(Watch the video with HEADPHONES and the volume all the way up…It doesn’t sound as bad as it is if you just play it on your speakers (unless you got bangin’ speakers!)

Apparently our upstairs neighbor is allergic to carpet?!?! What the hell???

Long story short: We pay nearly $1,550/month for a glorified studio apartment. Brand new, Hardwood floor, stainless steal appliances, frosted glass doors to the ‘bedroom’. We love it, except our loud neighbors.

Ever since they so courteously moved in at 9:30pm we’ve had problems. Twice I had to go up and tell them to turn the bass on their subwoofers down cos it was shaking our apartment. By the third time I had to write management. A few days after that they were working out HARDCORE in their apartment and it was making it unbearable to live in ours.

Now they walk like assholes and shake our apartment ALL DAY EVERY DAY when they’re home. We’ve videotaped them as proof.

So they called a meeting with the Building Manager for us to talk this out. The building manager agrees with us. She was horrified when she saw the video and heard all the noise……..

The meeting was 27 minutes of the ‘guy’ talked circles and saying we just have to deal with it…… Here are some audio clips from the meeting:

People in this clip: Ishmel, his subservient gf ‘Hannah’, my girlfriend, myself, and the building manager. You can figure out who is who by what each person is saying.

This is where Ishmel (or whatever the f his name is) blames the noise on the apartment ABOVE THEM!!! (Notice we explain it to him and then he repeats himself)
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Here he compares the sound of a train 6 miles away to the way they step
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2 separate clips, he says hes never lived on hardwood but is also allergic to carpet...where did he live before? A dirt hut??
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27 minutes in he just wont say he will walk quieter..and now it gets heated (My girlfriend breaks it up)
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The full 27 minutes of the meeting is horrible. The dude talks himself into circles, and says things like, ‘we want to be respectful, but we wont walk lighter’.

Don’t really know what is going to happen. The building manager was getting quite upset…And Leighan wouldn’t let me put Ishmel in his fucking place like I wanted to… (I was about to, as you can hear in the last clip!)

UPDATE: The building manager called me and pretty much reiterated our same issues with the meeting. That he was being a jerk, talking circles, AND that it was funny he said he was allergic to carpet but has never lived in a hardwood floor apartment!

Ishmeel had to cancel the meeting yesterday because he had to work late, so we’re having another meeting monday at 6:30p. The Building Manager said that they will be served a ‘10-Day Comply or Vacate’ warning, to be quieter… So she doesn’t expect the meeting to go well.

My goal is to get a picture of Ishmel and to record him getting upset!!! Lets see if I can do it!

  1. what a DUMBASS!

    - maddiekatt - January 20, 2010 at 12:20 pm
  2. Holy sweet jesus… what a dumbass. Good thing you had Leighan to hold you back or you may be in jail… I hope your landlord plans on doing something about this guy…

    - Jen - January 20, 2010 at 6:16 pm
  3. Geeze, sounds like he’s a complete d-bag.
    On a side note; you have a beautiful apartment. A shame that it’s ruined by neighbors like that.

    - Erin - January 20, 2010 at 7:23 pm
  4. Did you get permission to record the conversation? It’s illegal in this state to record someone’s voice without their permission (especially to use it in the way you are).

    Don’t worry, I totally agree with you! I just want to make sure you’re protecting yourself in case this a-hole decides to sue.

    Here’s a link to more info about the law:
    http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/washington/washington-recording-law

    - foleymo - January 23, 2010 at 2:26 pm
  5. This is why I friggin love u! Lmao I hope these assholes get thrown out!

    - jenn compson-lajoie - January 24, 2010 at 8:14 am

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