'I got my noisy neighbours evicted - some say I'm selfish but I couldn't cope'
Noisy neighbours can make your life hell.
Getting along with your neighbours isn't a requirement, but it can make living next to each other a whole lot easier, and most people will at the very least try to be civil with their neighbours. But when your neighbours are causing trouble by blasting music too loudly or doing their household chores in the middle of the night, it can make being cordial a lot more difficult - and can even leave you wanting to report them.
That's exactly what happened to one woman who said her new neighbours moved in less than a month ago, and she's already reported them to their landlord for noise infractions so many times that they've been evicted - and now have to find a new place to live within 30 days.
The 24-year-old woman explained she and her roommate have lived in their flat for six years, and recently got new neighbours who moved into the flat above theirs in the middle of January. The problems started almost immediately, however, with the neighbours shouting and vacuuming their floors in the early hours of the morning.
In a post on Reddit, the woman said: "The mother of the family introduced herself to me and my roommate, assuring us that they had been upstairs neighbours before and would be respectful of our space. I explained the layout of our unit to them, pointed out where the bedrooms were in relation to the upstairs, and asked them to be careful on the stairs, avoiding stomping as our couch is against the wall near the stairs. She promised they would be quiet and left.
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
"Since then, we've been consistently woken up by them, with their kitchen above my bedroom and their late-night meal prep involving dropping pots and pans at 3:45 in the morning. The teenagers come home shouting 'I'm home' at 2 am, and they vacuum at 1 am.
"Our internet was disconnected because they falsely claimed they were the only occupants of the house, causing me to miss two days of work. When our internet issue happened, the landlord came to the house and asked if they would share our internet, as we had shared ours with them for the past week leading up to this, but they refused, even slamming the door in his face when he pointed out our previous cooperation."
The complaints made against the neighbours have caused their landlord to kick them out of the property, and while the woman feels "justified" in making the complaints, she has been told by some of her friends that what she did was "selfish".
She added: "They asked for a meeting with the landlord to work on an arrangement, but I declined. Our friends with kids have criticised us, saying we were selfish and unreasonable to complain so much. However, I feel justified in our noise complaints and in denying the meeting.
"They were on a month-to-month lease, whereas we're on a yearly lease. Part of me feels bad, understanding how hard it is to find a place, but the other part wants to avoid being consistently woken up or having to wear noise-cancelling headphones to relax in my own home."
Commenters on the post urged her not to feel bad for reporting her neighbours, as they said the family sounded "inconsiderate". One person said: "I wouldn't feel bad if I were you. They sound like inconsiderate assholes. Hopefully, your next neighbours are better."
While another added: "You did the right thing. Inconsiderate neighbours reaped what they sowed," and a third posted: "I wouldn't feel bad. These people sound awful. I can't really blame you for them getting evicted when they slammed the door in the landlord's face, especially over an issue that they caused."
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