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    i've been paying my rent on time, and i've signed a 12 month lease last month with a big management property. im currently looking at all of my soundproofing options without damaging the walls here. I've just ordered some stuff online today for my walls, but im looking at literally everything i can buy to drown the moaning out. Im a cam girl and i use sound. Even at the lowest volume that i keep music on, it can be heard against my neighbors wall, as well as phone conversations. i've spoken with another neighbor in this building and they said they've tried soundproofing and its not helping them. what if the soundproofing materials won't work for me and i get evicted? I ordered some acoustic panels and a white noise machine. Will my intentions not matter to my property manager that im trying to get rid of the noise? my neighbor next door went batshit crazy mocking my moaning today and throwing shit against the wall.

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    Default Re: can i get evicted from my apartment?

    Quick question what hours do you cam?

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    during the daytime and late nights to early mornings, i try to speak as low as i can but its like hes in the same room as me. this is very frustrating

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    In Canada, we have a "quiet enjoyment" clause in rental agreements, and if someone complains enough and the noise continues, people can get evicted.
    I've had my neighbour evicted before.

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    quiet enjoyment hours in my city are from 10:00pm-7:00am. when i first started camming i tried to do it like 9am-12pm but i never got traffic during those hours. i feel like even if i tried camming earlier (any hour before 10:00pm) , this asshole next door would mock my moaning and still report me! cause what he did was totally uncalled for today. i just came back home from somewhere today and as soon as i got in, he started moaning against the wall and throwing shit! this was around 1pm! i don't get why couldn't he just have knocked on the wall one of the nights that he heard me, i would have gotten the point. he just unloaded and went crazy out of no where. I would have the right to report him to the landlord if he continues to mock me and be hostile right? as long as im not camming during "enjoyment hours"?

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    Default Re: can i get evicted from my apartment?

    Review your lease agreement.

    Only thing that pops out to me is the zoning laws for adult business - which maybe you can ask other cam girls and I think Melonie would know more about this. If you have the funds and camming is your livelihood, I would consult with a knowledgable lawyer if I were you.

    Also do you only have 1 room or a studio apartment? Can you go to another room thats away from the connecting wall where he is? And perhaps you can get a microphone connected to your computer / webcam so your customers can hear you and your voice amplified without you having to be "loud".
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    Default Re: can i get evicted from my apartment?

    im in a studio. theres only studios in this unit i live in. Theres a door that connects to my door and my neighbors door. Thats our entrance. All the other apartments here also have doors that are connected to each other.

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    To me it sounds like your issue is more your neighbor. I agree with above poster, get a lawyer if you can. First have them review the lease terms and apply state (or province) law. When you do the initial consult, if the lawyer is even vaguely judgmental, walk out.

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    in Pennsylvania, quiet enjoyment will probably win. 1 solution you may be able to try, and this is not simple, is to build or buy wall partitions. Basically make yourself a little sound booth from which you can do your cam work. You can even buy freestanding rebuilt sound proof that you could set up in a corner of your apartment. It would be completely sound proof because they're not connected to the apartment walls

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    I recall another sw'er had this issue, and my advice to her was to first look for air leaks, the biggest source of sound is actual holes; outlets, wires, pipes, gap at the floor or at the ceiling. No matter what you do if you do not seal the gaps, you will not stop the sound

    Once it is 'airtight' sound deadening can be as simple as hanging heavy blankets on the wall

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    Default Re: can i get evicted from my apartment?

    That guy sounds a bit scary. Can you move to another unit?


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    Default Re: can i get evicted from my apartment?

    a lawyer isn't an option for this matter.
    even if i moved into a diffferent unit the walls and doors are built the same.

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    Have you tried a different mic? One small that clips around your ears? Like the one singers use on stage. I find I don't need to be as loud with that type of mic.
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    What they said. I would think a headset microphone very close to your mouth would let you almost whisper and be heard by your customer. I would put up 'cubicle-like' partitions around your webcam area to confine your sounds. (Maybe even find used cubicles - they should be cheap, the fabric ones are designed to absorb sound...) (Keep audio on the headset also, kind of geeky, but maybe play it up that you have to be sneaky to your custies...)

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    i already have a thin partition around around my window for privacy reasons. but will it really contain the sound against the wall? any links to a wireless headset?
    im thinking buying these items stuff would help alot.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

    loud ass white noise machine, a fiberglass panel, with an external mic.

    and hes still knocking right now at 2:13pm but i really don't give a fuck cause its early afternoon. this guy is such an asshole.

