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How do people sleep while living in an apartment complex????
I just moved into an apartment complex and im really excited to be out on my own. But no one told me how LOUD and INSENSITIVE people are. I got 4 hours of sleep last night because people were up having a party til 4 in the morning and this morning someones stupid dog wouldn't shut up. I called to complain about the noise issue but they said there is only so much they can do. I have a very unsafe and demanding job and I require my 8 hours of sleep to be at my best. I can't get out of my lease cuz it will cost me three months rent and it took me months to find a place to begin with. Advice from anyone who's lived in an apartment would be appreciated!!!!!
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Read read your lease. Every lease I have ever read or signed has a quiet hour clause. This clause spells out the hours in which all noise must remain within the 4 walls of the unit. If a tenant breaks this clause they can be subject to eviction.
What you need to do is as I said reread you lease to find this clause. Many states require this clause to be in the lease. Once you find this clause you need to send a registered letter to the Corporate address shown on your lease complaining of the violations. In your letter you must include time dates and durations of the violation. It generally takes more than one violation for a landlord to seek and eviction. Even so notifying them of a violation allows them to either start a file or add to an existing file.
If after you have repeatedly notified the landlord of the problem and no relief is obtained you then can go to landlord tenant court to seek relief. Relief can be to have your lease cancelled and your security deposit returned so that you may move out without penalty. The court could also order the landlord to pay all costs of your moving.
As you can see there are ways for you to seek relief without penalty or to force action by your landlord to enforce the lease. You just have to do so by the proper numbers.
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I've lived in apartments and coops most of my adult life, and yes, there is a lot of ambient noise you need to learn to deal with - music, footsteps, chatter in the halls, running water - I taught myself to sleep with earplugs in when I was still in university, because you can only expect people to be so quite.
For example - you can fairly expect people not to be having loud parties at 4am. But to address that you have to call the building (or the police) when it's happening, they can't do anything the next morning, even if you are certain where it's coming from.
If an apartment allows pets, some morning barking is also to be expected... Lots of people choose apartments that DON'T allow pets for exactly that reason.
If you are close to the bottom of a large building (IE, on floor 4 or below) you might ask the building if they have a unit you can shift into higher up. I live in a very busy urban area and I always try to live on the 10th floor or higher so I get above a lot of the street noise.
And like I said, earplugs. If you fall in love with a snorer you'll be glad you took the few weeks of discomfort to learn how to sleep comfortably in em.
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I live in an apartment complex. There is ambient noise that you don't have to deal with living in a house, but what you describe is above the norm. Depending on the laws in your state, there are hours of the night that are considered "quiet hours." If there is a party, you could always call the police and say you think there is underage drinking going on. I'd say try talking to the landlord/manager again. They should be the first stop when you have problems like these, but if they refuse to do anything about it, then start exploring options like calling the cops.
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