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My boyfriend and I moved into an apartment complex back in July of 2004. I’ve had many issues with the place since I’ve move in, but there have been two major problems:
1. Since day one, the girl living next-door likes to play her music extremely loud, and she does so late into the night. The lease states that music should not be played loud at any time, and no loud music should be playing at all after 9pm. It also has a stipulation for using loud appliance after 9pm. Nevertheless, this girl plays loud music and vacuums late into the night. The first time this occurred, I went next-door—at 12am, mind you—to ask if she could turn her music down because I was trying to sleep. I explained that her music was loud and her throbbing base was rocking my bed. She told me to move my bed away from out adjoining wall. I explained that my bed was not against that wall. She started to get frustrated and asked why I was bothering her in the middle of the night. I tried to stay calm and explain that I would not be bothering her if her music weren’t loud. She said she wasn’t playing music, she claimed she was watching Sex and the City and asked if I expected her to keep from relaxing when she got home from school. I told her that I didn’t expect her not to relax, but asked if she could listen to her music and/or television show at a lower volume. She got frustrated and said she’d been living in the apartment for two years without having anyone complain. And I could totally see why the people living in the apartment before my boyfriend and I didn’t complain. When we first moved into the apartment there were various things broken: the toilet paper dispenser was ripped off the wall; there were large gashes in the living room’s wood floor; and the kitchen floor was all ripped up. It looked like these two guys partied a lot. And we know they were two guys, because we still get their mail. Anyway, the noise continued. At first, I tried to reason with her a few more times. Then I finally got frustrated and called the front office. They’ve done nothing. They make excuses for her. Explaining that she is a graduate student living differing hours than us. That maybe the next time she is loud we could have the girl come over to our apartment and listen to how loud it sounds in our apartment. I said no to that suggestion. I told the front office that I would feel more comfortable having someone from the office come and listen, because if she doesn’t think her music was loud when in her bedroom, why would she ever think it loud in my room. Plus, why would I want the girl who likes to flip out on me when I ask her to turn the music down in my apartment, ever? But they have no answer for that. The people in the office seem to think I should settle this with the girl on my own. I feel that is wrong. It clearly states in the lease that there should be no loud music. Not to mention the fact that we asked if people played their music loudly when we first moved in. They reassured us that no one ever did. That they run a quiet complex. What can I do to make this stop? Why won’t the office help me? I actually called the cops on her the other night. But I don’t like doing that. I don’t like taking it to that level. There must be an alternative. The office should be liable. They should enforce the lease. What can I do?
2. During the snowstorm on 01/22/05 and 01/23/05, the plow trucks for my apartment complex parking lots plowed a huge mound of snow op against my car. My car was not parked in an illegal spot. In fact, we were not told any specific place to park our cars during the storm (we have parking lots for each building in the complex), but the plow still plowed me in. We (my boyfriend and I) saw the plow moving a ten-foot mound of snow up against my car late Saturday night. I was floored. I thought maybe the angle of my window made it look that way, but when my boyfriend went on Sunday to check out the situation, sure enough, my car was plowed in. I called the emergency maintenance line to tell them what happened. They didn’t believe me at first, they thought it was a snowdrift (luckily I took pictures). I explained that we saw the plow move the snow against my car. She said she’d see what she could do, but I’d probably have to dig myself out. Yeah right!! It was seriously ten feet high!!! And some of the snow has spilled on to the back of my car. So. I called the emergency maintenance line again. Finally, they sent someone to look at my car. The guy called me back and said they’d get a plow to get me out soon. At 10pm, it was still not there. So. I called again, and they said it would be gone by morning. I couldn’t sleep the whole night waiting for the trucks to come. But they didn’t come. I went out at 7am, and my car was still plowed in. I took more pictures. I called the emergency maintenance number again. They sent some guys to meet me at the mound. Those two guys came with shovels and laughed at me. Said they thought I’d be stuck there all winter. I asked why a snowplow-guy would do such a thing. They said that someone probably didn’t like me. I was furious. I walked to the office; told them about the mound, told them I was missing a day of work, the very thing I need to do to pay my rent. She didn’t believe it about the mound. I told her I had pictures I was walking to Brooks to get developed. She then asked what I wanted from them. I said I wanted that day of pay docked from my rent. She said she’d have to talk to the property manager and she’d have to see the pictures. Well, we have a meeting with them tomorrow, with the pictures. Legally, are they obligated to remove that day from my rent? What should I do about this? Can someone help me?
Thank you.
