On 1/6/2015 lizzief said: After reading many of the posts, but not all so I may have missed something, has anyone been inside your neighbor's apt to see what's causing the noise? Most leases have a provision that allows the landlord or their agent to enter the premises for cause. Call me crazy, but could the noise be simply from some sort of exercise equipment? That's the first thing I thought of! A Total Gym, weights, rowing machine, something with a repetitive motion? Just a thought. All of this talk about eviction, and that she's wacky, has anyone actually talked to the neighbor or did I miss something? Maybe there is a simple explanation. Just sayin'!
I have never spoken to the woman. In fact I have only seen her once walking down the hallway from the back. The Manager has spoken to her multiple times, as have the other two neighbors on the other side of her. They were approached by her demanding to know if either of them was the one complaining about her. They say she is "weird." She wears a carpenter's belt around her waist with tools hanging from it.
When the Manager visited me yesterday I asked her if she had been inside the apartment to see if there was any damage and she said "no." She obviously does not want to handle this issue and said in all of her years of managing two communities for the owner company, the only reason she has had to evict anyone was for nonpayment of rent. She has never faced this situation before. She then told me to call the police any time I want to, which I assume she meant don't call her, also which I never did. The maintenace man also wants no interraction with her. They are either not required to handle issues like this, or they don't want the aggravation.
The noise is hammering, thumping from both ends of the apartment . . . and my neighbor on the other side of her says constant slamming of all cabinet doors, drawers in the kitchen and noisy handling of pots and pans, which I don't hear. She obviously does everything as noisily as she can.
The gym thing has been brought up several times within this thread. It is not gym equipment. It's a hammer banging on the walls . . . anyone could identify it.
Supposedly, she gets the letter from the corporate owners today. My expectation is that will not stop her, as nothing else has stopped her. I also expect that perhaps the owners are not going to follow up, as they are not located in this area. Eventually, it will be up to me what I will do about it if it continues, and my inclination is not to confront, but to run, which I will probably do. Unfortunately, that will be much more expensive for me since there are no other rentals this low in this area. This apartment community is rated one of the five best communities for seniors with fixed incomes on the entire east coast.
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