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Haast

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They live in TX and bought a house there but I'm not sure on the breakdown of time in TX/LA.
Assuming you are citing TX because of the common law marriage: common law doesn't happen by living together or even having kids together. You have to represent yourself as married in the community and in your dealings. Like signing legal documents (for houses, insurance, etc) and naming the other person as your spouse, for example. You said they didn't even sign together for the house. She's still clear.
 

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Thread is now Crazy Neighbors Thread
Great, now I have to start taking notes when I'm outside.

Quick rundown on the current neighbors.
1. Second night we lived in the house, we were in the driveway and heard one of the daughters screaming "YOU FUCKING BITCH I HATE YOU I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE". Not just once. And that wasn't the only night. But the wife and I looked at each other and said, "Oh shit, we got us some of them kinda neighbors now"

2. One Christmas Night one of the daughters came banging on our door around midnight. I met her at the door with a shotgun. She was wasted and kept trying to force her way in saying they were beating her next door. I asked to see marks and she had none. But she kept insisting she needed to come in. Then she said she didn't even get a christmas present and was so sad. I offered to call the police for her and she declined. The next morning we realized the bitch had stolen a light from our porch. I guess that was her christmas present.

3. RUMOR: One night a dude came to our door in the middle of the night. He said he was a recent ex BF (like in the last 5 minutes) of one of the daughters and the mom was threatening to kill him. He didn't have a car, so he wanted to use our phone to call for a ride. I let him use it. He told us they were worshipping satan, cooking meth, and raping their daughters next door. He was a little drunk but not wasted. At the time I didn't take any of it seriously.

4. They had a pack of dogs that they let run free. We eventually had to call animal control on them because they always harassed my daughter when she got home from school and one day one bit her. In our yard BTW. There was no ill will over that because we talk to the lady who owns the house all the time and she says her kids keep bringing these fucking dogs and just leaving them. She doesn't even want them but can't bring herself to send them to the pound.

5. RUMOR: Had one of our neighbors doing some work on our well and he told me those people were known to whore out their daughters. Even back when they were underaged. This guy told me he saw the man drive his girl up to a corner store, she got out, got into another car, windows fogged up, she got out and back in his car. I think he said she was in there 15 minutes. If I was right about the daughter he was talking about, the girl was a sr in HS at the time he told the story, but the man had a stroke at least 5 years prior that he never recovered fully from, so I don't think he can drive anymore. He does drive a lawn mower, so maybe I'm wrong about that. Of course he also could have been talking about one of the boyfriends or sons.

6. Had another neighbor from down the street who is a general contractor. I tried to line him up to come look at doing some renovations for us. When he figured out where I lived he asked how I got along with the neighbors. I told him they didn't give me any trouble, but I'd heard some stuff about them. I forget his wording, but he indicated he had a story too. Told him I couldn't wait to hear it. Then, he wouldn't come look at my house. Instead he gave me numbers to some other people. My suspicion is that he's had run ins with them and just doesn't want to come down this way.

7. Nowhere near the caliber of the rest of them, but someone got a fucking drum set for christmas and they keep my wife pissed off by beating on the damned thing.

8. Found a random pit bull in my back yard one day. It wasn't the neighbors', but I knew they had one so I went over to ask if they knew it. When they didn't, I said well, I guess I'll call the cops to come get it and the dude freaked the fuck out. "Cops? don't need no cops poking around my business. Why you calling the cops? Cops better not snoop around here" I was like, "relax, I mean I'm calling them for the dog because animal control is off today"

9. They burn their trash, which I don't mind but the smell irritates my wife. We were under a burn ban for a while and they were still burning. I solved that by telling them that during burn bans or when it was windy they could use our dumpster for the household stuff that couldn't sit on the pile and wait for a good day to burn. I'm pretty sure they just use my dumpster all the time now, but at least it's only household trash and they're not filling it up with boxes and shit.


