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whats your story with a neighbour from hell?

Yes! Funny you should ask as it just happened last night. It has nothing to do with audio, though.

My brother, sister, and I got home from watching a movie last night and we noticed some notes placed on the windshields of a few cars -- one of the cars was mine.

The notes basically said "Can't you park any better? You're taking up two spots and there's no room for me!" The funny thing was my car was in a spot only big enough for one car. So the note was really strange.

There aren't really any garages on our street, so it's either the driveway or the street for everybody. I've come home late many times and had to park around the corner. It sucks, but I've come to accept it. I don't recall ever reading that I had an inalienable right to always park on my own street.

People in the SF Bay Area always act so frickin' entitled. It bugs me.

Last house we had some new people moved in behind us, down a hill about 25' high. They had teenage boys who liked to play pool on an outdoor pool table until the wee hours of the morning. I almost hopped the fence and kicked some ass when I was drunk on Thanksgiving. We ended up moving.

New family that moved in next door had me concerned when I heard they have 7 kids, but they're nice people and I'm happy.

Why do you ask about the neighbors from hell, planning on becoming one?

I live in SF. My last apartment looked bad on the outside and gorgeous on the inside. Top floor of a 3 story flat. Hard wood floors, 12 ft ceilings, tons of sunlight.
The neighborhood was not great, but not the worst either.
Now, the neighbor that was a problem. We had a plug in our roof that we did not know about (and the land lord did not bother to tell us). This led into the crawl space accessable from a hole in our ceiling in the pantry. Our neighbor knew about it though. He used it to steal $3000.00 in camera equipment from me and my roommates, a couple hundred in cash, DVD players, playstation/nintendo64/dreamcast, and clothes. Over all we found we had lost about $5000 in ‘stuff’ Being a bunch of 20somethings we had no renters insurance.
The first time he did it, we had no idea how it happened. The 2nd time we clued in and I nailed that plug shut and had a rather 'terse' conversation with my landlord.
The worst part was 1. The neighbor was a convicted crack dealer (means he has a gun and likely violent). 2. We had 0 proof so the cops could/would not do a thing.
So, we never got any of our stuff back (I own nothing worth being shot by a crack dealer over). Of course it was with great satisfaction that I watched as 6 cruisers and more officers than I could count rushed his apartment and took him away after he was caught on video robbing a gas station with a gun.

jr

The upside was the excuse to upgrade my music system!

Damn! If this were a bad neighbor story contest, I'd say you win.

Beats my story by quite a ways.

It could have been worse (I think). But, it's something you kind of have to be prepared for when you live in 'cheap' apartments in the City. Plus, this way I won't be freaked the next time it happens and I'll have a better idea how to deal with it. As well as look for odd holes! (Keep it to yourself peter! :P)

jr

I wished I had time to write all the storys about the "HOUSE" to the left of mine. There has been 4 different sets of neighbors live there,and I cant think of one good thing to say about any of them.
Family #1s 15 year old daughter ramed my truck, and drove off with me watching the whole thing, then had the nerve to come back 30 minutes later and say "I didnt do it, I swear" before I even said anything to her.
Before that, the same girl was supposed to watch my cats while I was away on business. When I got home, the cat food bag hadnt even been opened, but the case of beer in the fridge was gone, and worst of all I found used condoms (several of them) in both bedrooms, about 75 cds missing, and a giant hole in the hallway wall.
With family #1, that is just the tip of the iceberg.

More later, I'm grilling dead bird right now.
Bray

my neighbor 'used' to let their dogs(2 beautiful irish setters) out the front door, then they would proceed directly to my yard and each take a dump.. now, i saw this happen thru the window a few times, but never bothered to say nothing til my wife and son both stepped in it on one occasion. the next morning, after their dogs came into my yard and did their business, i went and scooped it up and politely left it on their door mat on their front porch..

their dogs havent been back since, and they just sold their house.. not because of me im sure, but i am happy either way!!

bigjohn