Having problems with another tenant?

• Date: 01 September 2016
• Author: Feng, Judy

Is another tenant living in your building driving you crazy? Are they making excessive noise? Leaving garbage out in the hallway? Are they dumping dirty water or flicking cigarette butts onto your balcony? For many renters, living alongside people who they may or may not get along with is a fact of life. But that doesn't mean that you can do nothing and continue to wallow in misery. After all, tenants have a right to peaceful enjoyment of the property--meaning that they have a right to not be disturbed while living in a rental property. Here are a couple of ways to deal with any problems that arise with another tenant.

If there is another tenant that you are not getting along with...