Every apartment or residential neighborhood has them, noisy and bad neighbors. They come in all colors, shapes and sizes! If you have bad neighbors, take a deep breath and check out the suggestions below on how to deal and cope with them.
Before moving in to your new home, try to check out the neighborhood. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the tone of the place regardless if you are renting or buying. Ask questions from your realtor or the people living in the place. Find out if it has a homeowner’s association or some community guidelines. These help prevent neighbors from staying in the place.
If you are living with someone else, ask for their opinion about the neighbour problem and listen to what they have to say.
Ask yourself if you are being reasonable about dealing with your neighbour. For instance, if you work a graveyard shift, sleep most of the day, and irritated by your neighbor having an afternoon barbecue party is certainly not a fault on their part. Make sure that when you are filing complaints that you have no vulnerabilities.
It would be a good idea to jot down the problems. Keep a running list of your complaints and the details as much as possible. By doing this you will be more organized, you have something to refer to when you approach your neighbour and in case the event leads to legal matters, you will have a better case if you have a written reference.
Do not hesitate to talk to your neighbor. This could help improve the situation. There is no better way to solve problem than to discuss it. The best thing that could come up is your neighbour will recognize the problem, apologizes to you and work to correct it. Sometimes the neighbour could react with surprise since there are times when people do not realize that they are annoying or disrespectful. Nevertheless, the worst case that could happen is that they become resistant to your communication and even get angry. If this occurs, you may to take less friendly approach.
Check out from your other neighbors and find out what they have to say. Determine if you have allies and get them on board. Chances are that if your troublesome neighbor is bothering you then, he or she is also bothering other neighbors as well.
The next thing that you can do is to write a formal and detailed letter to your neighbour. Make your letter humourless and the details obvious. You may cite sections from the homeowner’s association or guidelines but refrain from using threat or talk in certain terms regarding the law until you talk to your lawyer.
If the problem persists, it may be better to file a formal complaint such as writing a letter to the landlord or the homeowner’s association president. For serious cases, it would be better to seek the advice of your attorney, depending on the gravity of the situation. If you think legal help is inevitable, do an internet research of the tenant and homeowner law.
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