So all of our parking spots are taken. Short of parking in the yard there isn't much we can do.

/rant
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:00 pm

Wait untill they are nice and hung over and then put a really annoying song (Aqua's Barbie girl/anything by the Vengaboys/some hardcoe death metal if they're old) on repeat, at full volume and then go out for a few hours. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 9:27 am

Speaking of annoying neighbors there's a guy with a white truck that we call "F-150" that parks in front of our house instead of in his driveway. This is somewhat justified on his part as the road is too narrow to park in front of his house and his driveway is kind of full . He could likely make room if he would move things around, and that is where the main point of contention arises. Whenever asked to try and make room his defense is that He's been "Parking there for five years, so I shouldn't have to move!" We're new, we just moved in, so he was here before us and will likely be here after us. He has ended up parking in another person's driveway instead of clearing out his own, no doubt explaining to that person that it is we that are to blame for this situation.

In case anybody is curious, we have five vehicles and as many drivers living here, all of which need a vehicle. So all of our parking spots are taken. Short of parking in the yard there isn't much we can do.

/rant
Aye, we have parking issues too. Area of old, small lot single-family homes where street parking space is limited and most have 1-car driveways. Won't go into details but...yeah, I feel your pain. It's a decent neighborhood we're in but the parking is....argh. I still miss our old house on a cul-de-sac where parking was NEVER a problem. lol
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 1:32 pm

Burn their house down? Admittedly, that might not *prove to be the best course of action.

I'm gonna roll with the *cops thing though. Just don't dial 911 use the non-emergency number. I called the cops on my neighbors one time for being too loud past the noise ordinance and I called 911. Twenty minutes later the cops were at my door. At 2am.

*Reason for edit: stupid smart phone does not auto correct, capitalize, or punctuate.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:56 am

So my neighbors seem to think that because they're retired/unemployeed, that it's a-okay to hang out in their backyard getting drunk and cracking themselves up all hours of the night. The other night they woke me up at 4am when one of their friends was yelling drunken slurs and they sat there laughing about it... LOUDLY. They kept this up, along with "talking" (more like yelling) for another 2 freaking hours before I guess they decided they had had enough. I had to run on 4 hours of sleep that day thanks to them.

Now, they're at it again. It's already getting late and I need to get to bed soon, but it's impossible with them out there carrying on. (I'm a light sleeper, but gah, there ARE laws about this for a reason.)

So... how would you guys deal with this? I know I can call the cops, but then that can lead to all sorts of crappy actions on their part to return the favor. Or just plain cause drama in the neighborhood. But I need to sleep and they don't seem to care a bit about the rest of us. I don't know them, btw, never met them or talked to them even though our yards meet. All I know is they like to drink, talk and laugh incredibly loud, have 3 of the most obnoxious little dogs, and 3 cats that they never put inside so they like ot use my garden as a litter box. (Yeah, not my favorite neighbors for sure.)

I suggest you start too collect hard evidence Tape Recordings - Photo,s maybe someday things run out of hand and someone gets hurt than you have fisical proof if it comes too an court Case .

Sometimes you must turn too these unethic forms of info gathering because only on his worth does not say much when it comes too a climix

edit: also when you know you have proof you wil feel a bit more relax
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 pm

Take videos of/record them. Explain to them that you need sleep/when you go to bed/have to get up (politely, no threats) and suggest a time that you'd appreciate if they'd be quieter on days you work (midnight perhaps). You could start with a note on the door, then a knock on the door. If they don't lessen, call the cops next time (and have the video/s to prove it's not a one time occurrence). The idea of asking other neighbors/maybe have block complaint is also a good one, since then you'd have support.

Generally speaking, I find such neighbors will never change on their own. People have patterns to their lives and they don't always mix with our own patterns - who's to say whose has more importance. We have to find compromises. Don't know what your local laws are, but 11pm-1am is often used for noise. That's assuming it's truly excessive noise. If you're a light sleeper it could be other neighbors haven't noticed much. If you have extra sensitive hearing/don't like loud voices in general, same thing. So another good reason to ask your neighbors.

If you're afraid of confrontation/repercussions to the point of not wanting to rock the boat in a way that they'll know it's you, you may have to live with it a while. I know how you feel - I'm not very confrontational either. But sometimes it's the only way.
I have a completely different pattern to my life then most, especially when I don't go to bed before 2am most nights. But I am never hanging out outside, drinking and being loud, and just plain being rude. (It's the nights I have to get to bed by 11pm that the issue really gets to me.) The noise control hours here I guess are 10 or 11pm til 6am. And honestly, those are the hours they usually hang out. lol I'm not telling them they can't have people over, but they sure need to keep their get together inside.

I am extremely sensitive to sound (crazy sensitive to talking when I'm trying to sleep) so I'm going to ask my neighbors if they've been hearing them, but I just might be extremely unlucky that my windows face directly towards their patio, and my other neighbors all have solid walls towards them. I guess I'm just annoyed that I have enough respect for my neighbors to keep it quiet even when coming home at 4am, but these guys just can't be bothered with it. They're just really unpleasant people to live near...

