How best to deal with my neighbor

GiraffePencils

GiraffePencils

GiraffePencils

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Hey,

I was looking for a bit of advice in dealing with a neighbor (without involving his letterbox)
Background:
I rent a flat, the neighbor in question has a ground floor property which joins the building my flat is in.
He has a door to access the stair to access the garden, even though there's another door he had put in which leads directly to the garden.

Now he's the guy who heads up the homeowners association and he seems to have taken a particular dislike of smokers.
He's posted some 'rules' in the stairwell for smokers, I can't remember the wording so I'll summarize:
Don't smoke in the stair (That's fine by me)
Don't smoke immediately outside the door, or near ground floor windows (also fine)
No going out to smoke after 2200 (WTF does this guy think he's on?!)

Now I don't smoke, but what kind of ridiculousness is trying to stop right of access to leaving the building at certain times?
Obviously he has no authority on this, but I'm trying to find the best way to call him out.

One of the smokers in our stair said he approached them when they were outside (well away from the building by the bin) and he said that they should 'have their last cigarette at 2200, then not smoke till the next day as the door to the stair wakes him up'....... IMO that's his problem, get ear plugs.
This guy's attitude just gets on my nerves and I'd like to resolve this in some reasonable way.
 
Simple, you are a grown up so smoke when you want to smoke. If you are outside in a public place then he has absolutely no rights to tell you to not smoke at that time. It's not like it's a new law passed by government.

I however suspect this " rule " may have come not from people smoking after 10, but people nattering outside together whilst smoking after 10.

I can understand that would be frustrating however he still has no way to stop you.

Do love a good Kim Jong Neighbor.

Also i have read that you don't smoke but still. Do it.
 
I'd say the door's not loud,
It actually has a problem where it doesn't close hard enough to close properly, so is left open a lot.

He's got a politician smug face.... and talks annoyingly like a politician...
I've never had issue with him, we've barely had a conversation.
It's just when I read this nonsense, and hear from other residents (smokers) how he talks I just wish I could go to the home owners thing and call him out on the rubbish
 
I think you should get some dog poo and post it through his letterbox! Who does this guy think he is! I mean come on no smoking after 22:00 haha!
 
All of you should just keep going out and coming in at various times after 2200. Doesn't need to be for a smoke. Just pop to the bin or take a walk, sometimes you might forget your wallet and have to go back and too several times.
 
Ignore it. Luckily you rent and aren't stuck next to this busy body. On a plus side he's probably keeping an eye on all the properties. I had a similar type neighbour who was like a human burglar alarm.
 
I live in a flat myself, and people in my block, despite notices being posted by the building management on the door itself, simply let the door to the communal entrance slam behind themselves when they come and go, and the self-closer on that door is like a bear trap going off or something, it literally shakes the building. However, I wouldn't presume to tell anybody when they can come and go, no matter how annoyed I might be.

I'd point out to this jumped up little Hitler that he has no right to enforce his rules, and maybe he'd do better to post a polite notice asking people not to slam the door, rather than acting as if it's his place to dictate what people can and cannot do.
 
Wonder how long before a certain someone gets the thread closed again :D.

If it's not loud I can't see any issue with it. I do agree a note to try and close the door quietly would be nicer. If he's a light sleeper it's not anyone else's fault.
 
Neighbours like this...

Give them an inch and he'll take a mile. It is not your problem, it is his. You may not smoke but there is no curfew for you. If you wish to come and go at ungodly hours of the day, that is your choice. No need to get into a tug of war, just continue as if he had never put any notice up.

He thinks the door is too loud?

Have his speak to those who manage the property about installing a door dampener
 
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