1 edit | Neighbor keeps knocking on my door at 2:00AM I have a person that lives above me. He works at night and continues to make noise. I complained to the association, but they said the only solution is to file a police report. He continues to make loud noises that wake me up. I decided to bang back and he comes running down banging on my door and window. Of course he is also waking up the other neighbors. I am afraid to answer the door because the guy seems to be a psycho path. Should I call the police to arrest him? This is the second time he has done this. |
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tcopePremium
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Sandy, UT
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Have you tried talking to this person? I know you said he was psycho. Perhaps you want to get together a couple of people and do this. See what the deal is and if something can be worked out. My guess is that the police will do nothing more then speak to this person. They consider is more of s civil matter than criminal.
Is this person renting or do they own? |
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I probably wouldn't answer the door at 2 AM either, but what's the problem with going upstairs and taking your concerns to him? At 2AM he may just be so drunk he doesn't realize the problems he's causing. Involving the police with a neighbor is almost certainly just going to make things worse for you. If they do anything at all, he will still be just a flight of stairs above you when they leave. |
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He is renting. |
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tcopePremium
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Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | I kind of figure that would be the case. You may want to have a conversation with the owner of the dwelling. I'd recommend this as it insolates you from speaking directly to the person but also lets the owner know that people are having issues with the renter. |
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guppy_fishPremium
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Your night is his day, its his apartment and its not realistic to think he should be quite as a mouse ... it is unfortunate, but such is the life in a common dwelling environment.
I had an opposite problem once, I worked nights and the tenant above went outside to smoke once and hour ( during the day ) and the opening closing of the slider door would make a big thump ... goes both ways |
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tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | While I think you have a point, I think only to a certain degree. There should be laws that limit the amount of noise a party can make and these usually take place at night. However, these laws usually account for very loud music that carry from a home into the neighborhood and such. Not for a person being a "little" noisy. |
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| I had the police come out for my other neighbor who was blasting music. He stated he could not file a report for the person above me. He said thumping and doors closing can not be considered a noise violation. With the guy knocking on my door at 2AM I believe they can arrest him for harassment. |
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tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | said by brianiscool:With the guy knocking on my door at 2AM I believe they can arrest him for harassment. So... pounding on the exterior of a home at 2am is harrasement? Such as pounding on the someone's ceiling? I'm not critizing what you did but I am thinking that the police would then attempt to remove themselves from the issue as it's more of a civil matter. Otherwise they should be afforing the other party the option to have a citation issues against you as well (I doubt the will arrest someone... more likely just issue them a citation).
What you want to be carefull of here is going down the wrong path. You want to consider what your actions will do to this situation in he future. Once you start down the path of you and he hating each other, there may be no turning back and it's then a case of the Hatfields and McCoys.
If you contact the owner of the apartment you may obtain some good info... perhaps this person is not paying rent. Perhaps your complaint to the owner will move his/her to vacate the renter. Perhaps call the owner, me nice and explain the situation. Call again in a week if it does not get better, etc. Ask other people to call the owner as well. This may apply some pressure for the owner not to renew the lease. |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3 | He already contacted the building association, they told him to file a police report.
People who are up at night like this need to remember that they are out of sync with most of the rest of the world, so they should be extra carefuly to keep their nightly noise to a minimum. |
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tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | OP contacted the Assiciation (which would have nothing to do with this) and they told him to file a police report. The OP did not mention anything about contacting the owner of the dwelling as I mentioned. |
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1 edit | They said I should not be talking to the person. To just file a police report with the police department. |
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 chambercPremium
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said by tcope:While I think you have a point, I think only to a certain degree. There should be laws that limit the amount of noise a party can make and these usually take place at night. However, these laws usually account for very loud music that carry from a home into the neighborhood and such. Not for a person being a "little" noisy.
There are laws like that. The noises described to not exceed most levels as defined in public nuisance laws. |
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 OmegaDisplaced OhioanPremium
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Cheyenne, WY | reply to brianiscool
How about don't be so passive aggressive and talk to him like a real adult?
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 Cthen
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In most cases like that, police will consider that a private property matter and expect you to deal with the landlord on the matter. If the landlord/property manager is failing at addressing your concerns then it is best to contact their corporate office/supervisor (some landlords/property managers are clueless about these issues).
It sucks but that is how it usually goes with dealing with issues like this on private property and laws can be limited on private properties.
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| said by Cthen:In most cases like that, police will consider that a private property matter and expect you to deal with the landlord on the matter. If the landlord/property manager is failing at addressing your concerns then it is best to contact their corporate office/supervisor (some landlords/property managers are clueless about these issues). It sucks but that is how it usually goes with dealing with issues like this on private property and laws can be limited on private properties. Or you can just talk to them man to man. |
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Cthen
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| At this point, that is very bad advice. The situation has already been escalated into being a hostile situation and the OP should not approach the guy at this point. Was banging back a bad thing to do? Who's to say? Like a lot of other people I lived on rental properties before purchasing a house. To me and quite a few others a bang or knock during late hours was etiquette if someone was being too loud. The OP's neighbor could have been a man himself about it but chose the hostile route.
If the neighbor later wants to make a reasonable approach themselves, then is a good time to hear the guy out and try to resolve the issue. If the neighbor continues to bang on the door and windows unprovoked, then yes call the police the moment it happens. As of now, it is better to avoid the conflict and continue to escalate the issue with the company or owner of the property at this point.
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Buy some earplugs... Problem solved... |
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 jubangyPremium
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Corry, PA | reply to Omega
said by Omega:How about don't be so passive aggressive and talk to him like a real adult?
How about wake up and pay attention to current events.
When you are dealing with someone drinking like this guy, and the moron thinks its acceptable to actually go out and start pounding on the exterior of the apt for no other reason other then he was making a bit too much noise for the time of night and someone knocked on his floor that tells you right there hes an ignorant ass, and giving people that advice could get them shot or stabbed its the world we live in. I would just wait until I knew that prick was sleeping and commence the partying.
Maybe people should just learn to realize that there are other people besides themselves in this world and be a little more courteous. If it was a one time thing no harm no foul, but frequent there would be a conversation with me him and my bat. People work all shifts and some more then 1 these days, like i said act like someone other then your self matters especially in a multi dwelling unit. |
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He left a letter on my door this morning. The letter states
" Wait until my wife and kids move in." "I am not sure what you are going to do about the noise" |
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