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The f@#$# above me

Post by veloz »

Anyone got some good ideas how to make the F@#$%@ that are living above my apartment life as misserable as they are making mine with their loud music and as well every (lead) foot step they take . I tried been nice and gave them a warning no luck, methinks that meeting them in the parking lot at night might interfere with my career. Ideas
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Post by Jimmy Mack »

Buy some earplugs or just whine more until you go deaf
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Change buildings.

And go for the top floor.
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get a pellet gun.
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Post by co-joe »

Buy a 14' sub and the biggest damn amp money can buy...and leave this on repeat when you leave the house... :lol:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ance&hl=en
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Post by SYT_YYZ »

We had a problem with that at one point ... there is often nothing you can do. sorry to say this but ...

No one cares about you.

(except of course your dear friends on avcanada and your mommy)

if its a bad place.. you may want to consider moving.. people dont change there lifestyles to make yours better at no benifit to them.. with warnings they will mildly improve until you stop complaining then they will start back up again..

you could try the techno idea though (at least until you move)... it would be nice for them to have a taste of their own medicine (and you must at least try it for it is a wicked good idea)...

but really...

move...

and in the next place make sure you ask who your neighbours are. (i.e. who lives about me? a family with four teenagers? or an eldery retired couple).. consider looking in buildings that are adults only. (they do have some that try to keep kids out.. ours now is great.. almost everyone is over 60.. which means we have the pool, work out room and saunas pretty much to ourselves to.

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Post by grounded »

I had an upstairs neighbor who made a lot of noise once. I snapped when he was throwing firewood out of the back of his truck onto the patio at 6:00 am. I'd go stay at my girlfriend's house and program the TV at my place to turn on at 3:30am on the french channel, really loud. Sometimes he got a porn, sometimes it was news, all the time it was annoying. We had a discussion once where I said I'd leave my TV off if he was a little less inconsiderate. That seemed to work.
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Easy rule of thumb, they wake you up, return the favour in the AM.
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Post by Dex »

Depending on the Province there should be a residential tenancy branch. Go see them or phone them and they should have some answers for you. If it was me, I would *write* letters to the landlord about the excessive noise problem from the tenant upstairs and state that it "adversely affects the quiet enjoyment of my tenancy". Then its up to the landlord to rectify the situation. If the landlord does nothing I would apply for arbitration, at the tenancy branch, to have a rent reduction and possibly any moving costs if I was forced to move; and I would also go for any lost wages.
But for now I would suggest going to or phoning the closest tenancy branch in your Province and keeping a journal of times and dates of the excessive noise. Good luck and keep us posted.
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Post by veloz »

:idea: what if a go to the nearest pet store and get some "crickets" and put them under their door.
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Post by Magnanimous »

co-joe wrote:Buy a 14' sub and the biggest damn amp money can buy...and leave this on repeat when you leave the house... :lol:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ance&hl=en
Try this, only with porn, nobody likes to hear someone elses porn for four straight hours. go do some laundry, or see a movie!
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Post by Rowdy »

If they're super noisy between "quiet" times in your neighbourhood (check with the local bylaws office) make a couple quick notes.. a tiny bit of actual evidence and file a formal complaint with bylaws or the city.

Other than that.. either have a decent talk with em and just live with it.. or move!
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Post by niss »

Build an aparatus that holds 15 air horns. Get 15 air horns, wait till 3 am to test said air horns. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
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Post by grounded »

Here's one that will make you giggle, even if it doesn't work. Put this in your local paper:

For Sale: one Xbox 360 with 10 games. First $250.00 takes it. I work nights so calls only between 12:00am and 4:00am. Then put their phone number here.

It might cost you $25.00 or so, but about the time this guy gets phone call #300 it'll seem like money well spent.
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Post by Human Factor »

I feel for you. My wife and I lived under the most disfunctional family in Vancouver... constant screaming and fighting, jumping and running around and the worst part was that the parents didn't believe in bedtimes. Their freakin' 2 year old was up until 11pm most nights pounding away on the floor while we tried to go to sleep at 10pm. We ended up wearing earplugs whenever we were in the house and my stereo and Black Sabbath CD's (they were born-again Christians) got a real workout on a nightly basis. Talking to them didn't help so we just moved out.

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Post by FlyYukon »

Don't use techno music.. invite a friend with kids over, and play smurf music with that 14" subwoofer etc... worked for my mom way back when.
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Post by Brewguy »

That's some funny stuff! But seriously...
Residential Tenancies are regulated by the province (no matter what province you live in). Each province has its own laws for rental housing. Normally, both the residential tenancy laws and the tenancy agreement (i.e. your lease) will have some provision about not causing a disturbance, or depriving someone of their 'reasonable enjoyment' of the property.

So, with that in mind:
1. DO NOT retaliate in any way by creating your own disturbance. Or you may find yourself evicted with reasonable cause.

2. Read your own lease. Chances are, there will be some item in there about disturbing other tenants. (i.e. if there is something in your lease - the same would apply for your neighbours :wink: ).

3. Submit a complaint to your landlord / superintendent in writing, outlining what your neighbours are doing, and what part of their lease it violates.

4. If your landlord does not do anything in a reasonable time frame, file a complaint with the applicable provincial ministry.

5. Keep a paper trail!

Also keep in mind, that noise issues often fall under a municipal By-law. If the noise is loud enough, and at specified times of the day/night - then by-law enforcement is your quickest solution. Otherwise, you have to prove that they are somehow interfering with your 'reasonable enjoyment' of your rented premises... this is a longer process, but has the highest chance of success.

If you happen to be in Ontario, PM me and I can further outline the process.

p.s. The reason I know this crap, is because I'm a superintendent of a townhouse complex; and this is one of the complaints I have to deal with all the time! :evil:
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Post by shankdown »

Do what KAG did. The girl upstairs was pissin' him off, so he started dating her. That REALLY made her life a living hell, and he got to wet his carrot! It was a win-win for him! Right KAG?

But how 'bout just moving to the apartment above them when that comes available? The the revenge can be exacted with two words: SUB WOOFER.

Shankdown :)
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