I've decided to take to Reddit to ask. I live in an apartment complex and we have a parking area behind the buildings that all the residents use as well as covered spots. One resident owns a truck (unsure what kind I don't know cars) and he idles his truck from 5:30/6 to 7:15 every day. When he does this not only does his truck make constant noise but the exhaust wafts its way into my room. My bedroom window faces the parking lot and I sleep with a fan in the window as I do not have AC in my room. Also when he does this he is never in the truck. Idk if he has remote start or something but I'm so tired of getting gassed out M-F 5-7am. The final straw was today when the truck idled for the usual 1.5 hours and then he drove away, JUST TO DRIVE BACK NOT EVEN 5 MINUTES LATER to park and go inside. My question is can I leave a note asking him not to idle his truck cause it's annoying and smells and really is unnecessary?

Hi,

This is my first post here. I'm a college student living in an apartment where the walls are thin and I have two neighbors besides me. I struggle with a chronic cough, nothing contagious but enough to make me cough loudly and apparently enough to piss my neighbors off.

When I first moved in and was coughing in the bathroom, one of my neighbors starting pounding on my walls (my bathroom shares the wall with her bathroom) and commenting on how gross I was. The shower is the one place I want to feel comfortable and relaxed in but I can't even do that. Then when I move to cough in the kitchen or in the bedroom, I can hear my other neighbor closing cabinets, so I get self-conscious and try to muffle my mouth with napkins. I just don't feel safe in my entire apartment.

I'm trying to get treatment, but until I can move back home and start getting allergy shots consistently I don't know what else I can do, as I've tried different medications and they haven't worked. Obviously I don't want to be coughing like this, but if I just let everything sit inside I'll get an infection and the coughing will just get worse. I've already seen the neighbors whispering things (who knows, maybe it's not actually about me, but the fact that they suddenly starting whispering in front of my window was suspicious lol).

It's gotten to the point where everytime I hear someone talking, even in the distance, I get scared and anxious, and I always check and pray that the neighbors are not home when I get back home. I'm not trying to get friendly with the neighbors or whatever, but I also hate this feeling of being disliked.

Anyway, I just want to ask if anyone has any advice for growing some thicker skin or how to deal with this. I feel both apologetic, but also angry because this isn't something I'm doing willingly.

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who responded with a supportive comment, I really appreciate it! <3

I just had a neighbor move in a few weeks ago, and twice in the past week, he has apparently gotten fed up with me typing on my laptop and started making obnoxiously loud mocking typing sounds with his fingers on the ceiling. My laptop actually has a quieter than normal keyboard, but I don't think it's the sound of the keys that he's hearing, it's the vibrations from my fingers as they penetrate through the floor (crappy sound proofing plus my table being somewhat low to the ground). He doesn't have kids so I know it's not kids just messing around. It starts as soon as I start typing something really fast. It's a very obvious response to my typing.

The thing is, before he moved in, I've been here for five years and have never had a problem. In fact, I've always made sure to walk quietly, avoid the creaking spots on my floor when possible, gently shut my cabinets and never slam them, I always use headphones for any entertainment that requires audio, and I'm never doing anything physical that requires that I'm banging around. It's literally just the typing. I'm honestly amazed that he can even hear it, but I guess that just goes to show how terrible the walls and floors are, here.

I could ask for advice on how to stop my typing from making a lot of noise, but I just find that so utterly ridiculous and silly. When you live in an apartment, there are certain expectations that you should have, and one of them is that you will occasionally hear a neighbor from time to time, even if their music is a little loud or they're shouting or something, so long as it's not all the time and within normal "living" levels. It's not like I'm being deliberately obnoxious in a way that could be breaking my lease. I feel like this guy is lucky that I never play music without headphones, or have kids, or throw parties up here. If we're coming all the way down to typing, then he's going to be sensitive to everything, and this will be a constant source of annoyance.

I think the last thing I want to do at this point is spend all my time wondering if I should type slower and softer, or invest in something that will insulate the vibrations better, or whatever. That seems like a level of paranoia that I don't need in my life right now. What else can I do about this so that it doesn't continue to be an issue?

Landlord called me and basically said to stop snoring b/c the new neighbor complained. I told the landlord that since we share a bedroom common wall along time ago i moved my bed to the opposite side of the room from the common wall, run an air purifier at night for noise and use breath right strips to keep from snoring. I even suggested doing these things to the new neighbor when i met him as he was moving in.

