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Back in October I posted here about some noisy neighbors that my wife and I were dealing with. Since then we’ve had nothing but problems with them, at lest 1 call a week to the police, and ¾ of the time their music turned down by the time the police show up, so they can’t do anything about it.
Last night though, was the final straw for me. The music was up so loud that my front door was rattling. Two hours later the police show up and tell them to turn it down. The next thing I know these guys are threatening to beat up my wife and I for calling the cops. They didn’t say this to my face, but you can clearly hear conversations from the hallway between the condos.
My wife and I really like the place, but Im just sick and tired of dealing with this neighbor, and now I have to worry about getting jumped, or worse what might happen to my wife when I’m not home.
Unfortunately we can’t afford a house on our own right now, so it looks like its back to renting for us. The original agreement was that our parents were going to pitch in and get the condo as a wedding gift, (we pay the mortgage + condo fee), and then sign it over to us after two years. This way they would get the tax deduction on the interest and we’d be able to afford the payments. The problem we run into is that it’s only been a year so selling the condo is going to mean we’ll get hit with capital gains tax, and our parents refuse to sell the place. Well I’ll be damned if I’m going to live there for another year with these neighbors.
So Im stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Do we leave and stiff our parents with the mortgage, or do I stick it out for another year in this dump? The irony is that we moved into this place because it was mostly full of quiet retirees and working professionals, and we’re leaving because of loud obnoxious neighbors.
Last night though, was the final straw for me. The music was up so loud that my front door was rattling. Two hours later the police show up and tell them to turn it down. The next thing I know these guys are threatening to beat up my wife and I for calling the cops. They didn’t say this to my face, but you can clearly hear conversations from the hallway between the condos.
My wife and I really like the place, but Im just sick and tired of dealing with this neighbor, and now I have to worry about getting jumped, or worse what might happen to my wife when I’m not home.
Unfortunately we can’t afford a house on our own right now, so it looks like its back to renting for us. The original agreement was that our parents were going to pitch in and get the condo as a wedding gift, (we pay the mortgage + condo fee), and then sign it over to us after two years. This way they would get the tax deduction on the interest and we’d be able to afford the payments. The problem we run into is that it’s only been a year so selling the condo is going to mean we’ll get hit with capital gains tax, and our parents refuse to sell the place. Well I’ll be damned if I’m going to live there for another year with these neighbors.
So Im stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Do we leave and stiff our parents with the mortgage, or do I stick it out for another year in this dump? The irony is that we moved into this place because it was mostly full of quiet retirees and working professionals, and we’re leaving because of loud obnoxious neighbors.
How about a few cases of beer? That might work.
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