THE ACCUSING NEIGHBORS

A grandmother of 12 says her new neighbors want to know when she is moving out, and the accusations started almost as soon as they moved in.

She had lived in the apartment for four years. For the last three months, no one else lived on her floor, and she was used to the quiet of an outer unit on the top floor. Then, a week ago, a couple moved into the apartment diagonally across the hall.

On move-in day, the poster greeted them and even let them use her reserved parking spot to make the process easier. "I let them use my reserved spot for easier move. That's the thing to do right," she said.

The friendliness did not last long.

The very next day, the apartment manager caught up with the poster and delivered a list of complaints the new neighbors had already made, by phone, in person at the office, and by email. They had told management she was smoking, smoking pot in the apartment, and hosting loud parties.

"This was not true," the poster said. "I smoke but not in my apartment. Never."

She explained that she mostly vapes, also not inside, and wondered if the neighbors had smelled it when she walked in. "maybe they were smelling it as I walked in," she said. Still, she tried to reduce any possible odor around her door. She bought wall scents and later noticed "a huge tray of baking soda by the door." She said she felt bad.

Then she went to the office with a photo and asked when the complaints had been filed. Management told her the complaints were apparently daily.

That did not match her timeline. She produced hotel receipts showing she had been out of town for three days. "3 of the 7 days they have lived there, I was not home," she said.

Even so, the complaints kept coming. Later, the manager said a call and an email to corporate came in that morning, bringing the total to nine. Maintenance checked her apartment and could not smell anything. Meanwhile, the neighbors were reportedly asking when she was moving out.

"Good lord, I am a grandmother of 12 and bother no one," she said. "I don't have parties and I don't smoke weed. I don't even play the TV but an hour a day." She added, "this has to stop."

Then came another complaint the same day.

In an update, the poster said Tuesday had brought no complaints so far, though it was still early and the property manager was at another site. An inspection is scheduled for tomorrow. She said she hopes that will settle the matter, and that she has already told her adult children about what is happening. "Tomorrow is the inspection," she said. "I suspect (Hope) that will be the big end all and Corporate tells them to deal."