So about a week ago i was abruptly awakened at around 2am by my new neighbor pounding on the there side of the bedroom common wall four times. At the time i figured oh they must dropped something or whatever and went back to sleep.

Then last night around 1:45am the same thing happened. This time the pounding was louder and went on longer. It literally shocked me out of sleep. I thought it was an earthquake or something..then i realized it was my new neighbor repeating the same thing they did before and yelled" STFU.

Ive been up since then unable to return to sleep and anticipating some form of unpleasant communication with my landlord because of my reaction. Im worried that my reaction to the pounding could land me with an eviction notice once the covid eviction restriction is lifted or being priced out. Is there any advice for a person in my shoes?

It has been around 4 months since I moved into this new apartment. When I first moved the smell was there but it was faint, I even was in the elevator with a woman who I had seen coming out of the apartment and naturally I asked her but she said she hadn't noticed anything. I found weird at the time but didn't press for more. The last month the smell has gotten so bad that its nauseating being in the floor hall for more than 30 seconds.

I do not know how to explain it, except for strong, sharp and like rotten beans or potatoes. I have talked to the administrator but he says he cannot find them in the apartment everytime he knocks. The smell sometimes will spike then get fainter for some hours. I do not know if they open a window or it is weather related or what. But it has been worrying me. I have never felt such an odor in my life before.

So when we went to look at this apartment the landlord was super nice. Of course he was he needed to fill a home. He said a lady with 3 kids will be moving above us. Come to turn out she moved 10 people in. I told the landlord this and he said I was crazy. But yet they have 3 cars and so much proof there is a lot of people up there. In the lease we have the basement and the door connects to my kitchen next to my bedroom. And the lady above has the attic which they use as a bedroom. So my problem is they blow a fuse all the time and they need to go into my basement because the box is in there. The landlord gave her the code to my basement we don’t have keys it’s digital. So now with the warm weather they keep blowing a fuse causing them to just let themself in my basement. I don’t like it I have expensive collectibles down there and I feel like someone is breaking in because if I’m napping I can hear them down there. What should I do moving forward?

Hey guys, so I recently moved into a new second floor apartment and have noticed that the AC is running 24/7 and not cooling down the house. We have the thermostat set to 72, but throughout the day the apartment hangs out at above/below 80, and the fan is constantly running all day. The apartment cools down at night to 72, and the fan works as it should. I submitted a maintenance request and they said that the AC is working fine for our apartment, despite the fact that they didn't come in to check the thermostat.

So my question is this: what steps can I take to get this issue addressed? If they ultimately say that nothing is wrong then can I eventually get a private AC technician out to check the unit? Is there anything that I can be doing to help keep temperatures down? Right now we have to keep all the blinds closed and lights basically off to keep the temperature manageable, and our electric bill for this month was crazy high because the fan was constantly running.

Hi All,

I live in a top story apartment (Since May) in a 5 story building, and previously had no problems with any neighbors. I was loving how quiet the complex was! However, a few weeks ago a new neighbor moved into the recently vacated unit under me, and I'm being driven crazy. They are HEAVY stompers, to the point where I can clearly hear and feel the stomping, even though I'm in the unit above them. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, that maybe they were unpacking and moving furniture around but nope, it seems that they are just extremely heavy walkers.

I'll admit, I'm sensitive to stomping, but that's why I pay extra to have the top floor unit. And in 10+ years of living in multiple complexes and cities, I've never had a problem with stomping from a DOWNSTAIRS neighbor! It's driving me nuts. I completely understand that there's going to be some noise in apartment living and that doesn't normally bother me, but I just can't stand the stomping, and thought I was doing the best to not have to deal with it (by paying for a top floor corner unit in a complex with carpeted units).

I was wondering if anyone else could relate, and if there's any advice to help mitigate the stomping sounds and vibrations from someone under me? The unit is already fully carpeted, and I do have some area rugs down. I'm just not sure if there's any other tips and tricks you guys might have (since most advice usually involves obnoxious upstairs neighbors).

Thank you!

