TromboneAl
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Our quiet, elderly neighbors died a few years ago. The son has been unable to sell the house, in part because it has a mother-in-law unit that was built without a permit.
He's been renting it, and the stream of tenants, and the house, have been steadily deteriorating. There are shingles missing on the roof, there have been leaks, and the carpet has been removed, leaving bare concrete in the living room.
The latest tenant moved in four days ago, and on three of those nights we've been awakened by her barking dogs. As I write this, I was supposed to be on an organized bike ride that I've been looking forward to for months, but because I didn't get much sleep last night (or the night before), I decided not to go. I had earplugs in, but they weren't strong enough.
The dogs don't bark continuously, but something will set them off at say 3 AM for a brief period of frenzied barking. I realize that if I were able to go back to sleep, it would be less of an issue.
When we dropped over to welcome her to the neighborhood, she didn't even tell the dogs to be quiet, so they were barking while we were talking. The dogs slink around barking, and I was only able to coax one of them over to be petted briefly. The woman lives in the main house, and her son and son's friend live in the illegal mother-in-law unit.
So help me with a strategy for solving this. I'm going to go talk with her today, and I'm going to call the house owner, who is an acquaintance. Friendly but firm is the current plan.
Thanks.
He's been renting it, and the stream of tenants, and the house, have been steadily deteriorating. There are shingles missing on the roof, there have been leaks, and the carpet has been removed, leaving bare concrete in the living room.
The latest tenant moved in four days ago, and on three of those nights we've been awakened by her barking dogs. As I write this, I was supposed to be on an organized bike ride that I've been looking forward to for months, but because I didn't get much sleep last night (or the night before), I decided not to go. I had earplugs in, but they weren't strong enough.
The dogs don't bark continuously, but something will set them off at say 3 AM for a brief period of frenzied barking. I realize that if I were able to go back to sleep, it would be less of an issue.
When we dropped over to welcome her to the neighborhood, she didn't even tell the dogs to be quiet, so they were barking while we were talking. The dogs slink around barking, and I was only able to coax one of them over to be petted briefly. The woman lives in the main house, and her son and son's friend live in the illegal mother-in-law unit.
So help me with a strategy for solving this. I'm going to go talk with her today, and I'm going to call the house owner, who is an acquaintance. Friendly but firm is the current plan.
Thanks.