I have to say that all of my interactions with them have been fine. They seem friendly and we help each other out. The only thing I've seen that even comes close to backing up the rumors above are the fights and the constant stream of traffic in and out. They seem to have at least 1 visitor an hour who never seems to stay for more than a minute. It might be the same car coming and going. All I can actually see are the headlights. But that would be weirder than it being visitors.

When we win the lottery, one of the first things we're going to do is buy that house and demolish it. The lady said she'd gladly sell it if she could get enough to move to colorado and away from her kids.
 

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I think I posted it here before but I had some awful neighbors a few years ago.

They started knocking on my door nearly daily after we bought our puppy. The walls were paper thin and they complained that my dog ran around too loudly all day. We started playing with her outside nonstop to get her to sleep more, but puppys gonna pup.

The first time the guy came up, he was in a wife beater, super sweaty and red-faced and immediately opened up with "I was coming up here to beat your ass because your dog is so loud". Ok cool BRO!
I would have arranged to have the puppy stay with someone else for a day or 2 to see if he kept complaining.

Also, if you're serious about that first encounter, I would have clotheslined his ass down the stairs.
 

Borzak

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Assuming you are citing TX because of the common law marriage: common law doesn't happen by living together or even having kids together. You have to represent yourself as married in the community and in your dealings. Like signing legal documents (for houses, insurance, etc) and naming the other person as your spouse, for example. You said they didn't even sign together for the house. She's still clear.
I don't know what they do. The only reason I got minimally involved is my niece has medical issues since birth and my parents have helped her out and now she has twins (I've offered to pony up for their health insurance and she refused) with minor medical issues and I don't want my niece to get caught into something that drags the whole family down.

But anyway mom knows, she pretty much knew to begin with. It happened 2 months ago and I just found out about it. Not a big deal to call someone up and catch up in my industry. Very small group of people.

I told mom to tell her they'll pay for an attorney to just get an idea of things and I'll pay for it (thru my mom of course) so she will know where she stands. She's hard headed like me. She'll go down in bankrupcy before she takes any help.

I'm more concerned with her 2 twins that my niece to be honest. Don't want them homeless and their parents aren't their fault.

I think I have only met him once at my sisters house. But my dad can't stand him. He got a masters in architecture and his thesis was on what makes a certain room to be that certain kind of room. My dad who is less PC than I am told him "I guess your parents are glad to have spent all that money to realise the bathroom is a closest with a toilet in it". LOL dad said he went on for 1/2 an hour of why a kitchen was a kitchen.

I hope they get it figured out, most like I said for my nieces two kids. Not thier problem or fault. Mom said my niece is now making more money than him so whatever. Apparently he's riding the unemployment till it dries up before sending out resumes.
 

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I would have arranged to have the puppy stay with someone else for a day or 2 to see if he kept complaining.

Also, if you're serious about that first encounter, I would have clotheslined his ass down the stairs.
Dead serious. They complained also when we took our honeymoon and we were gone for. 2 weeks straight. I didn't clothesline him because I actually feared for my safety. Since he was military I didn't know what he was capable of but surely he could beat my nerd ass
 

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Got home at 1 in the morning yesterday. I work swing shift so this is normal. I live on the second floor and as I walked in, my roommate's dog loses it's shit and starts jumping around like a spazz. Neighbor from below walks upstairs and bangs on the door like he is trying to break in. He is black out drunk. Starts demanding to know what is going on, if I am okay, why I am still up. I tell him I just got home. He demands to know what I do for work, and what my roommate does for work. Then he declares that my roommate doesn't like him. Says the dog is okay but we are not. Then he says I am okay, the dog is okay, but my roommate is not.

Then he declares we are both very weird. He asks me if we knew that.

I should mention this is a grown man who lives with his elderly mother. He has told me that he writes children's book for a living. He is always wearing the same hoodie and a pair of camouflage cargo pants. Nice guy. Little weird but I always try to make conversation because there's no use in being rude if you don't have to be.

