Got told that I can't exercise in my apartment anymore...
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Anyway! I spoke with the office and they told me to put in a service request to have all of my floorboards replaced to see if that helps. Hope this woman doesn't mind three days of hammering because that is about what it is going to take. They are going to have to move all of my furniture and whatnot to replace my floors. I'm so thrilled >:(
Bwahahaha! This is awesome.
I live on a busy intersection across from a quickie-mart. I *wish* the most noise I had to deal with was an upstairs neighbor who exercises. Even in a single family home, I can hear when my neighbors are hammering or using power tools, not to mention the constant traffic noises from outside, ambulances, thumping car stereos, barking dogs, etc.0 -
My apartment complex as a whole isn't very quiet. We are a block away from my university, so there are a lot of students here. My building has 6 units in it. I have a town home to my left that is a neighbor to both myself and the woman below me. It's full of college students and a dog who are quiet loud. To my right is a couple with a dog that barks all day. Under them is a couple that plays music at odd hours of the night. To the right of them are four frat boys that party... In all honesty, I think I'm the most quiet!
We have a racquetball court here so I might see if I can find a time when its empty and do Insanity in there. If not, I contacted a couple of gyms to see what their rates are. Most of them said that it was upwards of $30 a month... which I'd have to factor out of my monthly grocery bills to be able to afford, but I guess I can if necessary.0 -
Im interested to see how this turns out. Lol. Please keep updating!!0
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You know, that is just part of living in a bottom floor apartment. You can not be expected to tip toe around your own home. I would talk to the landlord about the neighbors complaint and tell them exactly what the noise is and that you will not be changing your routine. No one will be telling me what I can and can not do in my own home.
So true!!!! Get a big wheel or rollerskates and go to town on them! It's not like you're partying at 3am in the morning. Workout and look awesome as you walk downstairs to them glaring at you.0 -
definitely keep us updated!0
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You can also move your workout area to another room of your apartment not directly above where that person would be at 3 pm. Also, if you locate a place of your floor that is on top of a large beam used to give structure to the building, or sometimes nearer to the walls, that would be less squeaky and more stable.0
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Depending on your city by-laws you can or can't get away with it. Where I currently live, any noise that can be heard in the hallway or by an adjoining neighbor, at any time of day, is too loud. Other places have specific times etc.
If she pesters you about it, you can complain about harassment etc. you could offer to exercise in a different room, at a specific time, or to turn the volume down.
If you're in good standing with your landlord, they may let you out of the lease, if the situation becomes untenable for you or your neighbor...0 -
Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
exactly! thats crazy! your allowed to live in your own home,and to live healthy at that >:(0 -
I suss it won't be an issue once the floorboards are replaced. Wood shrinks with time (my hubby is in flooring) and develops creaks. You've done nothing wrong, and the fact that their complaint is costing the owner money has put them on the radar, not you. Document any further complaints, should their be any.
Before buying my house I lived in a townhouse with a biddy next door. Three days after I moved in she complained that 1) my dog barked all day, 2) my kids screamed and made all sorts of noise all night and 3) my cooking produced 'noxious odors' that invaded her apartment.
I very calmly explained to her that I had neither a dog nor children and I had worked two double shifts at the hospital and hadn't yet spent the night in my new place or used the kitchen. I did alert her to the fact I was a light sleeper and didn't care for the home shopping network she blared all day and would be unappreciative if her telly woke me at night. She told me she 'had' to turn it up as my television was too loud; I didn't own a television. I contacted management and asked them to pay to move me to another apartment due to her complaining every time she saw me. They decided to move her out instead.0 -
I definitely will keep everybody updated! My boyfriend offered to come over and hang out the whole day tomorrow, so I'll do Insanity and see if she complains. She seemed to have a problem with it at 3pm, so I'll try it around noon. I figure most people will either be at church or brunch or something around noon on a Sunday, so hopefully she won't hear it. If she does complain, I'll at least have some back up and can tell her the wonderful news about maintenance starting work next Wednesday!*
*which I may or may not have requested for them to start at 8am0 -
Seriously?! Don't let her chase you away from getting your exercise in where and when it is convenient for you (within reason, of course).
If it were me, I'd probably turn the TV on in the other room, start the dishwasher and clothes washer, and anything else that makes noise, and then do my workout. :huh:0 -
I currently live in a second story apartment (note, this is the fifth apartment complex that I've lived in where I have had people below me ... zero complaints until now). I was in the middle of doing my workout when the people who just moved in downstairs told me that they don't want me working out in my apartment because it's too loud. I was doing this at 3:00 in the afternoon by the way.