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    in the same token im not sure if i should just break my lease and move back to the city or buy everything to try to soundproof this apartment. It's much safer down here. if i get evicted from my apartment, it will be on my rental history even though i pay my rent on time, and if i decide to leave willingly i just have to pay 3 months rent to move out.

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    Only thing that pops out to me is the zoning laws for adult business - which maybe you can ask other cam girls and I think Melonie would know more about this
    If neighbors or your landlord are looking for an 'excuse' to evict you, repeatedly violating 'quiet enjoyment' hours is an easy 'lever' for them to 'pull'. Whether 'quiet enjoyment' provisions are a term of the lease, or are part of local city ordinances, makes little difference. If there is any 'good' side to being evicted for violating 'quiet enjoyment' requirements, however, it is that there aren't any ripple effects beyond eviction and a bad reference from your present landlord.

    If neighbors or your landlord want to be total asshats, it's a fact that the vast majority of cities have zoning ordinances in place which A. limit the ability of a person to conduct ANY type of business in certain areas ( residential only zones ), and B. specifically limit the ability of a person to conduct an ADULT business to very limited areas that are specifically approved for this purpose ( adult business zones ). And by the 'letter of the law', camming from an apartment in a residential only zone constitutes a violation of these zoning laws. Being cited for this violation, besides getting you evicted, will get you a trip to a local court. In the worst case, the outcome of that court appearance could get you a sizeable fine, plus an entry on your permanent record which makes reference to you operating an adult business.

    In real world terms, where big cities are concerned, odds are that nobody is going to bother pursuing a reported zoning violation which only involves camming from a 'private' residence ... there's no public 'face' to the business for anyone to see ... there's no customer 'traffic' coming and going ... etc. But where a straight-laced suburb is concerned, they could choose to make a bigger deal out of such a reported zoning violation.
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    Short answer, find a way to break the lease & do your camming/related activity out of a business suite. Or a storage unit, if that could work for your area/needs.

    Man neighbors suck. I had a total bitch of a complaining neighbor at my last place. Ugh.

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    If you have neighbors on the other side of you, maybe you could ask them one day if they can hear you walking around or having phone conversations in your apartment. That way you can apologize if they say yes and you can figure out how much of an asshat the other guy is.

    I would continue trying to soundproof. Record him acting like an ass every time he starts his shit, and complain yourself. If he mentions anything about YOU starting the noise, just say that you didn't realize how thin the walls were until he started harassing you. If the landlord doesn't (can't) get him to stop harassing you, go to the cops and complain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by laurielegs View Post
    That guy sounds a bit scary. Can you move to another unit?
    yeah it is scary being a single woman having some crazy dude scream at the wall and smash stuff around. maybe he has anger management issues? lol But im sure if i had a big guy around, this wouldn't be going on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora14 View Post
    If you have neighbors on the other side of you, maybe you could ask them one day if they can hear you walking around or having phone conversations in your apartment. That way you can apologize if they say yes and you can figure out how much of an asshat the other guy is.

    I would continue trying to soundproof. Record him acting like an ass every time he starts his shit, and complain yourself. If he mentions anything about YOU starting the noise, just say that you didn't realize how thin the walls were until he started harassing you. If the landlord doesn't (can't) get him to stop harassing you, go to the cops and complain.
    yeah since yesterday i've been writing about the harassment in a notepad to tell my landlord about. I've even put a bunch of junk against my wall for now to just try to mask to sound until the soundproofing stuff comes. It looks like a fort on my wall. I have lots of boxes and a blanket on top of it lol. i took a picture of this "fort" too, it looks ridiculous but it is what it is for now.

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    the yeti blue microphone and white noise machine came. I put that shit right up against the wall of my neighbor. i know he can't hear shit now, cause it sounds just like an a/c. The louder it gets in the apartment, the louder the machine will get to drown out noises. and so far guys are loving how soft my voice sounds on the mic, im practically whispering. the only thing im thinking could be a problem now is if the sound of my voice travels from my bedroom to the kitchen since its an efficency. Walls are thin there too. but this seems very impossible to hear cause once again i can hear the white noise even outside of my apartment door. Im gonna buy a THICK partition to put between my bedroom and kitchen and that should do the trick.

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    damn in actually gonna buy a shit ton more of panel curtains cause this mofo just sneezed in the kitchen and it sounded amplified. scared me to death lol

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    Try to stay on the landlord's good side. If you can make soundproofing work he's rather have you stay than leave. I mean, you have a way to pay rent & an interest in staying where you are.....

    Also btw not all tenants freak over minor noise, one of my favorite things to do when living close to others was eavesdrop on them but never tell. lol

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