iditarod656
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NV
Hello,
I've had a problem with noisy neighbors for the last 2 years. They party outside my condo several times a week. Sometimes they start in the afternoon with a nice yelling fest right outside our bedroom window, then work up to a real party with loud booming car stereos. They move farther away from the building for that, but it doesn't make much difference. I've asked them nicely, many many times, to keep the noise down. I've asked my landlord to talk to them about it, and it made no difference. They just do not care.
So I finally started calling the police about it. The first two times I called 311, and they sent out the nice congenial officers who want everyone to get along. The first one told me they have a right to party there (most of them don't even live here),
and I should use earplugs. Great, at least they got the music turned off that time. The second time I called (Feb 16), they sent out 2 officers, who went and talked to them, and came back to me with a neighbor who had not even been involved in the partying. She then said to me: "Why didn't you come to me about it?" and then the officer proceeded to have us talk, which really meant that every time I tried to say something, she just cut me off, and wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise.
Ok, this "Why didn't you come to me about it?" is actually a game they all play. A former neighbor who got evicted (also a friend of this neighbor) said to me that I should always come to him about it. (I had just called the security guard that time, about his loud party at 10 pm). What that really does is, put the responsibility on me every time, when the way it should work is, I ask for the noise to be turned down, and then they remember not to do it again the next time. And I've already been there, done that, many times.
So on the morning of the 17th, another one of her friends came and asked me why I call the police, said that I should come to him when the noise is too loud, and kept interrupting me any time I tried to say anything. I should go to him? I asked him who he was, as I had never seen him before, and he had no answer to that.
So the evening of the 17th, they had an even bigger, noisier party. It was held in front this neighbors condo, outside on the sidewalk, and also to the east of our building on the sidewalk. I called the police in such a way that they heard me do it,
and I got yelled at to "Shut the F*** up." Then this same person ( a woman I've seen many times on my neighbor's balcony), got into a screaming fight with someone outside our condo, so I called 911 this time, and they upgraded the situation.
When the officer came out, the screaming fight was over, but she noted that my tires had been slashed. She had a very long talk with the neighbor who had said I should come to her, the day before. The officer then came back and said she denied everything, but gave me a red card. The red card means I can now call the police and ask for a white card if there are any more problems with noise, and enough white cards in a month can get them evicted. But she also told me I need
to make the noise complaints anonymously from now on for my own safety.
Ok, I gave the red card to the HOA, and made a complaint. They are not the ones to do anything about it though, the owner is. I now have the owner's name and address, in Los Angeles.
Would this be a good time to write to the owner? This female neighbor has not been much of a problem herself, except for some minor harassment, but her friends who don't live here are a constant problem. And she has now officially taken
responsibility for them by saying "Why didn't you come to me?"
Thanks for your thoughts!
Hello,
I've had a problem with noisy neighbors for the last 2 years. They party outside my condo several times a week. Sometimes they start in the afternoon with a nice yelling fest right outside our bedroom window, then work up to a real party with loud booming car stereos. They move farther away from the building for that, but it doesn't make much difference. I've asked them nicely, many many times, to keep the noise down. I've asked my landlord to talk to them about it, and it made no difference. They just do not care.
So I finally started calling the police about it. The first two times I called 311, and they sent out the nice congenial officers who want everyone to get along. The first one told me they have a right to party there (most of them don't even live here),
and I should use earplugs. Great, at least they got the music turned off that time. The second time I called (Feb 16), they sent out 2 officers, who went and talked to them, and came back to me with a neighbor who had not even been involved in the partying. She then said to me: "Why didn't you come to me about it?" and then the officer proceeded to have us talk, which really meant that every time I tried to say something, she just cut me off, and wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise.
Ok, this "Why didn't you come to me about it?" is actually a game they all play. A former neighbor who got evicted (also a friend of this neighbor) said to me that I should always come to him about it. (I had just called the security guard that time, about his loud party at 10 pm). What that really does is, put the responsibility on me every time, when the way it should work is, I ask for the noise to be turned down, and then they remember not to do it again the next time. And I've already been there, done that, many times.
So on the morning of the 17th, another one of her friends came and asked me why I call the police, said that I should come to him when the noise is too loud, and kept interrupting me any time I tried to say anything. I should go to him? I asked him who he was, as I had never seen him before, and he had no answer to that.
So the evening of the 17th, they had an even bigger, noisier party. It was held in front this neighbors condo, outside on the sidewalk, and also to the east of our building on the sidewalk. I called the police in such a way that they heard me do it,
and I got yelled at to "Shut the F*** up." Then this same person ( a woman I've seen many times on my neighbor's balcony), got into a screaming fight with someone outside our condo, so I called 911 this time, and they upgraded the situation.
When the officer came out, the screaming fight was over, but she noted that my tires had been slashed. She had a very long talk with the neighbor who had said I should come to her, the day before. The officer then came back and said she denied everything, but gave me a red card. The red card means I can now call the police and ask for a white card if there are any more problems with noise, and enough white cards in a month can get them evicted. But she also told me I need
to make the noise complaints anonymously from now on for my own safety.
Ok, I gave the red card to the HOA, and made a complaint. They are not the ones to do anything about it though, the owner is. I now have the owner's name and address, in Los Angeles.
Would this be a good time to write to the owner? This female neighbor has not been much of a problem herself, except for some minor harassment, but her friends who don't live here are a constant problem. And she has now officially taken
responsibility for them by saying "Why didn't you come to me?"
Thanks for your thoughts!
