Loud noise in the apartments above us

By Tenant

“We are renting in a bottom apartment as we are an old couple and could absolutely not make it through a whole flight of stairs anymore. We were doing fine the first couple of months but when people moved in at the apartments above us, everything went to hell. They have children running around and they kept us up all the time. We already talked to our landlord and he sent the family a couple of letters but to no avail. We are an old couple and could not tolerate loud noises anymore. We just want peace.”

This was sent to me by an old couple who happens to be friends with my family for a long time. I happen to be a Landlord and they asked me for advice regarding this problem they were having. I felt like posting this to be able to help some people with the same issues.

Now first of all, problems like this are to be expected when renting an apartment, especially if it is a family-type apartment complex. Now how do you avoid these problems?

• Before renting, make sure to clarify with the Landlord if he or the management is planning to rent out to families.
• Make sure to point out your preferences (no kids, must have area rugs, etc. in the above apartments) to the landlord before you start renting. Put everything in writing and have the landlord sign it.
• If you can still make it or if the apartment has an elevator, make sure to rent the top most units.
• If you do have a written agreement with the landlord regarding your preferences and he still proceeds to rent the above apartments with families that have kids then try and confront your landlord.
• If he still doesn’t do anything about it. File a complaint against them with mediation agencies such as the RPA and they will try to mediate and solve the problem on your behalf.

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