My apartment complex did an inspection on our unit. For reference it’s a 220sq foot unit, we got a warning about our clothes on the floor and two pizza boxes on the counter from dinner the night before. They said it was unacceptable living conditions (inviting to pest). Am I being unreasonably for being pissed off about this. And fine if nitpick about the pizzas boxes fine but my dirty clothes being on the floor is not a thing. We have just enough room for our bed, tv stand, a table, a dresser and a desk. I don’t see how they can fine us for our clothes. We don’t have bugs of any kind, except for the occasional fly or bug that comes in through the cracks in the door seal. I could understand if our apartment was trashed and gross but it’s not the dishes are done every night, trash is taken out every 2-3 days depending on how much. We do a weekly cleaning of the whole apartment every Sunday as it’s our day together. I just looking to see if I am being unreasonable or not.

Edit: Sunday is our day off together

Second update: We rent normally, no one is helping us pay for the place just us paying rent, the inspection was to make sure the fire alarm and door keypad had batteries and work correctly, so I thought nothing of picking up my clothes earlier then we normally do laundry. But it turned out to be an inspection with the big bosses of the complex and they were mad that we have clothes on floor and pop bottles waiting to go back. The pop bottles are rinsed before going in bag. Mostly my biggest thing is that I don’t see how having my clothes on the floor is going to bring bugs which was the problem for them. I pay for this place so what’s it to them. As long I don’t have trash and my place isn’t a hoarding apartment I don’t see how they can tell I need to pick up my stuff. The lease says trash needs be taken at least once a week the same for sweeping. The bathroom needs to be cleaned regularly which all of that happens on regular basis. Just not a day they did inspections mostly because I assumed it was going to be the maintenance team coming in to check batteries, and I never have meet a maintenance team that cares unless it’s a hoarding issue which again it’s not.

Third edit: we do not have any kind of subsidized or government housing regular Apartment renting. Also, there’s nothing in the lease that states that they do cleanliness inspections, and nothing was said about it before we moved in.

My current apartment complex, which I liked well enough until now, has suddenly started playing jazz music in all common areas during all waking hours with no respite. This was not the case when I toured/signed the lease, and the lease itself does not mention anything about this music. The volume is set to 80% by default, but it is allowed to be reduced to an oh-so-generous 50% only upon request. According to building policy, it can never be reduced below this volume, let alone turned off completely. I emphasize the fact that it's jazz music because it runs the range of every possible obnoxious sound - heavy bass lines, high-pitched trumpets, jangly pianos, and all unpredictable as to what's coming next so it's not a sound you can just get used to over time.

Management informed me that I can always request to turn the music down (but never off) if it's interfering with my ability to work, but they generally seem very put off by this request so it's not a great experience having to go out of my way to speak with them. Not only that, but the music is also on outside of office hours so staff isn't even present to speak with during those times. In all my years of apartment living, I've never seen anything like this. I pay so much in rent and I'm so frustrated and stressed that I can't enjoy common areas in peace. I can even hear the music inside my own unit at times, which is irritating when I want to get some work done or just relax. Can anyone help me with some options or advice here? This is making me hate the place I once loved enough to sign a year-long lease.

Hello everyone. I’m writing this post cause I have zero experience in plumbing and water issue. I am renting a two bedroom two bathroom apt from my landlord. Been living there for two years and renewed the lease for three more. I like to consider myself a good tenant and with all the time I lived never once did I have to call my landlord for any issue. Two days ago, my neighbors right below me knocked and told me that there’s water leaking from my masters bathroom.a few details on this, there are no visible leaks in my masters bathroom so I was confused. I do have a hand held bidet installed but I make it a point to shut it off whenever not in use. I though that would be the problem making it my fault so I was ready to cover all costs for that. However, maintenance person came yesterday and checked. His report was the following :

“Plumber stated that there are no plumbing leaks from the vanity or the bidet. He said that the floor and rug were saturated with water and there were visible water marks on the wall both behind and on the side of the vanity thus leaking to the downstairs unit.

I would suggest decreasing the splash amount and cleaning up excess water immediately.“

I’m confused how water splashing from washing hands/face in a bathroom sink can cause this much water damage and leaking to the downstairs neighbors? Am I being ignorant on the matter ? And is it my fault and my responsibility to pay for damages? Maintenance came 3-4 months ago to check for a water leak but couldn’t find anything.

What are you guys’ thoughts?

Edit: we were not convinced with the plumbers explanation so we got a different plumber to check and it turns out the toilet seal was broken which was causing the leak !

