My Neighbors Are Awful (I Can't Sleep)

[Jackie Daytona]

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

[Zepondrax]

For me its an apartment block. Only 2 people per floor and because the way the apartment is built narrow and thin and high up your right next door to each other so any noise, smells etc go into the lobby and each others apartments

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so... theres this thing called guns

[Jackie Daytona]

引用自 Zepondrax：

Its not that great living in an apartment. Your close to your neighbors, right next door. The walls are thin so any noise you make or they make gets heard. Smelly pungent cooking stays in the lobby and wafts into your apartment, I have neighbors next door who just leave theur pungent smelly cooking odour in the lobby and It then wafts into my apartment it F*ing stinks. They cook all the time ,most the day, sometimes I swear they do it deliberately.

It even wafts from their kitchen into my family room its that pungent. I buy sprays like Coles sprays or Glen20, it doesnt help much but better than nothing

Had a friend live in a complex. He complained of all you did. But at least the noise was kept down.

引用自 aqua493xd：

Have you ever considered earplugs?

I have. And that's a good idea.

If only they blocked ultra-high-pitched noises. (Used them, they only dull the sound. They don't eliminate it.) And didn't feel uncomfortable.

引用自 KingSimpson369：

Call the police!

I actually did, recently. They told me that nothing they were doing broke noise ordinance. Then told me to move if I didn't like it.

引用自 the vampire of time and memory：

bro's life is a sitcom

Yeah, kinda.

引用自 Netaris：

Buy some earplugs to begin with ? It may help for the sleeping part. Try to close your terrain with some plants high enough to hide you, no more staring. And for the noises when you're awake, that an annoying one. Maybe try to put some additionnal sound insulation on your walls ? Or buy better windows ?

Can't afford all that.

引用自 Lazy：

引用自 Jackie Daytona：

Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Hey, keeping tabs on the local psychopath is not a fun job but someone gotta do it.

All I'm doing is walking my dog in my own yard. How is that psychopathic behavior?

[波特兰兽医利拉德]

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[Zepondrax]

The other day I got so annoyed by the FOUL Smell as sprays dont do much Ive now started spraying Vinegar into the lobby to get rid of the BAD ODOUR, seems to work a bit

[Walach]

引用自 Zepondrax：

The other day I got so annoyed by the FOUL Smell as sprays dont do much Ive now started spraying Vinegar into the lobby to get rid of the BAD ODOUR, seems to work a bit

It is my number one recommendation. 24 hours and the smell is gone, just remember to was the tray as well so it doesn't stink from it instead.

If it's something that will be on surfaces and not in a tray, blend it with water.

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引用自 Zepondrax：

The other day I got so annoyed by the FOUL Smell as sprays dont do much Ive now started spraying Vinegar into the lobby to get rid of the BAD ODOUR, seems to work a bit

Buy a few hepa air purifiers one for your apartment and one for the hallway.

[Zepondrax]

I use a spray with vinegar and water seems to lessen the pungent odour. I think ITS SO RUDE they just leave the odour in the lobby, I have to pass through that every day

引用自 Walach：

引用自 Zepondrax：

The other day I got so annoyed by the FOUL Smell as sprays dont do much Ive now started spraying Vinegar into the lobby to get rid of the BAD ODOUR, seems to work a bit

It is my number one recommendation. 24 hours and the smell is gone, just remember to was the tray as well so it doesn't stink from it instead.

If it's something that will be on surfaces and not in a tray, blend it with water.

[Zepondrax]

Wont work. I tried a FAN one day by my door, Their Pungent Cooking Odour wafted past my fan and still reeked in my apartment I just keep spraying and spray vinegar water now

引用自 R.I.P. Willie Mays：

引用自 Zepondrax：

The other day I got so annoyed by the FOUL Smell as sprays dont do much Ive now started spraying Vinegar into the lobby to get rid of the BAD ODOUR, seems to work a bit

Buy a few hepa air purifiers one for your apartment and one for the hallway.

[Candyy]

Well, some ppl do stuff in the night 🤷‍♀️

Deal with it or move to a country where noise is more punished (like swiss...)

