No Surprise that with Memorial Day weekend here Upstairs Tenant was going to be having a party and did he party!! As usually 7 pm rolls around and BOOM Music and bass are in full force. Now he is playing both louder than he ever has before. We decided to give it a little bit hoping he’d lower it. By 9pm we had had enough. The volume/bass had increased over the 2 hours. Our walls and windows vibrated, our TV mounted on the wall was shaking, and now I had a headache & our kids were complaining. We decided our only option was the police. The officer showed up about 10 mins after we called. She came on to the property with her lights and since our windows face the parking lot you can see Police were on site. Funny the volume/bass lowered. The officer speaks to us and in the middle of explaining the situation the music blasts up again, but still lower than he has been playing it. The officer understands our frustration especially when we explain this is lower than it has been. She t...
Just in case you are not from NJ or even the US I want to clarify that I am not asking for anything outrageous, only that my rights not be violated. We have laws to protect your right to “Quiet enjoyment” and “Warrant of habitability”. Landlords are responsible to protect tenants and ensure their rights are not violated. Here are the definitions of some of the terms I use: Plainly Audible: Any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties. Quiet Enjoyment : In the covenant of quiet enjoyment, the landlord promises that during the term of t he tenancy no one will disturb the tenant in the tenant's use and enjoyment of the premises. Quiet enjoyment includes the right to exclude others ...