So, anyway. He keeps going on about how weird we are and how my roommate doesn't like him. He says, "You're weird. But I get it. You're okay. You understand?" He says this about twelve times and I start thinking to myself, "Does this guy think we're gay or something?"

At some point he laid down on my doormat and still kept talking to me. Meanwhile, my roommate's dog is losing his shit because he doesn't know who is at the door and he probably thirsts for blood. Neighbor wants to meet dog. Another neighbor shows up and reminds us that it is 1 in the morning. I cling to this opportunity like a drowning man clings to a life jacket. I say goodnight and close the door.
 

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The pedo neighbor story reminded me of another neighbor I had when I lived in apartment building. She wasn't really crazy, but it was a 6 year old little white girl. For some reason kids like me. So she always wanted to talk to me when I walked by. I was always polite and shit, but I was thinking, holy fuck I hope no one sees me talking to this little white girl and thinks I'm a pedo. One day I ask her what her grandma would say about her talking to strangers (she lived with her grandma). She said she wouldn't like it. So I asked why she kept talking to me. She said I wasn't a stranger, she saw me every day. I explained to her that wasn't how it worked, if her grandma didn't know me then I was a stranger. I thought that got me off the hook. But the next day she grabbed me by the hand and dragged me to her apartment to meet her grandma so I wouldn't be a stranger anymore.

I only lived there for a year or so. God I hope no one ever took advantage of that little girl. At least, not till she turned 18. Her grandma was good people. She said the girl was just outgoing like that. When I moved out grandma helped me get my security deposit back by teaching me how to clean a big stain off the carpet.
 

Noodleface

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I'm gonna clothesline you Tarrant. Clothesline you so hard right onto my dick, on accident of course. Oh, well, that feels surprisingly good for both of us. I've never kissed a man, but maybe today we just try it out. We won't tell anyone. Several hours later our bodies are entwined. We are one flesh. Gyrating. Thrusting. PENETRATING.

Slippery slope if you ask me.
 

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This thread needs more love.

I live in an apartment building on the main street of town, and a few doors down from me is a bar and grill. It used to be more busy, but a couple more opened up within a few miles from here, so its dwindled. Sometimes we would get some real characters though. People would be out on the streets until 2am but I think the cops cracked down on it.

One specific incident a guy was losing his shit, wandering around and screaming to all his friends "I DON'T DO COCAINE". He kept trying to convince the world at the top of his lungs while walking the street. I hope they believed him.
 

Hekotat

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Oh man, a place for me to vent!


So, around last June I got some new neighbors upstairs. I had been living in this apartment for 4 years and never had an issue with anyone, well around that time they started being extremely loud from 9pm to 12am almost every night. I go to bed at 9pm and have to get up for work at 4am, I'm also a very light sleeper and every time I would almost pass out they would make an astonishing amount of noise (Sounds like weights being thrown on the ground or something) and wake me up. Usually I was so tired I didn't want to get up and confront them or call security but I ended up calling security several times.

Fast forward to December and things haven't changed and now the noise is moving over into the daytime. This didn't bother me so much since it didn't affect my sleep but it was annoying none the less. Well they were at it again and I finally was getting tired of it and banged on the ceiling around 11pm with a broom, well as soon as I did that they started jumping up and down in retaliation. I finally lost my shit, went upstairs and knocked on the door. This super hot blonde opens the door and says "what do you want?" with a snarky attitude. I explain to her how I've been dealing with her noise levels every night since June and I was finally tired of it and told them how early I had to get up every day. She looks at me and says "Well maybe you shouldn't live in an apartment" and slams the door in my face. I fucking snapped, I started beating her door and cussing her for like 3 minutes. I then proceeded to rip her Christmas wreath off and rip it to shreds and in that fury I delivered a few more hay makers to the door. I then then downstairs to get some ice and wait on the police to show up, the whole time thinking about how bad I fucked up. Well, the police never show and I'm so wound up I can't sleep.