Anyway, I have 12 months left on my lease and I don't want to be in a war with them for another year, so I feel obligated to stop... but now I don't know what to do! I'm a pretty broke full-time student, so I can't afford a gym membership. I'm two weeks into Insanity and feel like I have to quit, which makes me pretty bummed. I know that I can still do free weights, but that honestly feels like it. Do you guys have any advice on how to deal with this? I live in Florida and it's about to be summer time, so running outside is pretty much not an option.
You are not obligated to stop. The only thing you are obligated to do is not make outrageous amounts of noise during sleeping hours. Unless the people downstairs have some sort of authority over you I'd keep on working out. To remain neighborly just think of a nice way to refuse their request.
What he said. You have every right to move around in your apartment during the day. Make a point to always be nice and neighborly (as best you can) but continue your routine. It is up to them to report the issue to the landlord to resolve NOT for them to resolve it with you.
actually landlords usually prefer you to talk to your neighbors first.. however if that doesnt work or if they acted in a way that makes you think it will go no where I would just talk to the landlord.. maybe they can mediate? pretty sure its not illegal to workout in the middle of the afternoon... lol we had people kinda like this but they got mad when i walked in quietly at night after work (it was quiet too for sure since i didnt wake up my son or husband if he was asleep) and they always flipped. if you cant handle people above you move into a top floor.. or a townhome (thats what we did to get rid of the outside stairs and the noise :-) )0 -
I currently live in a second story apartment (note, this is the fifth apartment complex that I've lived in where I have had people below me ... zero complaints until now). I was in the middle of doing my workout when the people who just moved in downstairs told me that they don't want me working out in my apartment because it's too loud. I was doing this at 3:00 in the afternoon by the way.
Anyway, I have 12 months left on my lease and I don't want to be in a war with them for another year, so I feel obligated to stop... but now I don't know what to do! I'm a pretty broke full-time student, so I can't afford a gym membership. I'm two weeks into Insanity and feel like I have to quit, which makes me pretty bummed. I know that I can still do free weights, but that honestly feels like it. Do you guys have any advice on how to deal with this? I live in Florida and it's about to be summer time, so running outside is pretty much not an option.
You are not obligated to stop. The only thing you are obligated to do is not make outrageous amounts of noise during sleeping hours. Unless the people downstairs have some sort of authority over you I'd keep on working out. To remain neighborly just think of a nice way to refuse their request.
i agree with this..i lived on a 2nd floor apartment for 3 years and made sure to use my treadmill and elliptical only in the daytime (as u said u do) and they could not say anything to me. Mind u they blasted music all hours of the night so bad my floor shook we talked to them called cops and landlord did nothing about it so i eventually just worked out and did not care about being quite lol0 -
Maybe you should take up the trumpet. Play it loudly and badly for at least 4 hours a day and when she complains about the noise that makes, offer to give up the trumpet if you can do exercise instead! Lol.
I lovd this idea.. Lmbo..0 -
Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.0 -
Your neighbor sounds like a complete b*tch. TO THE MATTRESSES!!0
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Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.
I have to agree with a lot of what you say here. I always ask specifically for a second story apartment because I don't want to live under noisy neighbors. That said, when I did live over someone, I tried to take note of when she was at work so I could work out then and not disturb her.
I say the OP should ask the neighbors what time they're at work/gone etc and try to accommodate that if possible.
It's just a fact that living in an apartment requires you to be more considerate of others than if you lived in a house. I don't think it's right to just say "Eff them!"0 -
I know how being a broke college student is, but if there is a planet fitness near you, you can get the basic membership for 10 bucks a month with no contract.0
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I live in an upstairs apartment and there is nothing that my neighbor can say to me about exercising. It is your house. Unless you are doing it during quiet time, which obviously you are not, she cannot tell you to stop. I weight in at 235 and I worry I will go through the floor even though I was told no because they are cement. There is no way that she can tell you to stop moving around in your apartment. That is ridiculous. Tell the office that she came to you with an unreasonable request.0
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Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.
I have to agree with a lot of what you say here. I always ask specifically for a second story apartment because I don't want to live under noisy neighbors. That said, when I did live over someone, I tried to take note of when she was at work so I could work out then and not disturb her.
I say the OP should ask the neighbors what time they're at work/gone etc and try to accommodate that if possible.
It's just a fact that living in an apartment requires you to be more considerate of others than if you lived in a house. I don't think it's right to just say "Eff them!"
I was beginning to think I was the only one with this opinion
It bugs me when people are all 'oh, you're completely in the right, ignore the fact that you're annoying the people around you & keep doing exactly what you're doing'
no, that's not what apartment living is about. if you want to have that attitude, you need to have your own house (& not play your stereo so loud your neighbors can hear it 4 doors down). Noise going into someone else's living space isn't fair to the person who doesn't want that noise, a person who is paying rent just like the person causing the noise. If the person living under the OP feels that the noise is unreasonable, it's not fair to make her live with it. I agree that a compromise should be found (like the OP working out at a different time, or in a different room, or something), but people saying 'do it in cowboy boots' obviously have no respect for people who live around them.
