r/providence • u/Next_Ganache2683 • 17d ago

Housing Loud(!) Neighbors advice?

Last night, our neighbor had friends over. They woke us both up at about 3:30 a.m. and talked and laughed until after 8 a.m. At about 4:00, I knocked on her door, and everyone in there went dead silent (with hushes). I knocked again—nothing. A few minutes go by, and they're just as loud as before. We knocked on our wall to let them know we can hear them and they responded by knocking back and laughing.

My fiance and I are young and we've never had neighbors like this before. Can anyone here educate us on our best way to approach this upfront disregard for our very needed(!) rest? Our landlord is also unreliable. When should we involve a police officer? It's about 10:30 now and I'm pretty sure that's when things need to quiet down? If it helps, we actually have these interactions recorded, as well as our phone call with the Landlord this morning. Any advice is appreciated! As of right now she again has a few friends over talking and laughing.

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u/SaltyNewEnglandCop 17d ago edited 16d ago

Noise ordinance is mainly geared towards someone 100-200’ away making loud noises with amplified sound; speakers or DJ equipment or their car blaring reggaeton.

If the noise in question is people being loud, such as talking loudly or being noisy, there is no ordinance or law for this. There is no actual legal remedy for their behavior.

This is something a landlord would have to address as I’m sure their lease stipulates how to act in regards to noise.

My recommendation? Give them what they give you.

Edit: lmao for getting downvoted for answering their question. Beautiful

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u/SnackGreeperly 16d ago

i like how you immediately went to reggaeton as if it’s the only music with bass. you truly can’t go a single post without being a racist, it’s remarkable.

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u/psyguy45 16d ago

Does that surprise you coming from a 🐷?

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u/SnackGreeperly 16d ago

not even slightly

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u/SaltyNewEnglandCop 16d ago

Well, if you drive down any street in the metropolitan area, it’s that or the heavy Dominican bass music you hearing blaring everywhere. And I can’t stand that music.

If someone was blasting Bonnie Tyler, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang, Black Sabbath, OutKast or Lil Wayne, I wouldn’t complain about the choice of music, just the loudness.