| If you reside in an high-rise, you are nearly guaranteed | | | | so tinny that you are bothered even when your |
| to experience many individuals residing around you. | | | | neighbor speaks or listens to music at a adequate |
| Other people may become useful (they may collect | | | | level, check if your building manager can strengthen the |
| your letters and junk mail and hold a package while | | | | walls. If a neighbor's cigar smoke makes its way from |
| you are out of town or even grow to be your friends. | | | | his dwelling to yours, ask your building manager to put |
| But, as you may well already be familiar with, a sour | | | | in high-quality filters or make changes to the duct |
| neighbor can bug you to no end or send you over the | | | | system. Bear that your building manager will be more |
| edge. | | | | likely to relieve such challenges if you have been a |
| When a neighbor begins to create disasters, it does | | | | excellent renter who pays the rent on time. |
| not mean you need to pack your things and relocate | | | | Call the police force |
| to a house in the country. As an alternative, stick to | | | | If a tenant hurts or makes threats to you in any way, |
| these tested practices to handle the circumstances | | | | notify the police force. Same holds true for other |
| adequately: | | | | tenants who you catch a glimpse of conducting illegal |
| Approach Your Neighbor | | | | action in your apartment property, such as prostitution. |
| Most persons avoid this strategy for the reason that | | | | You can be sure that a visit by the police will get your |
| they may be scared of confrontation, particularly if | | | | landlord to pay more attention to your situation. |
| their neighbor is a complete stranger. To overcome | | | | Take Self-Help Measures |
| your fears, do not look at it like you are going to your | | | | If talking to your neighbor and building manager doesn't |
| neighbor as a potential altercation. As an alternative, | | | | further the situation, there are some things you can do |
| talk about it more like a neighborly chat, bearing in mind | | | | on your own. For example: |
| that your focus is not to begin a fight, but to lay out | | | | Fight noise with white noise. Creating white noise can |
| your apprehension and investigate if you two can | | | | help cancel out any offending noise from an |
| figure something out. You may ascertain that your | | | | inconsiderate tenant. Turn on a fan or play a compact |
| "bad" neighbor is not so terrible after all. Here is how | | | | disk of ambient sound effects. Or, consider investing in |
| chatting to your neighbor can solve challenges: | | | | a good "white noise machine." These small machines |
| Example: After staying in your property for a couple | | | | create a continuous, gentle sound of rushing air, which |
| months, you begin to hear a tenant playing a trumpet | | | | hides stray noises so that you can concentrate or rest. |
| through your wall. This continues for a month, when | | | | You can find these machines at most stores or online |
| you choose to have a discussion with your next-door | | | | retailers that sell small applicances. |
| neighbor. Your neighbor explains that he just | | | | Wear earplugs. Wearing earplugs can help make sure |
| purchased an grand piano for her teenager and that | | | | you get a good night of rest or get the peace and |
| she should practice whenever possible. He didn't know | | | | tranquillity you need to do work or enjoy a paperback. |
| the sound was vexing and says he can with no | | | | Buy air purifiers. These cool little machines not only |
| trouble move the piano so it is up alongside an interior | | | | make the air you breathe cleaner and healthier for you, |
| wall instead of the wall that you share. Beginning the | | | | but some also mask cooking odors that may waft in |
| very next day, your neighbor's child practices piano, but | | | | from a neighbor's dwelling. |
| you do not hear anything. Problem handled! | | | | Go to Court |
| However, not all tenants are so agreeable. If a tenant | | | | As a last resort, you may be able to sue your building |
| gets angered, do not take the inducement, but make it | | | | manager for breach of quiet enjoyment. Also, if you |
| unmistakable that you are not there to fight. If your | | | | leave in the middle of your lease term, claiming that |
| neighbor continues, go, but do not be sad. The detail | | | | your building manager broke the rental lease by |
| that you chose to talk to your neighbor will cast you in | | | | breaching your right to quiet enjoyment, your building |
| a stronger light if you talk to your building manager or | | | | manager may decide to sue you. |
| end up in court. | | | | Either way, stay prepared for that possible day in |
| Talk to Your building manager | | | | court by keeping good documentation to support your |
| You hold the right to reside in your unit devoid of being | | | | case. For example, keep a log that shows each "bad |
| bothered. Attorneys refer this the "implied covenant of | | | | neighbor" incident and explains your attempts to |
| quiet enjoyment.") If a tenant disturbs your quiet, your | | | | resolve problems. Also note any promises that your |
| building manager may have to stop it. For instance, | | | | building manager or your neighbors have broken. |
| your building manager may need to enforce a lease | | | | Take Your Business Elsewhere |
| regulation that sets aside certain times as quiet time in | | | | Maybe you have reached a place where other |
| opposition to a renter who makes loud sounds in the | | | | tenants have been creating too many problems for |
| dead of the night. Or your building manager may have | | | | you. Or perhaps you've tried all of the above practices |
| to send out a stern cautioning to a renter against | | | | and they did not work. Remember, you still have the |
| smoking in the patio just outside your dwelling entry. | | | | option to leave. If you find a nicer, quieter apartment, |
| When occupants are not at fault for the disasters they | | | | then moving may just prove to be the best strategy |
| create, your building manager could still be in a place to | | | | of all. |
| straighten things out. For instance, if your unit walls are | | | | |