Here’s some context. Apartment is in a three floor townhouse. I live in the upper two floors and the downstairs neighbor lives on the first. I’ve lived here for half a year and the downstairs neighbor moved in last weekend. (9 days ago). Ever since they moved in, my apartment has reeked of weed. I have two air purifiers and it still smells. I am a teacher and if I were to ever smell of weed, I would lose my job and certification.
The first day I went and talked to him about the weed. He said he would stop but sometimes his mother in law stops by and she smokes weed for her cancer. I didn’t want to be a dick so I just asked if they could mask the smell when she is over and let me know in advance. The smell continued and got worse and I heard nothing from the downstairs neighbor. I left a note a few days ago asking them to stop or find a way to mitigate the smell.
This morning the smell was terrible, it was so strong throughout my entire apartment. I went ahead and let my landlord know since it’s a no smoking apartment. Did I escalate this too quick?
Edit: forgot to add but I also teach private students on my third floor (I’m a music teacher) so I cannot have it smelling at all
NTA if it is a no smoking apartment then it’s a no smoking apartment
NTA. You asked, you left a note, the next step is the one you made.
NTA. I would have reported it before even confronting the neighbor personally. In my experience with shitty apartment neighbors, they never care until there’s consequences from above.
Thanks. I thought about reporting them but I wanted to try and be amicable at first.
I get where you’re coming from, but when it comes to things like making unreasonable amounts of noise or smoking it’s honestly just better to go directly to the landlord or building management. People who do that stuff usually know what they do is disruptive to other people and they don’t care.
They could be decent and smoke outside. NTA
NTA – when I’ve lived in no smoking apartments and wanted to smoke, I just go for walk around the block. It’s not hard. 🤷♀️
NTA. Easy call. Their behavior is not acceptable. If talking to the landlord doesn’t help. try the police. If you’re rreally nice, warn the tenants below and give them a chance to clean up their act.
NTA you tried talking to them first, they can always smoke outside or use edibles etc
NTA. That’s what gummies are for. You are entitled to a space that doesn’t reek of weed. Report him.
NTA at all. You talked to him like an adult, gave him a chance, left a note, and it’s a no smoking building on top of that. At the end of the day your job and students come first and his “my MIL has cancer” excuse doesn’t give him a pass to hotbox your entire place.
NTA. No smoking on lease means no smoking. Mom doesn’t live there, so there’s no excuse for her smoking weed at her son’s place.
Agreed. They should smoke at the mom’s house or outside since yours is a non-smoking building.
NTA. When we bought our condo we had the same issue with our upstairs neighbors. Weed is legal where we live and there was no rule against smoking. With a baby on the way I ended up buying stick and seal outlet covers for every outlet and light switch etc. and it completely eliminated the problem. You just unscrew the cover, stick on the seal and screw the cover back on. Cost under $20 for a two floor 2,700 square foot condo. Turns out behind the drywall it’s basically open between floors, so the smell went in their outlets and out through ours. It also has the added benefit of blocking any drafts that come through. Also, if you’re renting the landlord would never even know.
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