How do I stop a noisy neighbour??

odin wrote:
I think a black eye and missing teeth do count as evidence ;-).

Only as circumstancial evidence in the absence of eye-witnesses and DNA evidence. :-D

[mr_a500]

Just tell Atheist that Bill Buck is hiding out at ....

I considered calling police and telling them that the guy was a big-time drug dealer or that I saw a huge weapons cache. It would be a nice little inconvenience for him to have police rip his stuff apart searching. Sadly, because I already called police, they might suspect me when they found nothing in the searches.

white noise?

No, white noise does absolutely nothing for deep bass. Deep bass goes through concrete without even losing volume (higher sounds get blocked). I have an industrial sized fan and I had it on maximum. Along with this, I had the most powerful earplugs on the market and at the same time, large headphones playing my own music loudly. I can still hear his deep bass as if I was in his living room. Each beat is like a punch to the stomach. (I wouldn't mind if each beat I was punching HIM in the stomach)

[jkirk]

soundproof your room?you probably don't have to go to this extreme but this might help reduce the sound.

[Frags]

Let the local kids know how powerful his sound system is and he`ll soon be burgled.

[T_Bone]

How about a dirty-power generator?

Neighbor had one once,  think it was just a wire connected to a coarse spinning metal disk. Anything with speakers would play static.
(heh, I had a vacuum once that did the same thing)

[alenppc]

As far as I know, there is no equivalent in Canada (for noise). The EPA equivalent would probably be the Ministry of the Environment. They deal mostly with pollution.

I live in a similar situation, and I can sympathise... I have a similar problem of noisy (not to mention rude) neighbours.

Although the level of noise here is not so bad (earplugs work in my case), I am sort of lucky in that the Quebec laws allow you not to pay your rent to the landlord (but instead deposit it with the Régie du logement, who keeps it until the landlord solves the problem) in cases such as this, whenever I threaten them that I am not going to pay the rent, they actually do something.

I suggest you read carefully through the Ontario rental laws, I am pretty sure that there has to be some clause that protects the tenants, and there should be something that you  can use to your advantage. Also sending a registered letter of complaint directly to whoever owns the building might help you there.
I only hope that years of Tory government in Ontario haven't destroyed every trace of civil rights...

In any case good luck and keep us posted.

[mr_a500]

How about a dirty-power generator?

Interesting. I was thinking of something like that. I'd have to have something pretty powerful and it would affect the whole apartment.

I wish I could invent a portable device that would screw up speakers within a 1km radius. The problem is to do that I would need to create some kind of magnetic disturbance... or create a rupture in the fabric of space/time. I don't care if I might cause the end of the universe as we know it... as long as I get some quiet. ;-)

I only hope that years of Tory government in Ontario haven't destroyed every trace of civil rights...

Too late. Ontario after Mike Harris (Tory leader) is like Iraq after the invasion (well..almost). I have been personally screwed by Tory government changes. And yes, they even changed the Tenant Rights Agreement... for the worse.

I was actually thinking of moving to Quebec. Maybe I will when my French is better. I know they don't look too kindly on people with poor French over there.

[jkirk]

legal bylaws for ontario

[Boot_WB]

How about:

Arrange to go away for a few days - maybe a week.
Before you go away connect some very big cones up to your ceiling.
Power them with a low frequency constant noise (between 5 and 150 HZ) - not too loud to be obvious, or disturb the other neighbours.
The effects of low frequency noise over an extended period include nausia, depression, hypertension, etc.
When you get back, ask him how he is - maybe hint at what you've done and the effects noisy neighbours can have.

Alternatively - put Paul Simon on loop at high volume singing "One man's ceiling is another man's floor."

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It was a situation like that which convinced me that I had to move into a house rahter than a flat.  I;ve never gone back to flat living after that.
You have my sympathies.

[Boot_WB]

T_Bone wrote:
How about a dirty-power generator?

