DanGarion
07-15-2006, 01:28 PM
I live in an apartment complex and I was wondering if anyone had some advice on how to handle a situation with my upstairs neighbor.
Basically we are pretty sure that our upstairs neighbors a jealous we bought a washing maching. And they seem to think we aren't allowed to have one in our apartment complex and we typically wouldn't give a damn but in the past week the following two things have happened:
a) the other day when we did a load that needed hot water they had just taken a shower and there was no hot water
b) whenever they flush their toilet we lose water pressue in our machine
Our kids were playing in a huge cardboard box recently, and we saw them glare at us in jealousy.
Now obviously I am not willing to put up with this. These are the two situations I see possible:
1) I could try to talk to our upstairs neighbor and explain that they can use our washer if it has no negative impact on us.
Pros: Handle the situation without having to get our neighbor in trouble with the apartment complex
Cons: Neighbor is a hothead, they bought the washer and will be angry if they can't use it
2) We could call the supervisor and tell them we have suddenly lost water pressure in our apartment and we have no idea why. Let the supervisor investigate and deal with the situation.
Pros: The stress of dealing with the situation is out of our hands
Cons: The complex wants to throw our neighbors out anyway and this could be 1 more strike against them. We would rather not have them thrown out of the complex. Also, the supervisor might never figure out that they are jealous of washing unit and the situation might not get resolved.
Basically we are pretty sure that our upstairs neighbors a jealous we bought a washing maching. And they seem to think we aren't allowed to have one in our apartment complex and we typically wouldn't give a damn but in the past week the following two things have happened:
a) the other day when we did a load that needed hot water they had just taken a shower and there was no hot water
b) whenever they flush their toilet we lose water pressue in our machine
Our kids were playing in a huge cardboard box recently, and we saw them glare at us in jealousy.
Now obviously I am not willing to put up with this. These are the two situations I see possible:
1) I could try to talk to our upstairs neighbor and explain that they can use our washer if it has no negative impact on us.
Pros: Handle the situation without having to get our neighbor in trouble with the apartment complex
Cons: Neighbor is a hothead, they bought the washer and will be angry if they can't use it
2) We could call the supervisor and tell them we have suddenly lost water pressure in our apartment and we have no idea why. Let the supervisor investigate and deal with the situation.
Pros: The stress of dealing with the situation is out of our hands
Cons: The complex wants to throw our neighbors out anyway and this could be 1 more strike against them. We would rather not have them thrown out of the complex. Also, the supervisor might never figure out that they are jealous of washing unit and the situation might not get resolved.