What should I do about noisy apartment neighbors?
As a tenant you have certain rights and responsibilities. Peaceful sleep and maintaining noise at a reasonable level past 9:00 PM are two of them. Your first step is to contact the landlord and explain the situation. It is his responsibility to uphold the terms of your neighbor’s lease. If that doesn’t help then you may contact the police. Don’t dial 911. Call the local police station and explain the situation. You need not call during one of their love sessions. If that fails your next option is to contact the Housing Commissioner in your area. Ultimately it is their responsibility to uphold all tenant and landlord issues. Of course you may also go directly to your neighbors. But don’t make the contact all about the complaint. Invite them over for a cookout. Then ask them “have you heard those people making all that racket in the middle of the night? Who is that? We just can’t get any sleep when they are going at it!” They will figure it out and you will save them the embarrassment. G