As for apartment living - you either get to jump around all you want in your apartment (& deal with upstairs neighbors), or you get to not have anyone living above you (& have to be considerate of the people you have living beneath you). You can't exactly have it both ways. It would be nice if people were more considerate, so living under someone wasn't a thing to be specifically avoided0 -
I can see her point. I would try to find out if there is a time that would work for both of you. I really think she is just being a pain, especially with the comment about your dog jumping off the couch. Talk to your landlord for your exact rights. Perhaps one of you could move. I would continue to work out.
There are those out there that r gonna grip no matter what. She sounds like one to me.0 -
Apartment living is pure hell -- for all involved. You're well within your rights to work out, but it seems like she's going to make your life a bit of a nightmare if you do. The last thing you want to do is develop a bad relationship with someone who can affect your life as much as a bad neighbor can. At least if she's expecting quiet from you, then she probably won't feel justified in cranking her bass up or placing her surround sound speakers on the ceiling.0
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Maybe you should take up the trumpet. Play it loudly and badly for at least 4 hours a day and when she complains about the noise that makes, offer to give up the trumpet if you can do exercise instead! Lol.
I lovd this idea.. Lmbo..0 -
You pay rent to and you have the right to enjoy your home. Keep doing what you do and totally ignore them!0
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Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.
I have to agree with a lot of what you say here. I always ask specifically for a second story apartment because I don't want to live under noisy neighbors. That said, when I did live over someone, I tried to take note of when she was at work so I could work out then and not disturb her.
I say the OP should ask the neighbors what time they're at work/gone etc and try to accommodate that if possible.
It's just a fact that living in an apartment requires you to be more considerate of others than if you lived in a house. I don't think it's right to just say "Eff them!"
I was beginning to think I was the only one with this opinion
It bugs me when people are all 'oh, you're completely in the right, ignore the fact that you're annoying the people around you & keep doing exactly what you're doing'
no, that's not what apartment living is about. if you want to have that attitude, you need to have your own house (& not play your stereo so loud your neighbors can hear it 4 doors down). Noise going into someone else's living space isn't fair to the person who doesn't want that noise, a person who is paying rent just like the person causing the noise. If the person living under the OP feels that the noise is unreasonable, it's not fair to make her live with it. I agree that a compromise should be found (like the OP working out at a different time, or in a different room, or something), but people saying 'do it in cowboy boots' obviously have no respect for people who live around them.
As for apartment living - you either get to jump around all you want in your apartment (& deal with upstairs neighbors), or you get to not have anyone living above you (& have to be considerate of the people you have living beneath you). You can't exactly have it both ways. It would be nice if people were more considerate, so living under someone wasn't a thing to be specifically avoided
I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand what it is like to have crappy people living above you. I had to back out of my last lease because the girls above me would party until 4am three-five nights a week and I couldn't deal with it. However, I really don't think that I am asking for something unreasonable. I'm not blaring music. I'm not having 234 people in my apartment. I am exercising for 40 minutes a day, during the middle of the day. I would maybe even be perfectly okay with stopping that completely but she also complained that she can hear my dog jump off of the couch, that my floorboards squeak too much when I walk around, and other things that I cannot help. If she didn't want to hear any noise from above her, she should have moved into a second story apartment. I know for a fact that there are some available because when I was in the office waiting to talk to somebody, a 2nd floor apartment was getting shown to somebody else!
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I also refuse to move out of my apartment. I JUST moved in less than two months ago and it's a $400 fee to move.0 -
I understand your frustration, but I don't think what you're describing is the case here at all. Exercising for 40 minutes a day is not unreasonable, nor is walking, which the neighbor apparently complained about as well. It's pretty clear (to me anyway) that the neighbor (assuming the OP is accurately describing the situation) is merely over sensitive. Both parties have the right, if you want to call it that, to enjoy their respective spaces, yes. However, that doesn't mean bowing to ridiculous demands (i.e. don't exercise or walk normally). Still, I do agree that the OP should not go out of her way to be extra obnoxious as others have suggested.0
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I understand your frustration, but I don't think what you're describing is the case here at all. Exercising for 40 minutes a day is not unreasonable, nor is walking, which the neighbor apparently complained about as well. It's pretty clear (to me anyway) that the neighbor (assuming the OP is accurately describing the situation) is merely over sensitive. Both parties have the right, if you want to call it that, to enjoy their respective spaces, yes. However, that doesn't mean bowing to ridiculous demands (i.e. don't exercise or walk normally). Still, I do agree that the OP should not go out of her way to be extra obnoxious as others have suggested.
