downstairs neighbors harassing/ framing us?
We moved into our apartment at the end of July. The first day we were here maybe after an hour of moving things up to our apartment our downstairs neighbor came up and wanted to make sure βthe ceiling wasnβt going to crash downβ he had a 2 year old with him so we made a mental note that we need to be quieter during quiet hours as we also have small children and wanted to be accommodating. We tiptoed around and tried to be as quiet as possible and telling our son constantly to have βquiet feetβ when heβs walking around. They came up again 2 days later rudely complaining about the noise again. After a third time of them stopping us in the halls we decided to go to the office and let them know what was going on since we were trying our very best to be as quiet as possible. Fast forward a week or so my husband and I were laying in bed while our son was playing with his cars and they start banging on our ceiling. I recorded a video and sent it to the office which resulted in our neighbors receiving a lease violation. The office manager told us she had let both our units know to get videos if we could and keep her updated. She said they sent a video but she couldnβt hear much noise at all. A few days after that our neighbors cornered me alone at the dog park where I asked what times their daughter sleeps/naps so we could be extra accommodating and they insisted i give them my phone number which i reluctantly agreed to. They now text me every few days complaining about noise. Most of these texts iβve received while at work ?? We put our kids to bed at 7:30 pm so we have never ever been loud during quiet hours. Last night was the last text at 9:30 pm complaining of running around but we all had the stomach bug and were asleep by 7 pm and on the couch the entire day. Iβm now at a loss of what to do. we pay $2,000 a month to live here and we cannot just sit on the couch and never walk around. I feel like weβre constantly walking on eggshells and have basically stopped letting our kids play at all. This is so unfair to them as they were never excessively loud to begin with. Her texts are becoming harassing and I feel like sheβs trying to get βproofβ that we are being loud since she hasnβt been able to get a video of us being loud. what should we do?
