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Our neighbors from hell (upstairs) finally moved out on Friday. But...
Mom and I were woken up at about 4AM by an ungodly racket. She gets up and goes up there; there's a painting crew of about 12 guys. Initially, nobody speaks any English and she gets the door shut in her face. The second time she goes up there (about 10 minutes later), she's told by one guy that they were authorized by the management company to start painting at MIDNIGHT. I actually go out front to see if I can find a company name on a truck, but there is none to be found.
What. The. Fuck. There are noise ordinances, and management co. has cited units for being excessively loud before (not parties, general noise level based on complaints from other apartments). She calls both the emergency maintenance line as well as the office, basically leaving a polite version of 'WTF, we have a painting crew upstairs claiming you authorized them to start work at midnight'. She also emailed the property manager directly; technically, this could be seen as a violation of the company's own policy about quiet hours.
Then she calls the general police line; while we don't know precisely what the noise ordinance covers, there is one. The officer says that while they can't actually cite them as the law is more for loud partying, he will go up and talk to the painters and there is something on the books stating that any type of construction/renovation work can't start until 7AM. We end up sleeping on the couches in the living room as there is way too much noise in the bedroom area.
Later (after normal people go to work) there's a rep for the management company doing some sort of inspection up there, and mom asks him about it. Is told "we've used this crew before, they make their own hours". They had two frakking days. Now I'm wondering if the unit next door (to the one that was being painted) heard them as well.
The movers that were around a few hours ago were quieter than the paint crew, and they were moving furniture.
Mom and I were woken up at about 4AM by an ungodly racket. She gets up and goes up there; there's a painting crew of about 12 guys. Initially, nobody speaks any English and she gets the door shut in her face. The second time she goes up there (about 10 minutes later), she's told by one guy that they were authorized by the management company to start painting at MIDNIGHT. I actually go out front to see if I can find a company name on a truck, but there is none to be found.
What. The. Fuck. There are noise ordinances, and management co. has cited units for being excessively loud before (not parties, general noise level based on complaints from other apartments). She calls both the emergency maintenance line as well as the office, basically leaving a polite version of 'WTF, we have a painting crew upstairs claiming you authorized them to start work at midnight'. She also emailed the property manager directly; technically, this could be seen as a violation of the company's own policy about quiet hours.
Then she calls the general police line; while we don't know precisely what the noise ordinance covers, there is one. The officer says that while they can't actually cite them as the law is more for loud partying, he will go up and talk to the painters and there is something on the books stating that any type of construction/renovation work can't start until 7AM. We end up sleeping on the couches in the living room as there is way too much noise in the bedroom area.
Later (after normal people go to work) there's a rep for the management company doing some sort of inspection up there, and mom asks him about it. Is told "we've used this crew before, they make their own hours". They had two frakking days. Now I'm wondering if the unit next door (to the one that was being painted) heard them as well.
The movers that were around a few hours ago were quieter than the paint crew, and they were moving furniture.
do you need 12 people to paint a two-bedroom?!" I'm curious if there's some way for us to find out the name of the 'company' they used (probably not).
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