Neighbor had one once,  think it was just a wire connected to a coarse spinning metal disk. Anything with speakers would play static.
(heh, I had a vacuum once that did the same thing)

I like that :-D

[T_Bone]

Boot_WB wrote:

T_Bone wrote:
How about a dirty-power generator?

Neighbor had one once,  think it was just a wire connected to a coarse spinning metal disk. Anything with speakers would play static.
(heh, I had a vacuum once that did the same thing)

I like that :-D

Google sucks.

"dirty power ~generator" returns 4 hits...
and this thread is the first hit. (sigh)

[metalman]

T_Bone wrote:

Boot_WB wrote:

T_Bone wrote:
How about a dirty-power generator?

Neighbor had one once,  think it was just a wire connected to a coarse spinning metal disk. Anything with speakers would play static.
(heh, I had a vacuum once that did the same thing)

I like that :-D

Google sucks.

"dirty power ~generator" returns 4 hits...
and this thread is the first hit. (sigh)

18 for "Voltage Spike generator" :-D

Power Science SPG-110:
Voltage Spike generator to test power supply immunity to voltage spike on power lines.  DC to 60Hz, up to 300Vrms. PW 3.5uS, Rise times: 500nS, 250- 1200V amplitude. . Phase control 0-360 deg  Number of spikes per cycle: 1-10 (continuous control ) Spike repetition rate: Manual , 1, 2, 5,10 sec

[nadoom]

you need to be a nuisiance right back.

get a paper and cut out all the "recieve now, and pay later" ads and fill them all in with his details and low and behold he will have a big problem on is hands, lots of crap that he has to deal with.

Some people like this particularly selfish {bleep} cannot be talked to, you simply need to talk their own language e.g. be a dick right back. And even if it doesnt solve the problem it will make you feel a little better

report him to the TV lisencing, council tax , benefit fraud? IRS? people,  the list is endless.

[mr_a500]

Update:

I just talked to the superintendent and found out that the jerk above me has filed a complaint about ME! He wrote a completely false story about what happened. I couldn't believe it. I must say some people just don't deserve to live.

report him to the TV lisencing, council tax , benefit fraud? IRS? people, the list is endless.

I'm in Canada so there's no TV lisencing, council tax or IRS (the IRS equivalent is Revenue Canada... just typing it makes me shudder and break out in a cold sweat). I've already considered lots of similar stuff. I know his name and phone number (and address obviously). I just don't know what I can do that would result in him moving out.

The only thing I can think of at the moment is some kind of horrible smear campaign like printing off a thousand pages and putting them all around the city saying there is a known child molester at that address (with picture and name). People would protest, then he'd be forced to move to avoid the harrassment. I think this is a little too drastic though. ;-) Even my "noise induced insanity" can't push me that far.

See, a simple "gentlemanly duel" would solve the problem quickly and easily, but we live in a "civilized" society now. (it would be even more quick and easy if people weren't such inconsiderate assholes)

[iamaboringperson]

I just talked to the superintendent and found out that the jerk above me has filed a complaint about ME! He wrote a completely false story about what happened. I couldn't believe it. I must say some people just don't deserve to live.

That's the way it is. It's your word versus his.

Just hope that your 'superintendent' has the sense to actually investigate what's going on, rather than just take anybodies word for it.


As for revenge, that's a good idea. However, with the superintendent aware of the other parties complain now, you don't want to do anything too major. Just subtle things! Just gradually degrade the other persons propety/lifestyle, and it wont immediately look like you've gotten revenge.

Just be careful you don't get caught, too!

[mr_a500]

Just hope that your 'superintendent' has the sense to actually investigate what's going on, rather than just take anybodies word for it.

Unfortunately, he has no sense whatsoever. He's just a lazy moron trying to get by with as little work as possible. You can pinpoint when this building started to go downhill at the exact moment he took over. I think it's time to move. (I dread moving... I've got VERY heavy furniture)