Sorry, that was a reply to this:so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.
Edited by ThePunkHippie on Fri 04/27/12 07:51 PM0 -
Talk to your landlord you are allowed reasonable enjoyment of your living quarters and it was 3pm, not 3am.
your neighbours are in the wrong, don't stop!
so, her neighbors aren't allowed to enjoy their own apartment in quiet if that's what they want? Last time I checked, things like that work both ways - her neighbors are also allowed reasonable enjoyment of their living quarters, & if the person above them exercising is bothering them, then they have every right to complain
Also, people don't all work 9 - 5. Some people work the night shift & have to try to sleep through the day.
ETA: This is a touchy subject for me, as I lived under a child for 4 years (couldn't afford to move) that I swear was fed a diet of pure speed or something... this kid would run from one end of the apartment to the other from 7am until around 11pm or later, & NOTHING could be done about it (we even asked that they just keep her out of the bedroom directly above ours, so we could sleep, because we were both working night shifts at the time, but no luck)
Due to this, I've now got noise sensitivity issues. I live in a quiet apartment, but on the rare occasion that my neighbors are annoying me, I put my headphones on & blare white noise.
I have to agree with a lot of what you say here. I always ask specifically for a second story apartment because I don't want to live under noisy neighbors. That said, when I did live over someone, I tried to take note of when she was at work so I could work out then and not disturb her.
I say the OP should ask the neighbors what time they're at work/gone etc and try to accommodate that if possible.
It's just a fact that living in an apartment requires you to be more considerate of others than if you lived in a house. I don't think it's right to just say "Eff them!"
I was beginning to think I was the only one with this opinion
It bugs me when people are all 'oh, you're completely in the right, ignore the fact that you're annoying the people around you & keep doing exactly what you're doing'
no, that's not what apartment living is about. if you want to have that attitude, you need to have your own house (& not play your stereo so loud your neighbors can hear it 4 doors down). Noise going into someone else's living space isn't fair to the person who doesn't want that noise, a person who is paying rent just like the person causing the noise. If the person living under the OP feels that the noise is unreasonable, it's not fair to make her live with it. I agree that a compromise should be found (like the OP working out at a different time, or in a different room, or something), but people saying 'do it in cowboy boots' obviously have no respect for people who live around them.
As for apartment living - you either get to jump around all you want in your apartment (& deal with upstairs neighbors), or you get to not have anyone living above you (& have to be considerate of the people you have living beneath you). You can't exactly have it both ways. It would be nice if people were more considerate, so living under someone wasn't a thing to be specifically avoided
I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand what it is like to have crappy people living above you. I had to back out of my last lease because the girls above me would party until 4am three-five nights a week and I couldn't deal with it. However, I really don't think that I am asking for something unreasonable. I'm not blaring music. I'm not having 234 people in my apartment. I am exercising for 40 minutes a day, during the middle of the day. I would maybe even be perfectly okay with stopping that completely but she also complained that she can hear my dog jump off of the couch, that my floorboards squeak too much when I walk around, and other things that I cannot help. If she didn't want to hear any noise from above her, she should have moved into a second story apartment. I know for a fact that there are some available because when I was in the office waiting to talk to somebody, a 2nd floor apartment was getting shown to somebody else!
Honestly, I agree with the other posters in the sense that she's being unreasonable (especially with the dog comment - WTH?)
BUT, with that said, people saying that she doesn't have a right to enjoy her living space because she lives in the basement just p*ss me off. Basement apartments are generally less expensive, & if I could afford to I would completely live on an island, miles away from all human contact ;D
(In my situation, I KNOW I'm unreasonable, & I've only complained to my upstairs neighbors twice - both before 8am, & both times they were listening to music so loudly that I could name the song in my bedroom, with the door closed, & it wasn't directly above me)0 -
No, I don't see why you should move. If it was me, I would give it a day or two to let both of you calm down, then go and talk to her. Tell her that you need to exercise to stay healthy and explain that you are happy to discuss a time frame that suits you both.
If she isn't willing to discuss or negotiate then I would go to your landlord and ask if they can help with the negotiation.
If this doesn't help, see if there is a tenants support service near you and ask their advice.
You both have rights to enjoy your home in peace and quiet and that requires compromise on both sides.
Good luck!0 -
You pay your rent. Everyone knows if you take a bottom floor apartment your gonna hear the people above you. It's their problem. If you want to be nice then ask them would be a better time, but if that doesn't work, mention to them they might want to get out for an hour or two around that time.0
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