Harassing neighbor...no help from landlord

[kel37]

I have a major problem going on right now. I live in townhouses & my neighbor is harassing us badly. We have never done anything to him. He's a HUGE drinkerw/5 dui's under his belt.Plus I'm positive there is drug use going on. He waits until the middle of the night to start up. He screams my name & my husbands name with fowl language & threats for hours on end. Then when that gets boring he beats on the walls going from room to room,only to start his yelling & threats again. I have had the police here quite a few times & have told my landlord too. My landlord hasn't done anything about him & has told some of the neighbors that he really doesn't believe us. But I know for a fact that he's done this to the couple on the other side of him & the previous tenants that lived here. I have thought about recording his next out burst. What are my rights in this type of situation?

 

[calalily]

What state are you posting from? Ask the landlord to move you into another townhouse away from this man and show him copies of the police reports. Keep calling the police. File harassment charges. Google your states landlord tenent laws and see if there is recourse there.

 

[kel37]

I'm in Ohio. There are no other townhouses open at the moment. It is a good neighborhood except for this person. I just can't believe that the landlord has let this go so far,with all the past complaints about him. I know my landlord is afraid of him,because he didn't want to deal with him when the jerk shut our water off a couple of weeks ago. (he has the water valves in his basement)

 

[kel37]

I see that there are no more replies to this... My landlord still hasn't done anything about our problem. The guy next door is having a hay-day with us. After calling the police again,he still won't answer his door for them. But he does quiet down after they show up.But still now we walk on eggshells in our own place waiting for the next outburst of profanity shoutings & threats in the middle of the night along with him running up & down his stairs pounding on all the walls. I know we should move but that is not possible at this time with money being tight.Other than this idiot this is a great area.