Neighbors ALWAYS Complaining (Music)?

Question

Can I start by saying these are 3-4 bedroom attached starter homes in the suburbs, across the street from a school. My neighbors are a couple, probably in their early 50's, childless. I also know I am in the wrong here, but seriously? You want peace and quiet but you moved into an ATTACHED home on a street full of KIDS?

They used to complain about my hound's barking (even though their dumb dog barks too), and they complain about my current dog (not a barker) because she climbed under their fence. They even went as far as to call the Humane Society before they returned her because they "were scared she wasn't being taken care of". The Humane Society came by when we weren't home, left a business care, and I called back! They never came by, and do I ever wish they did!

Now its my music. It's the summer, so I'm staying up pretty late, but I also have a job and bought myself a massive TV, lol, that I can't enjoy. The first time they complained, they told me they went to bed at 12, so I turned it down after that. The next time they said 11, so I started turning to my music at around 10:30, so I wasn't being an a*shole and turning it down right at 10:59. I also have a volume bar for bass and nearing those times, I'd turn the bass very low or completely off. I watched a movie one night, they start banging on the wall like wild animals. I had friends over another night, another complaint and a note left on the door. ANOTHER night, they even banged on the wall at 8pm - how does that make sense?

The note mentioned, again, what time they went to sleep, and they told me to play my music in the basement. Excuse me? The basement is the family room (even though its me and my mom), and she stays down there. I bought MYSELF a TV for a reason, and if they aren't willing to be the ones to transport it down 2 flights of stairs then they can shut up. I'd love to have the whole basement, but you can't just assume I can change everything around.

I only use headphones in the night now, but its only been like 2-3 days since they last complained, lol. I tried searching for laws in my area, but they seem to be for bigger cities, and some say never, others say specific times of day. Either way, my other neighbors have NEVER complained about anything, and these ones are being SO irrational. I don't complain about their loud dog, or the fact that their ugly vines are growing on our house and leaving the little suction parts leaving it looking like sh*t I'm kind of venting as you can see, but will I get in trouble? Even though I did specifically what they asked when complaining? I hate them..

Answer 1

I don't know about the neighbors in your case, but I'm on "their" side of the wall in my house, except that we seem to have worked it out. I live on one side of a duplex & my neighbors were playing their music/TV so loud we could hear it over our own. That's just *too* loud at any time of day or night, unless nobody's home. Even my 17-year-old was complaining.

Answer 2

supply your self an alibi then pay somebody to egg or bathroom paper her domicile or assemble info and sue her for harassment. If it happens every time in case you could hire or ask a police officer to return at your house of abode (not in a patrol automobile). turn the song to a functional point and if the cop is there he can say that it wasn't loud

Answer 3

That really sucks. Some people just have crappy neighbors, but try to see it from their point of view too. Try and get on their good side? Don't make any noise that they can hear for like, a week. Suck up to them if you're desperate for a negotiation, whether that involves baking them brownies or picking up something from a store for them. Stuff like that. Then see if you can negotiate with them about a suitable time and volume.

Answer 4

yet you feel entitled to make all that noise....maybe you should have moved somewhere else....



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Answer 5

Damn your neighbors suck I play drums and my neighbors are cool about it. I mean what can they really do, the police wont respond to a call like this.

Answer 6

i don't like listening to other people's music.