Landlord is renting out his apartment beside mine.

His tenants are knocking shit against my wall and banging on it.

They can make all the noise they want all day but the moment I turn my tv on minimum volume or clear my throat they start imitating me or knocking on my wall.

Now I don’t want to claim all this because they’ll just deny it and twist it into me being insane or some bs.

So what should I tell the landlord to get the point across?

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    Questions like these depend heavily on location, so this might not be relevant. Generally, evidence and paper trail are your friend. Some places have “peaceful use” laws to give/strengthen tenants rights. Look up local tenant laws to help.

    If this is predictable behavior, record it starting. “I’m about to _____ which causes neighbors to retaliate by ____.”

    First attempt: just text and say the neighbors are being noisy pounding on the walls. Send the video too.

    Sendod attempt: Send a certified letter to the address that collects rent checks and a copy if they specify another address for complaints in the lease. (I’ve had a lease that used a 3rd part for legal/conflict resolution.) Reference the first text/call.

    • jlyndby@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      32·
      3 days ago

      I can’t… because if it’s just a sound recording there’s no way of yelling who is making the noise, and they do it randomly/unpredictably ENOUGH that I can barely ever catch it on video, and my phone can’t just have video on all day.

        • jlyndby@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          21·
          2 days ago

          They do different things. For example if I make zero noise all day then turn the tv on in the evening, they will then knock on my wall but like 30 secs to a min later. Or if I turn my tv on they’ll watch their shit too, but it’ll be too quiet to pick up so I’d have to turn my tv off, then they will turn theirs off. Etc etc etc