My boyfriend and I moved into an apartment complex back in July of 2004. I’ve had many issues with the place since I’ve move in, but there have been two major problems:
1. Since day one, the girl living next-door likes to play her music extremely loud, and she does so late into the night. The lease states that music should not be played loud at any time, and no loud music should be playing at all after 9pm. It also has a stipulation for using loud appliance after 9pm. Nevertheless, this girl plays loud music and vacuums late into the night. The first time this occurred, I went next-door—at 12am, mind you—to ask if she could turn her music down because I was trying to sleep. I explained that her music was loud and her throbbing base was rocking my bed. She told me to move my bed away from out adjoining wall. I explained that my bed was not against that wall. She started to get frustrated and asked why I was bothering her in the middle of the night. I tried to stay calm and explain that I would not be bothering her if her music weren’t loud. She said she wasn’t playing music, she claimed she was watching Sex and the City and asked if I expected her to keep from relaxing when she got home from school. I told her that I didn’t expect her not to relax, but asked if she could listen to her music and/or television show at a lower volume. She got frustrated and said she’d been living in the apartment for two years without having anyone complain. And I could totally see why the people living in the apartment before my boyfriend and I didn’t complain. When we first moved into the apartment there were various things broken: the toilet paper dispenser was ripped off the wall; there were large gashes in the living room’s wood floor; and the kitchen floor was all ripped up. It looked like these two guys partied a lot. And we know they were two guys, because we still get their mail. Anyway, the noise continued. At first, I tried to reason with her a few more times. Then I finally got frustrated and called the front office. They’ve done nothing. They make excuses for her. Explaining that she is a graduate student living differing hours than us. That maybe the next time she is loud we could have the girl come over to our apartment and listen to how loud it sounds in our apartment. I said no to that suggestion. I told the front office that I would feel more comfortable having someone from the office come and listen, because if she doesn’t think her music was loud when in her bedroom, why would she ever think it loud in my room. Plus, why would I want the girl who likes to flip out on me when I ask her to turn the music down in my apartment, ever? But they have no answer for that. The people in the office seem to think I should settle this with the girl on my own. I feel that is wrong. It clearly states in the lease that there should be no loud music. Not to mention the fact that we asked if people played their music loudly when we first moved in. They reassured us that no one ever did. That they run a quiet complex. What can I do to make this stop? Why won’t the office help me? I actually called the cops on her the other night. But I don’t like doing that. I don’t like taking it to that level. There must be an alternative. The office should be liable. They should enforce the lease. What can I do?
2. During the snowstorm on 01/22/05 and 01/23/05, the plow trucks for my apartment complex parking lots plowed a huge mound of snow op against my car. My car was not parked in an illegal spot. In fact, we were not told any specific place to park our cars during the storm (we have parking lots for each building in the complex), but the plow still plowed me in. We (my boyfriend and I) saw the plow moving a ten-foot mound of snow up against my car late Saturday night. I was floored. I thought maybe the angle of my window made it look that way, but when my boyfriend went on Sunday to check out the situation, sure enough, my car was plowed in. I called the emergency maintenance line to tell them what happened. They didn’t believe me at first, they thought it was a snowdrift (luckily I took pictures). I explained that we saw the plow move the snow against my car. She said she’d see what she could do, but I’d probably have to dig myself out. Yeah right!! It was seriously ten feet high!!! And some of the snow has spilled on to the back of my car. So. I called the emergency maintenance line again. Finally, they sent someone to look at my car. The guy called me back and said they’d get a plow to get me out soon. At 10pm, it was still not there. So. I called again, and they said it would be gone by morning. I couldn’t sleep the whole night waiting for the trucks to come. But they didn’t come. I went out at 7am, and my car was still plowed in. I took more pictures. I called the emergency maintenance number again. They sent some guys to meet me at the mound. Those two guys came with shovels and laughed at me. Said they thought I’d be stuck there all winter. I asked why a snowplow-guy would do such a thing. They said that someone probably didn’t like me. I was furious. I walked to the office; told them about the mound, told them I was missing a day of work, the very thing I need to do to pay my rent. She didn’t believe it about the mound. I told her I had pictures I was walking to Brooks to get developed. She then asked what I wanted from them. I said I wanted that day of pay docked from my rent. She said she’d have to talk to the property manager and she’d have to see the pictures. Well, we have a meeting with them tomorrow, with the pictures. Legally, are they obligated to remove that day from my rent? What should I do about this? Can someone help me?
Thank you.
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