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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Enkeria92 on 2024-01-22 14:06:20+00:00.
I (31F) have lived in a private condominium as a tenant for a little over a year with a horrible neighbor directly above me. It started on Christmas Eve, 2022 when she was “cleaning” but it sounded like a construction zone upstairs. I was stressed already because my cat was sick and I remember asking her to stop the noise after it had gone on for at least 3 hours. Our condos are both 460 sq ft, so I don’t see how it would take several hours to clean a space just slightly bigger than an extended stay hotel room.
Ever since then, she’s made it a point to be as obnoxious as possible at all hours of the day/night. I work full time, run a small business, and go to school part time. She will wait until she realizes I am home to start back up and is so loud now that I can hear her over noise-canceling headphones. The property management company has told me to call the police (part of their policy) when it becomes too much, but this is an almost everyday occurrence when she is home and I’m not about to call everyday for a noise disturbance as their resources are better used elsewhere. Property management has fined her, but it’s done nothing. The police have told her to quiet down, to which she will until they leave (she’ll watch out her window).
She has also started spreading rumors that I bully her for being disabled, that I have physically threatened her, and my friends (who were here at the time helping me with my mental health) have no business being in my condo, while she’s allowed to have friends over. It’s getting to the point where I don’t enjoy coming home anymore. I just want to come home and be able to rest or do my homework in peace and quiet but I can’t. My landlord has tried to talk to her landlord and it does nothing, so WIBTA for suing her for emotional distress?
Edit: I don’t have money to just up and move as some of you have suggested. If I sue, it will go through small claims as that’s how it works where I live, which require no lawyer.