noisy neighbor!!

cassirer · 发表于 2002-10-23 08:09

Please, does anyone have the experiences of dealing with noisy neighbor? People living next to us shout and laugh every night from 11:00 to 2:00. We are having a big problem with sleeping.

xingpu · 发表于 2002-10-23 14:08

Bylaw, you can not make noise from later night to the earlier mourning. In you situation, you can complain to your landlord or call the police.

Good luck!

ivan · 发表于 2002-10-23 14:11

Knock their door and talk to them first.If they won't listen call 911 after 11 pm.We had the similar situation before when we lived in an apartment on Du Fort street.

cassirer · 发表于 2002-10-23 15:55

Thanks for the reply. What happened after you called 911?
I wrote them a letter last week, politely telling them they were disturbing us. They kept quiet for two days, then last night again they chatted and laughed aloud until 2:00am. So I wrote them another letter today saying I am going to call the police if this continues. They are some french-speaking people, 4 or 5 men and women in a small appartment.

txm · 发表于 2002-10-25 22:54

the police will warn them first, and tell them if you call police again, they will be pay 500$. i have the same experince and this way can work for a few days. the best way is to complain to your landlord at the same time they can let them move out. the police let me complain to the landlord, too.
good luck

doudou388 · 发表于 2002-10-26 14:04

Don't wait until 2:00am! As Ivan said, knock their door at 11:00pm:

"Heay Sir, could you please reduce the volumn of your music/voice? I really couldn't sleep"

They are some quebecois who like to pretend they don't speak English and tell you "sorry, I don't understand English" then use French:

"

ouvez-vous réduire le volumn de votre voix? Je vraiment peux pas dormir "

His answer must be "Yes" or "No".

If it's "No", then tell him you will call police if they continue to make noice. Go back to your apartment, if they make the same noise, just call the police. To be safe, use a recorder to record the noise they make in advance.

If it's "Yes", then go back to your apartment, if the noice comes again, go and knock the door again with more force

, this time, we need to emphasize:

"YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD REDUCE THE VOLUMN, BUT NOW YOU STILL DO THE SAME THING, COULD YOU REDUCE THE VOLUMN?"

cassirer · 发表于 2002-10-26 21:50

Thanks everyone. It really helps. The problem is these buildings are triplex and we have different landlords. Besides, these days the landlords are so bad. We lived here for a while and the rent is much lower than the recently-moved in neighbor. The landlord wants us to leave and will be so happy to hear we're having a hard time.