Within then next few weeks my brand new car get's keyed, several times i come outside to dogshit all over my car (They have a dog) and then my mail starts getting opened (Business paperwork flung all over the breezeway etc.). I call the police and explain to them the situation (Even what I did that night). I knew nothing could be done since I had no proof and I was correct (I just wanted it on record). I've been hoping to catch them opening my mail so maybe they could get some prison time but the cameras that will perform the needed operations are out of my price range.

They continue to be loud as shit and have now knocked items off my shelves that are irreplaceable and broke them. I've contacted the apartments and they seem to want to do fuck all even if they are violating their lease agreement. I'm doing my best to keep my cool but if something doesn't happen soon I'm afraid I may beat her and her Hodor looking boyfriend to death.
 

moonarchia

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Call the apartment managers again. Tell them to stop the noise or you are moving out as *they* will be violating the lease by not enforcing the noise violation portion. That will get their asses in gear as they won't want to lose your rent money. Just have the money ready to move if they decide not to fix things. Also record the conversation for proof for when they try to fine you and send collectors after you.
 

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I would call the local usps. Those guys seriously do not fuck around with people tampering with mail. The inspectors even carry guns. They might be able to best advise you or might look into it.
 

moontayle

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https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/i...MailTheft.aspx

Specifically,18 U.S. Code 1702.

Whoever takes any letter, postal card, or package out of any post office or any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any letter or mail carrier, or which has been in any post office or authorized depository, or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with design to obstruct the correspondence, or to pry into the business or secrets of another, or opens, secretes, embezzles, ordestroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
It's probably a long shot but if they've destroyed mail addressed to you then that falls under the statute.
 

PatrickStar

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Call the apartment managers again. Tell them to stop the noise or you are moving out as *they* will be violating the lease by not enforcing the noise violation portion. That will get their asses in gear as they won't want to lose your rent money. Just have the money ready to move if they decide not to fix things. Also record the conversation for proof for when they try to fine you and send collectors after you.
In my area, noise violations are county jurisdiction. Your county should have a local noise ordnance on the books. Mine gives hours during weekdays, weekends, and Federal holidays when certain levels or permissible sounds are allowed. After hours if certain sounds when all doors and windows are closed can be heard through any residential partition it is a violation. Call your county's Department of Code Compliance or the Police (non-emergency of course) and report them. Apartment managers don't give a shit. Hit your neighbors where it hurts - fines for repeated violations. I've seen it enforced this way and trust me, they shut the fuck up with you when the blue shirts show up and explain to them if they have to come out again it's 250 dollars in the pocket books.

So call the Police before any confrontation. Call them when the noise is fucking excessive beyond your county's limits (bonus points for late night hours!) so they can witness it.

Of course there's not guarantee they'll show up like you said...at least my neighborhood department seems good about it.
 

Hekotat

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Yeah, they have a noise ordinance and the lease contract strictly prohibits noise form 830pm to 7am. The problem with the police is if they can't hear it outside they won't do anything about it. I've had one cop come in and listen and tell them to quiet down but he was the only one.

I'd love to tell them I'm leaving and normally I would but all my money is currently tied up in the business I just started and I'd hate for them to call my bluff.

The USPS said they could come out and do an investigation but unless I had video, pictures or proof likely nothing would get done. I had planned on parking my friends car with a dash cam in the parking spot facing my door, place a fake package out front and see if anyone fucked with it. There is a chance that it's not even them but I've made no other enemies.

Fucking with the car is what makes my blood boil. I have no family, few friends and cars are my life. Every time I see the paint fucked up that bad it makes me mad as shit all over again. The worst part is having to take a 500 deductible and insurance hit. It's so damn bad it's going to cost 5k to fix correctly.

I've also been trying to figure out a way to mount speakers to the ceiling, crank up some annoying ass Ace of Base and leave for the night. I'm sure that would do me no favors with the law either.
 

PatrickStar

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Well I'd have to see your county's ordinance but that standing outside by the police smells like bullshit laziness on their part. Looks like you only had one officer worth his damn make his way inside. Sorry man I go through this shit so much living in a condo. Good luck.