Noise pollution from upstairs!!!

I am so incredibly pissed off right now that I can hardly contain my anger. I am ready to kick my fucking landlords door in, disembowel him and then hang him by his own intestines all while blaring "your mother sucks cock in hell" by wednesday 13 so loud that it ruptures his ear drums..

I'll admit that I am currently very irrational, but that may have to do with the fact that I haven't gotten more than 5 hours sleep in any given night this week because my landlord insists to play 80's metal from 6AM-7AM every morning for the past week or so while he works out..

I'm not normally one to complain, but my employment situation has currently changed requiring me to be up later into the night and even with ear plugs I simply cannot sleep through him dropping weight on the floor and listening to ACDC right above my apartment for an hour. I live in the bottom floor of a house and the owner lives upstairs. He recently removed all of the carpeting and sound deadening padding all while becoming louder and more obnoxious. If this keeps up I am currently considering moving, although my finances are in a bit of a shake up so I do not know how realistic that may be at the moment.

I spologize for this poorly written mass of words. I am just trying to vent abit before I snap and say anything to my landlord that is best kept quiet.

 

You can just call the cops on his ass.. it isn't going to improve your living conditions especially when you get your landlord against you you can find yourself in a nasty place.
Try and talk to him first to see what you can work out, if nothing you can always get the cops involved.. not sure how that goes in the US but here we have laws for such things.. I could even contact the renting commission and have the rent lowered until he solved the problem.

 

You're probably better off being nice about it. Buy him a pair of headphones for his birthday, with "For your early morning workout" in the card.

If that doesn't work, you can always just steal his stereo.

 

Have you tried talking to him?

 

I talked to him about it over the weekend, although I guess I was not firm enough in my complaint because he just said he didn't think it was a big deal because he owns the house so he can do as he pleases. Although as a tenant I have to abide by a different set of rules. I've been tempted to simply start getting up at 4AM and working out with my music blaring, but that would probably end in eviction.

I really don't want to do anything harsh. I'm just venting.

All of his audio is routed through his PC though, so I have seriously contemplated installing a hidden vnc server so I can control his music if he pisses me off too much. Or if I could find some sort of way to limit his volume I would gladly employ it as a means of keeping the peace while still being able to sleep soundly.

 

My neighbor feels the need to do what sounds like bowling with small children late at night. On top of that they listen to the most horrible rap I have ever heard in my life, and they take it outside to their car which has external speakers on the hood. I live in a very nice neighborhood and nobody seems to care but me.

 

Yeah my neighborhood is about 80% retirees. You would think that some of them would be pissed about having to hear 80's metal at deafening levels any time of the day.

 

Some people are just inconsiderate twats. Look for a new place if possible and screw the bastard over before you leave.

Inconsideration is something that really annoys me.

Yakumo

 

take some of your guns and do your work

 

I'm with Yakumo. Find a new place, then on the last day totally mess up the place. Try brining in a jar of ants, or termites. Or anything that festers and grows quickly.

 

I am off the "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em school..."

He starts working out at 6am.... so... he'd still be in bed around 4am right?

I guess an ACDC fan would really hate BOYZONE or TAKE THAT. I would have breakfast early, set up my stereo, arrange to go around a friends house, turn up your amp REALLY loudly and then lock your door and run off. Leaving him to pound on your door in his bleary eyed manner.

When you get home after work you'll either have had your door kicked in and all your stuff on the sidewalk, or he'll have just turned it down and want a good talk. At which point you innocently say 'Shit, I must have left it on timer, I was out all night..."

If your stuff is out on the street then it didn't go so well, but atleast you'll have a valid reason to move.

Either way he'll get the message

 

And a valid lawsuit against the land lord for not properly evicting you! IIRC by law in the US a landlord is required to give a tenant a 30-day eviction notice. I could be wrong though.