Back story: the trash compactor regularly gets full (because it's not compacted often enough I would assume) and as a result, people simply drop their bags next to it. The maintenance would then compact, and fill, compact and fill, till the trash bags were delt with. Now they just said the maintenance is spending too much time doing this. They are mounting a camera and will fine ($1000) anyone leaving their trash outside the compactor. They said that if the compactor is full, then we are to find some other solution for our trash. I pay a fee for my trash to be delt with, this seems like not my problem and they should find they're own solution. Not the other way around. Am I wrong to be pissed? Or am I right and this is beyond the pale?

I live in a two story NYC apartment and my room is in the middle of the floor. All i have is a skylight to view the outside world from in there. In the winter, its perfect but during the summer its dreadful. Its like a suana. I covered the skylight with some reflective covers to block out the heat from coming in but its barely helping. I have 3 different fans going (ceiling, box and tower) to try to circulate the air but all its doing it pushing the hot air around. I tried those ductless ACs where you freeze the filter and water but those dont work at all. Anyone found an effective way of cooling down a room like this?

I've posted here recently about my lease renewal adventures and here's a new one: I got a renewal offer that was about $200 more than my current rent. Crazy, I know, especially since the identical model of my floor plan was being advertised on the apartment complex website for about $200 less than my current rate. I asked the leasing agent if I could get that lower rate and they said the best they could do was to keep me at my current rate. The reason they gave was because my apartment was supposedly an "upgraded and renovated model".

I was curious if they were lying so I gave my 60 day notice and low and behold they listed my apartment on the web for $100 less than my current rate, then a week later dropped it by another $80 so it's now being listed for about what the other vacant apartments were, or the price I was willing to pay in the first place. So much for charging more for "upgraded and renovated".

Keep in mind this complex is not offering any kind of "new resident special". Also, I am a good tenant, always pay rent on time, don't make any loud noise, no pets, etc. so I guess I just assumed that when the rent for my current apt dropped, management would reach out to see if I wanted to stay. Nope, that has not happened.

Now I need to decide if I should ask them to give me the advertised rate or just stick with moving since they obviously lied and that bothers me. Also, if I ask for the current rate I'm assuming they'll come up with some excuse not to give it to me, although I have no idea what that might be.

I just don't get why apartment complexes don't make even a minor effort to retain good tenants. What a weird business model.

My boyfriend and I moved into this apartment on May 26th. We noticed our apartment was getting up to 82 degrees while our thermostat was set to 74. On June 13th, we submitted a work order request to fix our A/C. The next day, our apartment wasn't hot anymore so we cancelled it. Later on in the day (June 14th), it got hot again so I put in another work order. A maintenance man arrived on June 17th and he checked out our A/C unit to see if it was working properly. He said, "It's just summer. The A/C can't handle the heat. It has a safety feature so once it gets hot outside the cool air shuts off." So, to clarify, I said, "So, there's no way to fix it?" and he repeated that the safety feature is preventing it from cooling. He put in a window unit that is supposed to be used for emergencies. It helped out a little bit but that meant we were paying more money for our electricity bill due to the A/C trying to work and having a window unit. I called the manager to ask if it was standard for the maintenance men to put in window units as a fix for the A/C units. She said she would talk to the maintenance man. She told us the same thing about the safety feature of the unit. And she said it's because we live on the third floor. A few days later I get back to the apartment and the window unit was gone. I had no idea they were going to come back to the apartment to take it back. So, I called the manager again and asked why they took it away and if that meant that the A/C was fixed. She said the maintenance men checked the temp of the A/C air and it was fine. The day they took it was a cooler day. It only got up in the high 70s. As it got hotter outside, our apartment got hotter inside. We have called several times and get the same non-answers. It has been 88 degrees in our apartment the past few days and we put in another work order yesterday (July 4th). They claim our A/C is working perfectly fine and there's nothing they can do about our apartment temperature. What else is there for us to do if they say that there’s no issue with the A/C when clearly it isn’t working properly?

Is this legal in California?

Thanks!

Edit: Took 3 days to clear.

My downstairs neighbor is actually a nice guy, always friendly when I see him face to face and say hello. But when I first moved in here for about a year straight I could hear him through the floor saying “Hey Dude!” over and over. He has a speech problem when he talks so I think he has some kind of disability, maybe he’s schizophrenic or something? I don’t know but after a long time of him doing that all of a sudden he’s wasn’t hearing it anymore. But then he started drinking more and more and looking unhealthy I noticed. And then now he bangs on the wall randomly as if he has fits of anger. Sometimes really loud it would shake my apartment. So when that happened again I stomped hard and yelled loud enough he would hear me “STOP BANGING ON MY WALL!!” Lol and it seemed to have worked a little bit but I still hear constant random thuds throughout the day like he’s just pacing around down there and banging on the wall or hitting something.

