paulyyervis
Oct 22, 2014, 02:26 PM
I live in a condo and I occupy one floor above the downstairs neighbor. She has constantly started arguments with me for no reason, sending me really erratic emails about various things, threatening to take away my property in emails as well, opening my mail, crazy stuff. We have tried to ignore her before, tried calling the police (they won't deal with it), and tried talking with the building management. I am really at my wits end, the building management is weirdly sympathetic to her.
The recent problem started when she told everyone she can hear water in her walls. Many people on her floor tried to help her and went to listen. At first no one could hear anything, she insisted. One person said the only thing he could hear was a very very faint ticking mechanical sound. I couldn't hear anything. We tried to calmly reason with her and tell her this is probably just pipes contracting and expanding and hitting something (I'm not familiar with these issues but that is what everyone says). If she wasn't attaching herself to the wall every day, she would not hear this sound. One day I was in the elevator and someone from the building management was in the elevator and strongly told me to fix my toilet as that was causing the her "water sound." I told him my toilet is completely fine and (why toilet?) that we couldn't hear water sound when the other people on her floor and I went to hear. The management guy just repeated I have to fix everything and that they talked to someone who said I had to fix it as well. From what I know, no one went into her house to do any type of plumbing check (no walls were removed to check the pipes, no evidence of leaking, not tests were run), just someone knew someone who said something and I now have to fix?
I ignore this and this neighbor is telling everyone that now the sound is 24/7 and more water is in her wall. She has no leak or indications of moisture and I really don't understand why my toilet is involved. Because of our history, I really don't know if she is serious or if she is trying to harass me again.
1. The only details I know is that it started with very soft ticking sound. Now she says it is water dripping on and on. Should I be worried that this may be a leak? Or could this be contraction/expansion.
2. What does this have to do with my toilet? If I cannot see or hear anything wrong with my toilet, still toilet fault?
3. They demand I fix with the same "plumber" they asked for advice , must I if they cannot provide me evidence that I or the toilet are causing this?
4. Let's say it is somewhere inside the pipes, since the pipes run downward, if it is just her joint with the sound, why am I still responsible?
5. If I continue to ignore this because they just demand me to do things without giving me evidence as to why I am responsible, can they sue me?
6. If I give in and fix, what if after the fix things get worse or even start other issues in her house? Would not this be a cycle?
This is my first time living alone and her crazy antics are just escalating. I really don't want more trouble but I cannot fix something that I cannot determine is my fault, nor do I want to spend money. I do not have the money to move so I am stuck here.
Thanks in advance.
The recent problem started when she told everyone she can hear water in her walls. Many people on her floor tried to help her and went to listen. At first no one could hear anything, she insisted. One person said the only thing he could hear was a very very faint ticking mechanical sound. I couldn't hear anything. We tried to calmly reason with her and tell her this is probably just pipes contracting and expanding and hitting something (I'm not familiar with these issues but that is what everyone says). If she wasn't attaching herself to the wall every day, she would not hear this sound. One day I was in the elevator and someone from the building management was in the elevator and strongly told me to fix my toilet as that was causing the her "water sound." I told him my toilet is completely fine and (why toilet?) that we couldn't hear water sound when the other people on her floor and I went to hear. The management guy just repeated I have to fix everything and that they talked to someone who said I had to fix it as well. From what I know, no one went into her house to do any type of plumbing check (no walls were removed to check the pipes, no evidence of leaking, not tests were run), just someone knew someone who said something and I now have to fix?
I ignore this and this neighbor is telling everyone that now the sound is 24/7 and more water is in her wall. She has no leak or indications of moisture and I really don't understand why my toilet is involved. Because of our history, I really don't know if she is serious or if she is trying to harass me again.
1. The only details I know is that it started with very soft ticking sound. Now she says it is water dripping on and on. Should I be worried that this may be a leak? Or could this be contraction/expansion.
2. What does this have to do with my toilet? If I cannot see or hear anything wrong with my toilet, still toilet fault?
3. They demand I fix with the same "plumber" they asked for advice , must I if they cannot provide me evidence that I or the toilet are causing this?
4. Let's say it is somewhere inside the pipes, since the pipes run downward, if it is just her joint with the sound, why am I still responsible?
5. If I continue to ignore this because they just demand me to do things without giving me evidence as to why I am responsible, can they sue me?
6. If I give in and fix, what if after the fix things get worse or even start other issues in her house? Would not this be a cycle?
This is my first time living alone and her crazy antics are just escalating. I really don't want more trouble but I cannot fix something that I cannot determine is my fault, nor do I want to spend money. I do not have the money to move so I am stuck here.
Thanks in advance.