How does owning your own condo change this situation if you still have a horrible neighbor? I don't get it.

I’m a lawyer who’s practiced landlord/tenant in DC and have no idea what your jurisdiction is. So this isn’t legal advice, but it’s two avenues I’d use personally in this situation—One, the reasonable accommodation process. Doctor’s note that you have a “disability” that this is affecting. A reasonable accommodation is to allow you to move immediately. None of the standard break or move fees can be assessed if so. People abuse this all the time to have pets with no fees and buildings everywhere roll over. Yours will too.

Two, rent strike to cover your entire security deposit (one month deposit = don’t pay rent for a month before leaving), immediately prior to moving. Let them sue you, you don’t want to be in the position of begging for your own money back, you have good counterclaims for violations of the warranty of habitability. The building has acknowledged “he’s difficult” and that the behavior is not reasonable, but have they actually taken steps to evict him? I doubt it, they’re happily collecting checks. This shouldn’t be your problem. Under no circumstances would I reward the building by paying them more.

You need to get out of there. This is a health issue. I spent all of my sophomore year in college living next to a guy like this and it was a serious problem for me. Sleep deprivation causes all sorts of issues.
They need to move you far away from this guy, asap. Tell them it’s not habitable and is affecting your sleep. And if they won’t, they need to let you break the lease. And if they won’t do that, I’d suck it up and pay the break lease fee. You can’t live like this.

Also make sure all your complaints make clear it’s bass that is the main issue. I bet he has some sort of surround sound on his tv. He should be wearing headphones.

Anonymous wrote:People who live in apartments are trash. The owners are trashy. The managers are trashy. And I promise nobody cares. All they care about is getting your $. I would break the lease for medical conditions and tell them to piss off.

Buy your own place ASAP.

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If the guy gives you the creeps, then don't communicate with him directly. We don't need to know about the "incel" business. Definitely talk to the other neighbors and try to avoid using your name during the complaint process. I was stalked for 8 years by a creepy neighbor. I still have PTSD from it.