How to Deal with a Noisy Neighbor

Written by dan the roommate man


Your heart starts pounding... breathing becomes labored, and your head starts to ache. You wiperepparttar sweat from your forehead and try to gather your thoughts. Have you just had a heart attack? Not at all. This is your body's reaction to excessive noise.

"Studies ofrepparttar 110489 physiological and psychological effects of noise...indicate that protracted noise can impair one's hearing, dryrepparttar 110490 mouth, dilate pupils, raise cholesterol, elevate blood pressure, burdenrepparttar 110491 heart. Constant noise can bring on irritability, depression, aggression. It can interfere withrepparttar 110492 learning ability of children," N.R. Kleinfield writes inrepparttar 110493 article New York Quiet? Never. Quieter? Maybe. Listen up. published inrepparttar 110494 New York Times.

Apartment renters are even more susceptible to hearing loss becauserepparttar 110495 noise levels are intensified in smaller spaces. Once sound entersrepparttar 110496 apartment,repparttar 110497 wall connecting you to your neighbor vibrates - acting like a giant speaker.

If you share a wall with a noisy neighbor, you should take these steps - in order - to try and solverepparttar 110498 problem:

1. Tellrepparttar 110499 neighbor - politely - that you can hear their stereo/TV/voices/running screaming kids/etc. There's a good chance they don't realize that they are being too loud. Ideallyrepparttar 110500 problem will be fixed, and you can rest easy. Write downrepparttar 110501 date on which you confronted your neighbor - you never know when you might need it again.

2. If you receive a negative response, or no response at all, approach your neighbors again, but this time supply them with a copy of your lease. Chances are, there is a clause withinrepparttar 110502 lease stating your right to "quiet enjoyment." You might also give them a copy of your local noise laws. Sometimes there are fines for excess noise. You can find your local noise laws at city hall, a public law library orrepparttar 110503 public library. Give your neighbor one dated copy ofrepparttar 110504 lease and/or ordinance laws and keep a second copy (these are good for your records ifrepparttar 110505 problem continues.)

Landlord's Right to Enter

Written by dan the roommate man


When you move in to a rental property, you agree to let your landlord handle many ofrepparttar repair and maintenance problems. You also agree to lose some of your privacy rights. Unless your landlord is incredibly talented, he, or one ofrepparttar 110488 people responsible for maintainingrepparttar 110489 property, must enter your home in order to make repairs and give inspections.

When you're drawing uprepparttar 110490 lease, it's important that you include a clause regardingrepparttar 110491 landlord's right to enter your property. Without it, your landlord may be able to enter without any notice as he or she wishes. The 1994Boulder Model Lease suggestsrepparttar 110492 following clause: "Resident shall permit owner/agent to enterrepparttar 110493 premises at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice forrepparttar 110494 purpose of making necessary or convenient repairs or reasonable inspections, or to showrepparttar 110495 premises to prospective residents, purchasers, or lenders. Entry may be made without prior notice only if owner/agent reasonably believes that an emergency exists, such as a fire or broken water pipe, or thatrepparttar 110496 premises have been abandoned."

Keeping this clause in mind, there are times when it is perfectly acceptable for your landlord to enterrepparttar 110497 property, and times when it isn't.

When is it okay for my landlord to enter?

# Inrepparttar 110498 event of an emergency i.e. a fire, a water/gas leak

Obviously, I doubtrepparttar 110499 landlord would let a fire burn downrepparttar 110500 entire complex just because he didn't give you 24 hours notice that he was going to enter and put it out. The same goes for any other event that puts you orrepparttar 110501 rest ofrepparttar 110502 renters in physical danger.

# With your permission

This is another no-brainer. If you tell your landlord it's okay to come in, he or she can't get in trouble for entering!

# To showrepparttar 110503 property to prospective renters/purchasers/lenders

Whether you want to move out or not, if your lease is up andrepparttar 110504 landlord has decided he wants to rentrepparttar 110505 property to new tenants, he hasrepparttar 110506 right to showrepparttar 110507 property to other people (provided he gives you at least 24 hours notice.)

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