I actually helped him about a week ago because he was having trouble with his cable remote so I’m thinking well it must not be me he’s lashing out at then because it happens when I’m just chillin and have no sounds playing. Anyone else have any similar stories? Or have any idea what could be wrong with this guy? He said he’s lived here for 25 years when I moved in so that might be it lol. I think I’d probably hang myself if I lived here for more than 5. I hate apartments but at least the neighbors are nice people other than that and it’s one of the few more affordable places in town.

I came home from work and a gentleman was leaving my apartment. He said he was from the complex and doing a check for pests. I immediately checked email, and poster board, but no notice. I messaged the office. They responded "Weird. Yes notice of pest control was sent via email last week to our tenant email list."

I asked if they could forward that email to me, and if there is a way to ensure I get emails in the future. No response. Anything I should specifically do? I was going to contact my other neighbors and see if they had been notified of a pest control inspection.

My main concerns over this is my Houdini of a cat loves to escape when anyone exits, luckily I was coming home as he left. 2 Locking away any personal items when a stranger is entering my home.

I have an annoying situation I'm currently dealing with, and any advice/help would be greatly appreciated.

Around 3 months ago, I moved into a newly-renovated apartment. Its a two bathroom, two bedroom apartment, with a small balcony as well (more like one and a half bedrooms, the second bedroom is tiny, more like a storage room). The two bedrooms used to have carpeting floor, they took that out and replaced it with hardwood flooring. I love the place, has a great view. Unfortunately I'm suffering there.

Around a few days after I fully moved in and started living there, I started to get these crazy itching-type reactions all over my body. It started first with under my lip, above chin, where I kept getting a recurring case of Impetigo (basically an infection from itching so much). So The doctors gave me antibiotic cream. That didn't work, so they gave me oral antibiotics. That kinda took it away, but it came back a week after I finished the antibiotics. But heres the other reaction part.

Around a month in from living in the apartment, I woke up one morning and I just started itching like crazy on my hands. Like crazy intense itching, and on two of my fingers there were these ball-sized bumps on my joints that were itching like scarily crazy. My whole hand was blown up, couldn't even make a fist. I went to the dermatologist, and they just said its my eczema getting worse. I tried explaining to them that I've never itched this hard ever, and it felt like nothing could stop it, and also tried to reiterate that these bumps on the two fingers are really weird and not normal eczema stuff. But they as usual just prescribed some steroid creams.

So I took the steroids, and that kinda calmed down the inflammation, but on the thumb it was still inflamed, and looked like something was protruding from underneath that made it want to stretch out. Eventually it started cracking (skin cracks) by itself without even any itching. (And its still currently not healing, still cracked no matter what i do, and its inflamed). They still kept insisting that its only eczema (wtf are they teaching docs these days, like seriously Google gave me a better diagnosis).

Then around two or three weeks later, started to have this crazy bumpy itching behind my knees. Went back to the derm, and this time I made them take a bacterial swab to see if its a specific bacteria that the other antibiotics didn't kill. They found a specific one and gave the appropriate antibiotics for it (but they only got back to me two weeks later lmfao). I recently finished the antibiotics, but now on my hands its having this crazy itching again, and a few days ago had the same crazy attack where the fist gets all blown up, balls under the skin (this is all happening on the top of hands, not palms). It looks like its infected so I'm putting Municiporin (or whatever its called) antibiotic-cream on it, but its mad painful to deal with. And whatever I have keeps coming back over and over (been to over 20 dr visits including derms, allergists, and primary care dr in the past three months).

Just some more info: the air in my apartment seemed wayyyy dry when I first moved in, so I figured its prob bec of the renovation, so I vented the air every day (windows open) and humidified the air in my bedroom. But the air still feels off, not a paint smell anymore but like something isn't right. But I can't pinpoint it. There are no leaks, all looks good where can be seen. So I'm guessing its something behind the walls/flooring or something like that. Also the closet just opposite the bathroom sometimes smells weird, not like a dirty stinky smell but more like I can't figure out what it is, but its def not normal, and the air is just off. This past 3 months have been a living hell, I'm going crazy. I can't even enjoy my new place.

Theres something in the place that I'm missing.

If someone has been through something similar and has any advice I would greatly appreciate it, I'm literally going insane.

