As many of you have already witnessed on Facebook, I've been having some more neighbor problems...I suppose "problems" is an understatement, as I have had to call the police on him 4 times in the last 2 weeks. He is INSANE. That blog I wrote "Adventures in Homeownership, Part 1" was only the beginning...here's the story.
His name is Jim Sterkenberg. He's a middle-aged, single, chronically pissy man. I smile at him in passing in the parking lot, and all I get back is a scowl. I say hello when I see him outside, and somehow I become invisible. He's given me more problems than I ever thought one person could, and I have absolutely come to my wits end.
I could use pages and pages of words to tell all the stories of what this coward has done to make my life miserable, but I'll just let this video sum it all up. Listen to it, and I'll explain what it is.
From 10pm on Tuesday night to 6am on Wednesday morning, this pounding is ALL I heard. His unit is directly above me, and what he would do is go to every room and take something like a broom and pound on the floor a few times. He'd stop for a few minute and then go make the rounds to each room again. By 12:45 (right after this video was shot) I called the cops the first time. Throughout the night I called the cops 2 more times. I had to miss half a day at work because of this idiot, I didn't get even 20 minutes of sleep that night. At the end of the video you can hear water running loudly, this is my neighbors shower. When he has it on, I can hear it clear as day. He turned his shower on at 8:30pm on Tuesday and had it on alllllll the way until 7am on Wednesday.
"Won't you be, please won't you be my neighbor?"
7 comments:
Oh, so you've been hanging out on Facebook--I've long been wondering where you were!
Your neighbor sounds very, very strange . . . I'm sorry that he makes life so miserable for you . . . I wish I had a solution to give you, but all I have is sympathy.
My mom had a psycho neighbor too, but yours sounds worse. I'm sorry. I couldn't hear the video, though. It's probably my computer.
Welcome welcome welcome back. I could never live with people above me. Noises out of my control drive me crazy. So I felt very very sorry for you. Hope you are safe with psycho man.
My psycho guy would do pounding like that all day, but at night he would slam cupboards and break things. I called the cops all the time, but he would watch for them and run and hide. He was often arrested for drunken, disorderly conduct on the street (with all those poor old people on their way to work at the temple!) but it wasn't until I talked (in tears) to the owner of the building (NOT the rental agency) that he finally got evicted. Warren was here when this happened, so he helped keep me sane... Otherwise I'd be in the loony bin by now.
I suggest renting out your place and going to live somewhere else if your homeowner's association can't get him out--it's just not worth the stress...
hi cousin! i've been wondering how you are! i was hoping better than this! what a jerk. i just don't understand people like this, why do they think they can act like this? man i am so sorry. i'd get out of there! welcome back, love ya!
Ugh!! I'm SO sorry!! What did the police say when you called? Did they DO anything about it? How awful! Keep us posted on what happens!
Hey, glad to see you back on your blog, Malena. The neighbor is shockingly...shocking! My gosh. I couldn't believe that noise!
I hope it's getting taken care of!
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