How best to deal with my neighbor

dowie · 16 Jun 2017 at 14:05

arknor said:
in switzerland LOL your not allowed to have a bath/shower/use a washing machine after I think it's 8pm

maybe OP should suggest this guy moves there

I was going to mention Switzerland - a friend had a whole load of rules about what is/isn't acceptable after a certain time at night in their apartment block

I don't think it is unreasonable to expect noise to be kept to a minimum between say 23:00 and 07:00 however if the door really is so much of an issue then perhaps it needs some maintenance, I don't think you can just prevent people form using it. Asking people not to hang out smoking in the stair well is probably reasonable too.

peterwalkley · 16 Jun 2017 at 14:23

Give up smoking and just have very loud carnal relations after 10pm instead.

GiraffePencils · 16 Jun 2017 at 14:26

peterwalkley said:
Give up smoking and just have very loud carnal relations after 10pm instead.

In the stairwell?
(I don't smoke anyway)

peterwalkley · 16 Jun 2017 at 14:43

GiraffePencils said:
In the stairwell?
(I don't smoke anyway)

You ruined the GD standby when you excluded letterboxes, so whatever floats your boat.

If you want to call him out, ask where in the Tenants agreements the unreasonable "rules" came from and by what authority he thinks he can enforce them. I think the no smoking in stairwells is reasonable as it would be a public space, but a 10pm curfew is not.

Em3bbs · 16 Jun 2017 at 16:20

I really don't get why you are bothered if you don't smoke. Let someone else deal with it if they have an issue surely?

Efour · 16 Jun 2017 at 18:05

Murder his entire family at 10pm by crushing their skills in said door.

Nasher · 16 Jun 2017 at 18:35

They can stop you smoking in communal areas (including stairwells, hallways, lobby, etc) and around the entrance, but he can't stop you going in and out whenever you want. There will be people employed to maintain the building so that is their place of work and it's illegal to smoke in a place of work.

Maybe he's trying to get you to quit. Tough love

Redz · 16 Jun 2017 at 18:49

Tell him you find his dominant persona very arousing and ask him for a date.

Sliver · 16 Jun 2017 at 19:07

He needs to be removed from the gene pool. Do it and you'll be a hero.

LabR@t · 16 Jun 2017 at 19:11

Get a dart board up outside.

Thump, thump, thump, ssslk

I lived next to a dart board when I was younger, so bloody annoying!

Angilion · 17 Jun 2017 at 01:59

My suggestion is to attempt to co-operate with him to find a way to reduce the noise of the door. A decent door closer could be had for £20, fitting one is easy enough and they can be adjusted to close the door fully but slowly (and therefore quietly). Better security too (you mention that the door isn't always closed after it's opened). Maybe some insulation as well, which will further reduce sound by being padding as well as stopping draughts.

What he's done wrong here is to attach the noise to the smoking. They're seperate issues even though they might well often occur together.

The basic idea is fine - it's just "don't be an arse to other people and harm them because you don't care about other people" - but he's gone about it the wrong way.

Malevolence · 17 Jun 2017 at 05:08

Catch a pigeon and post it through his letterbox.

spoffle · 17 Jun 2017 at 06:21

Fishbait said:
Then when heading inside, slam the door really hard onto your own head

There should be laws against noisy eaters

A compulsory smack in the mouth for eating like an animal. I can't respect any adult that claps their mouth and chews loudly.

Malevolence · 17 Jun 2017 at 07:14

spoffle said:
A compulsory smack in the mouth for eating like an animal. I can't respect any adult that claps their mouth and chews loudly.

Couldn't agree more. A mate of mine sounds like a right ******* pig when he's eating, mouth open and smacking his lips. Not to mention that he also talks at the same time and so splatters little gobs of food everywhere. We've asked him to stop it numerous times, but he just ignores us and thinks it's all a big laugh. He's even had strangers in a restaurant comment about how he was putting them off their meal too, he just laughed it off and carried on as per. He's 45, married and has kids.

divuk83 · 17 Jun 2017 at 07:41

Start going outside to smoke a bubble pipe at 2201
https://www.shapeways.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/674x501_719525_654260_1353179462.jpg

I think door closer fitting/adjustments are the way to go. I wouldn't get directly involved, if you are not directly part of this dispute with a neighbor then there is no reason to get involved.

Dave

Fishbait · 17 Jun 2017 at 09:18

Malevolence said:
Couldn't agree more. A mate of mine sounds like a right ******* pig when he's eating, mouth open and smacking his lips. Not to mention that he also talks at the same time and so splatters little gobs of food everywhere. We've asked him to stop it numerous times, but he just ignores us and thinks it's all a big laugh. He's even had strangers in a restaurant comment about how he was putting them off their meal too, he just laughed it off and carried on as per. He's 45, married and has kids.

He's still your mate? I would've ditched them long ago

One mate used to do that all the time, make noise eating &/or talking at same time. I'd said how it made me want to rip his head off & he'd stop for a few minutes & start all over again.
One time I was fixing his laptop when he came up & peering over my shoulder to see what I was doing & did it again.
His laptop went unfixed & I walked away.

Worse was when I was on lates, he'd phone at 0700 when he got up & I was heading to sleep "just to talk..." yet he'd be eating breakfast. I mildly kicked off about it, he hung up & never heard from him for months

Fishbait · 17 Jun 2017 at 09:18

spoffle said:
A compulsory smack in the mouth for eating like an animal. I can't respect any adult that claps their mouth and chews loudly.

Agreed, a good hard left hook should knock that food out & some sense into them.