Can you please help me find out about if anything can be done to control noise of neighbors?

Question

I put in a complaint 2 weeks ago to the manager of our community about the noise of our neighbors. We've lived here for 6 months and have been putting up with really loud pounding noise that goes on at any time..day and night, mostly when I'm trying to sleep! Some nights it will go on from 8:30pm-after midnight sometimes and just this morning I woke up to it at 5am and it's almost 7 now and the noise is still going on randomly. I'm losing sleep over this. I'm pregnant and have a toddler so I really really really need my sleep. I put on loud fans and the tv to try and block the noise out and it doesn't help AT ALL! We've even spent money trying to better insilate our home but nothing helps. We live in a manufactured home community so the houses aren't set on cement. We are pretty sure the noise is coming from the 6 year old Autistic child since when we are outside when can hear him screaming along with the pounding noises.

So now the manager says she is waiting to hear back from the police department if anything can be done about keeping the noise down especially during the quiet time which is from 10pm-10am in the rule book. The manager doesn't think that anything will be able to be done about it. Does anyone know if there will be any way of getting this taken care of so I don't go crazy from lack of sleep? I'm getting to the point where I'm crying in the bathroom about this.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

YOU ARE NOT PRETTY sure where the noise is particularly coming from even your manager stated doesn't think anything can be done about it. WHAT IS THE NOISE, where is it coming should have a clear sign of these two. But reading your mail you have a pretty good idea it is coming from a child with autistic nature a disorder or impairment of ability to communicate therefore the child is commonly restless and noisy. Why not call a social service center to help them out or to secure the child in order not to hurt or create more problem in the future particularly along the premises.

Why the police is called for these reason I do not know. Call the a child psychologist or sociologist who can answer the problem, the police donot even know how to wrap a diaper over a child. WHY THE POLICE? How many are you there in the neighborhood who hear the noise it seems only you are complaining why not the rest of the neighbors you have there. Much better you find and gather enough people who also hear the noise and start complaining NOT you only.

FIND THE SOURCE of the noise, find a solution for everybody to sleep soundly at night. Your manager is RESPONSIBLE for these problem. If he can't solved it then ask him to resign as manager and find somebodyelse who can solve the problem. Find the source first, and determined who create them, if you have to hire someone to spy and intel the surroundings of your place then do it.  

Answer 3

Your neighbors are contending with an autistic child and you want to call the police because he won't shut up? Why don't you just walk over there and duct tape the kid's mouth shut and lock in a closet. Then we the cops, will be glad to come and take you somewhere where you can get some sleep. If the child is bothering you that much then hook up your home and move. The child is dealing with developmental disabilities and so are his parents. Gee...let's hope your child doesn't turn out the same way. I'd hate to think some insensitive person...such as yourself..would call the cops on you.

Answer 4

Become friends with the family - or at least get on friendly terms with the family.

Let them have their talk about their frustrations raising an autistic child and the hardships they are coming across.  Sympathize with them....

Make heart felt comments along lines - "yea, I do hear your child making lots of noise - etc etc, - I bet sometimes  you feel like you will burst from all the stress"....

After a bbq or two - NOT FIRST ONE - you might be on good enough terms to talk about local daycare for the 6 year old that specializes in working with autistic children etc.  When the parents nerves on not so on edge dealing with excessive stress and demands in their own household, they will begin to worry about the stress of their situation wearing on the nerves of their neighbors.

Or - you could just stay strangers, call management and police on them nonstop and this problem just fester on and on and on like it is now doing....

On another note - yes, I know this sounds strange - play on outside boombox some very soothing music.  My hubby and I once stayed at a cabin near tent camping.....The tent campers were obnoxiously loud late into the night.  My hubby went out to our vehicle, and played the musical track "Somewhere in Time" just loud enough for it to compete with the other noisemakers .....and to my amazement all competing radios were turned off, and entire place went calm whereas it was just plain impossible beforehand...The right music can calm people of all ages.