Though they did go to bed early last night so I didn't hear them, but I still didn't sleep. lol Thank you time change!
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 8:02 am

set your facebook status to: "Joseph Kony lives next door to me."

Then sit back and watch as 10.000 hipsters descend like locust on your neighbors house... :evil:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 6:56 am

set your facebook status to: "Joseph Kony lives next door to me."

Then sit back and watch as 10.000 hipsters descend like locust on your neighbors house... :evil:
Who? And what's a "Facebook"?

I really don't know who that is. And I seriously don't have a Facebook.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 6:22 am

Who? And what's a "Facebook"?

I really don't know who that is. And I seriously don't have a Facebook.
Then you ain't no hipster, Fly.. ;)


Neither am I, of course.. but I've had to do extensive research into the matters so as not to mistakenly shoot them.. :shrug:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 3:55 pm

Who? And what's a "Facebook"?

I really don't know who that is. And I seriously don't have a Facebook.

Joseph Kony is some rebel leader in Africa who is notorious for making use of child soldiers...I....I can't help you with the other one though....I've heard it's useless but that's all.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 3:53 am

set your facebook status to: "Joseph Kony lives next door to me."

Then sit back and watch as 10.000 hipsters descend like locust on your neighbors house... :evil:

Not to mention the FBI, State, local and city police departments, CIA, ATF, US Army National Guard, maybe the Secret Service and the rest of what I like to call Uncle Sam's Buffet :tongue: .
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 3:07 pm

Then you ain't no hipster, Fly.. ;)


Neither am I, of course.. but I've had to do extensive research into the matters so as not to mistakenly shoot them.. :shrug:

Maybe he is a hipster and has a MySpace :lol:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 5:54 am

Train your dog to steal his mail.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 1:36 pm

Flaming bag of poo.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:37 pm

Use your divine powers to obliterate them and their entire family from existence. Or call the cops using the non-emergency number. If your neighborhood has a homeowner's association, appealing to that is another way to deal with it.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:27 pm

Maybe he is a hipster and has a MySpace :lol:
HOW DID YOU KNOW?! :ph34r:
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:07 pm

Then he would start arguments about stuff like how 6 inches of his yard is within our fence so we can't put anything on it.
Yeah I have a neighbor who tried that, he wanted to move his fence out because he claimed to own more land there. He had it surveyed and it turns out we own part of his living room lol.

I'd suggest just asking them to quiet down? If that doesn't work just call the police and have it dealt with that way. Seems fairly straightforward to me
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 10:44 am

Yeah I have a neighbor who tried that, he wanted to move his fence out because he claimed to own more land there. He had it surveyed and it turns out we own part of his living room lol.

I'd suggest just asking them to quiet down? If that doesn't work just call the police and have it dealt with that way. Seems fairly straightforward to me
Surprise! You should have made that piece of living room a bathroom.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 7:35 am

I'm going to be the boring person and just say talk to them about it, and try to work some kind of agreement out. If they persist, then you can burn their house down.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:20 pm

Surprise! You should have made that piece of living room a bathroom.
Should have just for being and ungrateful bastard lol (we gave him the lot to start with)
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 11:47 am

get massive subwoofers stick them outside and play the thx sound OVER AND OVER AGAIN
and soundproof your room so you only feel the vibrations
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 5:34 am

Arson always works from my experience.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 3:42 am

I have a completely different pattern to my life then most, especially when I don't go to bed before 2am most nights. But I am never hanging out outside, drinking and being loud, and just plain being rude. (It's the nights I have to get to bed by 11pm that the issue really gets to me.) The noise control hours here I guess are 10 or 11pm til 6am. And honestly, those are the hours they usually hang out. lol I'm not telling them they can't have people over, but they sure need to keep their get together inside.

I am extremely sensitive to sound (crazy sensitive to talking when I'm trying to sleep) so I'm going to ask my neighbors if they've been hearing them, but I just might be extremely unlucky that my windows face directly towards their patio, and my other neighbors all have solid walls towards them. I guess I'm just annoyed that I have enough respect for my neighbors to keep it quiet even when coming home at 4am, but these guys just can't be bothered with it. They're just really unpleasant people to live near...

Though they did go to bed early last night so I didn't hear them, but I still didn't sleep. lol Thank you time change!
I don't know what the temps are like where you live/in your bedroom, but perhaps you could get some very dense, thick foam padding cut to fit, that you could place in your window at night? Maybe it'd help a little. Or if you own your own house, get double-insulated windows in that room (if you don't already). Does music keep you from sleeping too? eg, if you played soft music to help take your mind off outside distraction? Sometimes a voice outside will drive me buggers but yet oddly I can fall asleep with a TV on.

And yeah...what you're describing is something I personally wouldn't mind once in a while (birthdays, holidays, occasional party blah blah) but if it's a few times a week or more, it's just rude, imo.
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