Homeless Because Of Horn-Locking Vehicles!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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KICK THE BUM OUT OF HIS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

There's no right to quiet enjoyment of your home in America today.

I am now being evicted from another apartment complex. I just received a legal notice from a lawyer. It reads "NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF TENANCY, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that your tenancy will NOT be renewed and is therefore terminated effective at midnight on December 31, 2014. You are to quit and deliver possession of the property to the landlord on or before that termination date.

Wow! What could I have done to deserve this?

I ask the apartment manager to talk to 2 tenants that were waking me up. They honked every time they parked at all hours of day and night. Their horns echoed between 2 buildings and bounced off my bedroom window and woke me up every time.

I suggested that she could show these 2 ladies a document that shows how simple it is to change their Nissan’s to “silent mode”. It even contains a YouTube video link showing the step by step procedure. “Silent mode” will just flash the lights and not sound the horn and not wake me up. Just hold down the lock and unlock buttons together on their remote for 3 seconds and presto. If this is too complicated I called the dealer and he told me he would be happy to change this feature for them. The dealer does not want the product they are selling to disturb people.

The apartment manager refused to do anything and also said if I put this document on theirs cars it would be “harassment” and she would call the police. I said “call the police right now because I am going to do it if you do nothing.” Well she didn’t call anyone but responded via email that she would be taking NO action in response to my noise complaint and that I should get ear plugs. I sent her a letter asking her to send me a letter stating that car horns greater than 60 decibels is not considered a violation of the “disturbing noise” clause in the lease that I signed. She ignored my letter and refused to talk to me anymore so now she is in “silent mode” and not the disturbing cars! The next time I called the office I was informed by another lady that any more communication must go through their lawyer from now on.

Before she stopped talking I ask for her bosses contact information and she said her boss would be contacting me via phone or email. Nothing but empty promises! I called the home office of the apartment management corporation and got nothing but a “run around”. Their lawyer and the apartment manager’s boss is now ignoring all my calls and messages!

Now I have only 11 days to find a new place to live, sign a new lease, change my address, find a mover and pack up all my stuff. They are kicking me out during the holiday season and interrupting all my travel plans. I think I have been a good tenant, obeyed all the rules and paid my rent promptly for over 3 years. I had no plan to leave at this time and no one wants to move during the holidays. I feel sort of like a whistle blower that is being punished and fired for pointing out extremely bad customer service. I suppose their thinking is if he can’t sleep it’s his problem. Kick the bum out! Problem solved.

This issue is dividing America and causing friction instead of friendship between neighbors, apartment managers and tenants. I think the auto companies are trying to control the media and keep their disturbing products out of the news. They also may be putting pressure on the apartment management corporations to “hush” tenant’s noise complaints about this issue.

Have you noticed in the movies and on TV when cars are locked they just chirp nicely and never honk? The local managers may have been coached to ignore complaints caused by these horn-locking cars. But I signed the lease at this complex because it has a statement that reads “the lessee shall not make or permit any disturbing noises on the premises” so why is my noise complaint ignored as if it is unreasonable?

I guess TRUTH takes a back seat when “bad vehicle design” and self-centered horn-lockers are driving right over the rights of other people to quiet enjoyment of their life. There is no civil right to disturb others for you convenience. Horn-lockers can’t handle the truth so they want to shoot the messenger so they don’t have to hear it. When they get home at 3:00 am they want to push their remote button without any guilt or compassion for others . Some day they will realize that the world has to be shared with other people.

I went to war and put my life on the line to protect this country’s freedom and now my freedom to live where I want to live has been taken away!

This is the new America where the meaning of truth depends on which side of the issue you are on. I am just trying to make the world a more peaceful, quieter and friendlier place for everyone. I am not trying to take anyone’s personal freedom away.

I know this rant is too long. If you are still reading I will add updates to this “reality show” unless I am blocked, stopped or killed by the automobile or apartment management industry.

Thank you for reading

#Freedom

NoiseNatzi (Homeless Again)

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Maybe you should consider your actions… you have woken this zombie up twice to express your irrational demands.

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NoiseNatzi, “zombie” threads don’t tend to gain much traction or be well-regarded here. It originated 6-1/2 years ago and many of the original posters are no longer with us.
I suggest using the “report” function* to ask a mod to start your latest post in a new thread.

*Red triangle, upper right of each post.

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So, evicted twice? At what point do you start to figure out where the problem is?

Closing this zombie.

samclem, moderator

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Since samclem isn’t a moderator in this forum, I’m going to overrule him. The OP requested that his or her post be moved to a new thread, which I have done.

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Sorry, I mistakenly thought it was GQ.

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No prob.

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May I suggest noise-cancelling head phones? Some of them are small and lightweight enough to sleep in.
Seriously. If you’re a light sleeper and easily woken up by noise they will help a lot.

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I often use earplugs when I sleep. They can help.

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Noise canceling headphones aren’t going to do a thing for the problem expressed in the OP.

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I’m impressed that this is the issue that is “dividing America”. Who knew?

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Unless you’ve left something out of your story then you have a good case against the landlord in most, or maybe all states. You haven’t described anything that would be grounds for eviction. Contact a lawyer or your local housing authority.

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Just curious, did you ever try having a friendly chat with these neighbors about this problem?

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I thought it was illegal to not give at least 30 days notice in an eviction situation.

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OP, why didn’t you first talk to the two tenants personally and explain to them that it annoys you and how to fix the problem?

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It’s not technically an eviction. They’re just not renewing his lease.

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You’re right, the world does have to be shared with other people. But sometimes that means you have to adjust to other people, not the other way around.* When you find a new place to live and get moved in you might really consider getting headphones or earplugs so you don’t go through this again. You might also consider doing whatever you have to (getting rid of cable, getting a second job, etc.) to save up for a down payment so you can buy a house where you don’t share walls or property with other people.
*I once lived in an apartment building where the people there were just kind of cool with the fact that their dogs peed in the elevator. I was not cool with that at all, but after complaining nothing was done. I shut up about it and once a week got out a bottle of Nature’s Miracle and a mop and cleaned out the elevator so it didn’t reek. Should I have had to do that? Of course not, it was goddamned ridiculous. But my other option was complaining until everyone in the building hated me and still have to deal with the smell. I was the only one bothered by it so I was the only one who cleaned it. After vacating that building (which had so many more problems than the dog pee, btw) we moved to a place where we could afford to save up some money to buy a house a year later because seriously, fuck sharing space with other people.

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“Hands up! DON’T HONK!”

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Insomnia suffer here. Once I get woken at night its nearly impossible to get back to sleep. The loss of quiet nights free from a-holes with loud cars and horns costs us all. I’ve gone into work many times feeling horrible and sick after a failed nights rest. Its all I can do to get through the day and get home.

I sympathize with the OP. I’d suggest renting a house in a quiet residential neighborhood. Apartment complexes are the pits.

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It does seem like simply talking to the offenders, politely and non-threateningly, would have gone a long ways. Only if they were nonresponsive or abusive would I have elevated it to asking the manager for intervention.

It can be tough to be mellow with someone who’s irritating you, but it’s often more productive than coming on hard.