Your Taste In Music Sucks

[lupo pazzesco]

The current time here is 11:52 p.m.

for the second time in two weeks, my brand new upstairs neighbors have decided this is a FANTASTIC time to play loud music. Loud music that quite literally, makes MY bedroom window shake, and I'm one floor below them. I waited to see if they would turn it down when I first woke up and checked the clock to see it was 11:30-ish.

The first time this happened, I reported it to the leasing office. Property manager said she would issue a notice to them, and that next time, I should call the police.

I have to "wake up" in just over 4 hours to get ready to go to work. It's now 11:53.

Guess who Lupo just called?

Nope, not the Ghostbusters.

Now I'm wondering if I should call the office line and leave them a message for when they arrive first thing, bright and early in the morning.

Guh, great, work is going to SUCK, I'm going to be so exhausted. Fan-fuckin'-tastic.





ETA: Goddammit!! Now my brain is going "shit, they'll find out I called in the noise complaint and while I'm at work they're going to break in and destroy everything I own and set my apartment on fire!! Stupid brain. Do not need an anxiety attack!!

[MadMike]

I feel for you. My first apartment was in the city, and the guy who lived upstairs was a nice guy, but for some reason he saw nothing wrong at all with blasting his (c)rap at 3 in the morning on a weeknight. I called the cops on him so many times, I still remember the number even though I haven't lived in the city in almost 2 decades.

That was one of many reasons why when I was finally able to buy a house, I refused to even look at one that was attached to another house in any way.

[wraiths_crono]

Things will be alright, they have a slim chance of figuring out it was you.

[lupo pazzesco]

So, music went off at 12:01, police showed up at around 12:03 or 12:04. I could hear the officer pounding on the door, saying "Police, open up." and "come one, man, I know you're in there. Open the door!"

They never opened the door...

I got a phone call at 12:11, and it was the officer. He asked me if I'd ever seen them smoking, and i told him that honestly, until this whole music crap started, I didn't even know they'd moved in. He said when he was up there, there was a heavy aroma of weed, so they either had some in the apartment or were high as kites, and that's why they weren't answering the door.

He told me if they started up again, be sure to call it in again, and mention that I've called before, that way it can be logged as a chronic thing, and he (or whichever other officer it is) will have grounds to write them a ticket, and probable cause to enter the apartment, I think is how he said it.

I'm so very very tired. I don't usually drink coffee, I'm a tea kinda gal, but I'm breaking out the strong stuff to get through today, I think

[Victory Sabre]

Poor Lupo. I hope work doesn't suck too much today. I also hope the idiots stop their crap.

[PepperElf]

Also remember that you can tell the police to not contact you in person when they arrive.

However I would recommend calling the office and notifying them both of the noise disturbance and that the police reported the smell of weed.

That may be enough to get them evicted.


but yes i do understand your fears. that's one of the reasons why i never officially complained about anyone else when i lived in va beach. the apartments were easy to break into. (easy as in... i broke into my own sometimes when i couldn't find the key)

[thansal]

I haven't had to deal with that crap since College (where the radiators actually provided a direct link from room to room). My current building is filled mostly with old folks and youngish parents. My only real problem comes from the small child that lives above us and *THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD*s his way across the living room regularly. Not that big of a deal really, it isn't louder than the TV, and I can't hear it over my headphones when at the computer.

Good luck lupo. Sounds like the cops are nice, responsive, and want to help, so that's always a plus in situations like this.

[LillFilly]

Reminds me of my old downstairs neighbors blasting some sort of poka-rock at 11:30PM. They always complained it wasn't them! Glad you ratted him out, and hope he gets tossed-out on his rear!

[Raveni]

From someone who is often the "office", to all those affected by noise in the night, please call your local police quickly and often if this kind of stuff happens. I have lost track of the number of times people have bitched me out for not doing anything about all the noise, when they have never once called the police. "But you have to do something! It's illegal to be playing music that late!"

Police enforce the laws, not property managers.

p.s. Florida has a very broad public records law. Heck, I have a twitter feed so that I know if anyone actually does call the police. @orlpol32811

[wagegoth]

Police enforce the laws, not property managers.

True, but property managers are the ones who will have to kick out renters who aren't following the rental agreement. However, calling property management in the morning is a better idea than what is probably the after hours service manned by Gravekeeper and his fellow sufferers.

One time when I called the police, I held the phone up so the dispatcher could hear how loud it was. Police showed up in ten minutes for a non-emergency call.

[Raveni]

Kick them out for what? Would you like to get kicked out just because your neighbor complained to the office about you? If it isn't bad enough to get the police involved, and there is no damage being done to the property, it would be very hard to convince a landlord to get rid of a paying tenant.

[PepperElf]

checking out that twitter now... cool. i wonder if my hometown has that

Kick them out for what?

excessive noise and pot smoking i assume.

depends on the local laws and lease i believe.
and of course whether or not the police get involved

[ThirdGenRetail]

Kick them out for what? Would you like to get kicked out just because your neighbor complained to the office about you? If it isn't bad enough to get the police involved, and there is no damage being done to the property, it would be very hard to convince a landlord to get rid of a paying tenant.

How about possession of an illegal substance? Somehow, I doubt they have a prescription for medicinal weed, and I don't know if Texas even allows it... It's a bit hard to pay rent from jail, isn't it?

[Raveni]

Well, if the police say they have weed, I can kick them out. I don't even have to wait for them to be convicted. It could really just say, "OPD allegedly found illegal substances in your unit. Please vacate by___"

@orlpol has a main twitter feed as well as feeds for each zip code here. It's very nice when I can come to work and see exactly where and what my troubles are.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I'm pretty sure it is a Chronic thing. Or "thang."