Apartment problems....anyone know or a lawyer?

[bride03]

So there are these guys that live across the hall from us. They are noisy, always drunk, drive their cars at 2 am and rev their engines. We want them evicted. We have had to call the "noise cop" twice about them and actually complained at the office once when it first started.

Turns out, they sent a notice way back when saying rules and left the flyers on everyone's doors. (Does this mean they didn't even talk to those guys??)

We have actually witnessed:
* One of the guys beating his girlfriend's car and beating her car door in with a boogie board.
* Next day, they had that boogie board outside and were sliding down the stairs with it while all drunk talking loudly outside.
*Loud music and keg parties
* Last night we were awaken by the sound of car engines and bikes reving their motors THEN they all stood outside their door again and drank and talked VERY LOULY. So we called the overnight noise complaint and supposedly a cop was sent out.

What can I do about this. I'm almost 3 months pregnant and we can't deal with all this junk. It's ridiculous. Is there a way to get out of OUR lease if we can't get them kicked out??? We need some peace and they are the only ones we have a problem with. Everyone else here is quiet and actually have manners.

Yes, these are college kids and so are we (we are about 1/2 a mile away from school) BUT there should be standards for a professional apartment complex. This is an expensive place to live and we have actual adults that live all around us, they are the only morons.

PLEASE HELP FRIENDS!!!!!! What can we do???

 

[Pop Daddy]

beat them up

 

[Caradana]

I hope it gets resolved for you!




(secret P.S. ... sliding down the stairs on the boogie board is actually kind of fun if you remember to keep the tip of the board high, and have a little bit of tequila first for confidence. Just saying is all)

 

[mmausse]

Legally, there is a LOT you can do. I don't know what state you are in, but you can probably go online to your state's Government web page and look under Landlord Tenant rules and regulations. Re: the noise cop - is this the same as the regular police? If not call the police and tell them you need to report an ongoing crime - public drunkenness is a crime in all states, especially when it is bothersome or threatens the health of other citizens. If the girlfriend filed an insurance claim and didn't know it was the boyfriend (& I seriously question THAT relationship), you could tell her you witnessed him doing the damage. Or if you find out who her nsurance company is, they can go after the boyfriend for recompensation of the damages they paid out.

Also, you can file a cease and desist action with your local magistrate that puts them on notice - if they continue to participate in illegal behavior, they go to jail.

Also you can sue them and the landlord in civil court - the landlord for not rectifying the situation by written, formal notice and also jeapordizing your health.

Let me know if you have any other questions! Good luck!

 

[barkley]

complain to the landlord, document every call to the police (you can keep your phone records to show when you called but no one responded) maybe enlist the other good tenants to band together and contact the landlord.

i realy feel for you-at one point we were in an apartment that overlooked a private home rented to 3 bartenders at the local indian casino. they all worked the same night shift and slept all day-but their set days off were wednesday and thursday-and that place was party central tuesday, wednesday and thursday nites. they were fine if they kept it inside, but if it moved outside it kept everyone up. called the police-they would come by, everyone would go back in and then back out an hour later. both dh and i worked days, had 2 kids (2 and 4 1/2) with the exception of when dd had croup i had never gone without that much sleep. i was thrilled to move out.

the only other thing i can suggest is to check what your state and local laws regarding 'habitability' are-i know some towns have pretty strict restrictions on landlords that require they have to ensure that no tenants activities infringe on anothers ability to peacefully reside.

 

[musicotb]

sorry to go OT a bit, but my BF and I had a similar situation. When we signed our lease, we told them that since i am in grad school and he works full time, we'd prefer not to be around a bunch of college-aged kids. So of course they put us in college student central =(
Next to us lived 4 boys, 19 to 21-ish. They appeared to be the type whose mommies and daddies paid for everything because they were ALWAYS home, never working. Several nights a week, they would throw loud parties, leave glass beer bottles all over their porch and the rocks in front (ground floor apartment - and we had a lot of families in our neighborhood!), smoke pot on their patio.... They got in a few fights and people were thrown into our door (our doors faced each others') and several times they threw large stones at the walls of our apartment.
When I called the office, the manager actually said "We've never had anyone complain about this before, we've always had college kids in those apartments" in a tone that indicated how dare you snitch? We also called the police once, and then the night we were moving out (we were luckily on a 6-month lease), they were setting off bottle rockets at 1am...

We really liked that apartment, and I think it's awful when the management at an apartment community gives you no option but to leave due to unruly neighbors =( I definitely feel for you, best of luck! And with your pregnancy too