[Walach]

引用自 Zepondrax：

I use a spray with vinegar and water seems to lessen the pungent odour. I think ITS SO RUDE they just leave the odour in the lobby, I have to pass through that every day

引用自 Walach：

It is my number one recommendation. 24 hours and the smell is gone, just remember to was the tray as well so it doesn't stink from it instead.

If it's something that will be on surfaces and not in a tray, blend it with water.

I have a neighbour who smokes. I went over and talked to them many times, it's a battle but at least she's somewhat normal and want me to not suffer. But she sure does a lot of "but other people smoke by the wall, why can't I also do that?"

She can't do that, or shouldn't because I suffer from it and I can't speak for how other people have it. I focus on the issue here.

Anyway, she has a lot of issues with many other neighbours so it's not just me having issues.

But what I wanted to say was; if you suffer from the odour, then just talk to them about it. Don't yell or be rude, start with a greeting and then say that you have issues with it and ask if there's anything you and they can do to resolve this. You probably won't get it your way, but having it become less of an issue is better than having a greater issue.

Hell, you might even et to know them and thus having them want to not do what they do because they don't want to make you suffer.
But being hostile, rude, and the like won't give a good outcome. All the rules in the world can't help if the people don't want to help.

[Zepondrax]

Well I am not being rude to them, I just dont want that pungent odour in the lobby. It sits there for about 2-3.5 hours and smells horrible. Maybe to them its nice but to me OHHH its smells AWFUL. I dont want to know them as next thing they will be knocking my door for things so I will keep spraying vinegar water around.

引用自 Walach：

引用自 Zepondrax：

I use a spray with vinegar and water seems to lessen the pungent odour. I think ITS SO RUDE they just leave the odour in the lobby, I have to pass through that every day

I have a neighbour who smokes. I went over and talked to them many times, it's a battle but at least she's somewhat normal and want me to not suffer. But she sure does a lot of "but other people smoke by the wall, why can't I also do that?"

She can't do that, or shouldn't because I suffer from it and I can't speak for how other people have it. I focus on the issue here.

Anyway, she has a lot of issues with many other neighbours so it's not just me having issues.

But what I wanted to say was; if you suffer from the odour, then just talk to them about it. Don't yell or be rude, start with a greeting and then say that you have issues with it and ask if there's anything you and they can do to resolve this. You probably won't get it your way, but having it become less of an issue is better than having a greater issue.

Hell, you might even et to know them and thus having them want to not do what they do because they don't want to make you suffer.
But being hostile, rude, and the like won't give a good outcome. All the rules in the world can't help if the people don't want to help.

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引用自 Zepondrax：

Well I am not being rude to them, I just dont want that pungent odour in the lobby. It sits there for about 2-3.5 hours and smells horrible. Maybe to them its nice but to me OHHH its smells AWFUL. I dont want to know them as next thing they will be knocking my door for things so I will keep spraying vinegar water around.

引用自 Walach：

I have a neighbour who smokes. I went over and talked to them many times, it's a battle but at least she's somewhat normal and want me to not suffer. But she sure does a lot of "but other people smoke by the wall, why can't I also do that?"

She can't do that, or shouldn't because I suffer from it and I can't speak for how other people have it. I focus on the issue here.

Anyway, she has a lot of issues with many other neighbours so it's not just me having issues.

But what I wanted to say was; if you suffer from the odour, then just talk to them about it. Don't yell or be rude, start with a greeting and then say that you have issues with it and ask if there's anything you and they can do to resolve this. You probably won't get it your way, but having it become less of an issue is better than having a greater issue.

Hell, you might even et to know them and thus having them want to not do what they do because they don't want to make you suffer.
But being hostile, rude, and the like won't give a good outcome. All the rules in the world can't help if the people don't want to help.

Let them enjoy their chitterlinks. I'm sure if you tasted them you would enjoy pig intestines.

[Zepondrax]

ewwwwwwwwww

引用自 ACAB：

引用自 Zepondrax：

Well I am not being rude to them, I just dont want that pungent odour in the lobby. It sits there for about 2-3.5 hours and smells horrible. Maybe to them its nice but to me OHHH its smells AWFUL. I dont want to know them as next thing they will be knocking my door for things so I will keep spraying vinegar water around.

Let them enjoy their chitterlinks. I'm sure if you tasted them you would enjoy pig intestines.