Is homicide justifiable...

[ny biker]

Okay, new problem. Well, not new, but it's gotten worse lately. The elephant walker upstairs slams her door every time she goes in or out of the condo. Really loud. It shakes the whole building. It actually wakes me up out of a deep sleep. I can't take it anymore.

I really don't want to talk to her. I'm thinking of putting this note on her door while she's not home:

Hi. Could you please stop slamming your door so much? It shakes the whole building. Thanks!!!

I will sign it, it won't be anonymous. I just want something to-the-point but friendly (well, as friendly as a noise complaint can be).

Then if she keeps slamming, I will contact the condo management and lodge an official complaint.

(Right now here parents are visiting, so I will wait until they leave. Hopefully they will not be here long. They've already cooked one meal that smelled like garbage. Why do I always have neighbors who cook food that smells like garbage? Why can't I have neighbors who cook food that smells like food??)

[jessmarimba]

I'm so thankful I don't share a building with people.

Several of my neighbors have regular guests who show up and lean on the horn (either to drop off kids, or to pick up the neighbors). It's obnoxious (and also against city ordinance). One of the across-the-street neighbors just had someone show up who beeped possibly 15 times as the neighbors slowly walked across the yard. I finally screamed STOP out the window

Normally if it's after 7 am I just try to ignore it, but that was ridiculous. Though she surprisingly stopped beeping after I yelled!

[jessmarimba]

I can't hear my tv over the music playing at the house diagonally behind me.

I'll be nice and give them until 10, but I'm exhausted. And I don't have a/c so I can't close the windows (same as pretty much everyone else in this neighborhood).

[jessmarimba]

I know this seems unpatriotic, but I'm so tired of things exploding...and Mexican carnival music. I despise my neighborhood right now

I just want to sleep

[owlice]

I suppose it's still not legal, hmm? Because it's after 12:30 AM and I hear -- and have been hearing -- VERY LOUD bass from down the street.

[Owlie]

I hate my neighbors.
More accurately, I hate my neighbors' friends. Apparently, my neighbors have never seen the part of their lease that says that they are responsible for the their guests' behavior. These friends are this far away from being rednecks...complete with giant trucks. They provide all the alcohol for the loud parties that happen Thursday-Monday, apparently. These redneck friends managed to get into a drunken brawl two weeks ago that spilled onto my porch. There were cops called, though not by me.

Yes, I put in a noise complaint. They were quiet for two weekends, and now they're partying again.

[Roadtrip]

Hummm.. Call police.. I'm sure there are noise ordnances after 10p.. Can you complain to management?

Sorry to hear your having problems

[jessmarimba]

I've gotten pretty bold about calling the cops on noise violations. And it helps if more than one person in the neighborhood complains, then the cops know it isn't personal and they have more credibility when they respond. Go for it!

(I actually have the noise/fireworks complaing number in my speed dial. Seriously.)