EDIT: Just wanna say thank you so much everyone for the advice and the support, it really means a lot to me, makes my situation a little more bearable. You guys are awesome : )

Hi everyone, I’m new to Reddit, so hi!

I live in an apartment where the shared laundry machines are located directly behind my bedroom wall. It’s an older style washer and when it runs it makes a low humming/vibration noise that comes straight through the wall.

I work almost all day, from 11 AM to 10 PM, so sleep is very important for me. Some neighbors run the washer late at night.Tonight it ran from 10 PM until 1:37 AM and it’s really hard to sleep through it.

I rent from a private landlord, not the building management. I’m thinking about leaving a note near the machines asking people not to run them late at night.

Has anyone dealt with a situation like this before?

Did anything actually help ?Talking to neighbors, adding soundproofing, or asking the landlord to set laundry hours?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

So my apartment complex sent this notice to everyone’s door in the complex. I wouldn’t say it’s extremely upscale, but it is upscale for the amenities we have and where we live. I just thought this was completely unprofessional. What are your thoughts?

My wife(30f) and I(35m) are self employed, and we do currently make more than 3x the rent required by an apartment we're applying to. The rent they're asking for is a little below $1600, and we have many months of making over or around $6k per month. We have a little over $30k in our savings and around $5k in our checking. Which I'd think is enough. But they want us to have this amount (3x the rent) amount for an entire year in our savings. This sounds pretty excessive to us? We don't typically have $56k in our savings because we typically use excess funds to put big dents in student loans (we just paid off the entirety of a couple loans this year!). We also recently put a big downpayment on a car.

Is this typical? I understand maybe some hesitancy with self employed people or business owners, but we generally keep several months worth of expenses in our savings, not a year. We have over $30k in our savings, which is now causing me to have to bring in a co-signer

It's frustrating because I could probably have this amount in our savings by the end of the year. It's currently our slow time of the year, and our busy time picks up ironically the same month that we would be moving into the apartment.

Has anyone had this requested of them? It's just annoying because I'd prefer not to have a co-signer on the lease. This all just seems excessive and I don't understand why they wouldn't require this from someone who works a 9-5. That person could easily be fired, and if they don't have savings, they'd be more screwed than we are.

UPDATE: We did wind up getting the apartment based on our income. We provided 6 months of statements even though they asked for four. According to one of the other leasing agents, the original person we talked to was fairly new and still "on her training wheels." I think she's only been there for under a year. We did not need a cosigner after all.

I got my own apartment. It doesn't come with a dishwasher but I figured that was fine, I'd just get a portable/countertop type dishwasher. Aaaand as I was signing the lease itself, I see a section specifically forbidding portable dishwashers and washing machines. I mentioned it and was told people were causing issues with flipped breakers and plumbing issues, so they weren't allowed.

The apartment is great, but I am having a really hard time keeping up with hand washing dishes. I've had a dishwasher all my life. I never feel like my dishes are really clean when I'm just hand washing (and googling it, science supports my worry there.)

I also have the issue that I just can't wash my dishes right after cooking or eating. It doesn't fit into the routine I've had my entire life, I can't get it to work. I tell myself I'll wash them before I cook instead, but I end up so hungry that I skip it, and then whoops my sink can't be used because it's full of dishes. I tried putting the dishes on the (very small, it's a little studio apartment) counter next to the sink instead so I could still use the sink and it just made the problem worse- now my counter and my sink are blocked by dishes.

I'm feeling really stressed out. Hand washing feels like this time-consuming, wasteful, dirty, and largely ineffective chore building up every day. Does anyone have any advice?

My upstairs neighbor has a cough/grunt (it doesn’t sound like a cough- the best thing I can describe it as is a combination of clearing your throat and grunting at the same time). I started noticing it in late February. He would cough/grunt and then snort and spit loudly. He did this at least twice a minute, often more. I assumed he had just gotten sick and that it would get better. It has NOT gotten better- it’s been four months and he does it several times a minute except when he’s sleeping, and he stays up until 1 or 2 am most nights. It echoes down the stairs and he also leaves his windows open so it echoes throughout the courtyard. I have bought a fan and a white noise machine to try and drown it out and you can still hear it over both. It’s extremely disruptive, especially since we’re working from home and everyone is at home all the time.

I have never met him in person. What would be the best way to approach- should I go to our management with a noise complaint? I also feel bad because I don’t know if it’s something he can’t help or not.