On November 2011 I moved into a condo that I bought in a 4-unit complex.
My neighbor next door is the hoa president so I asked him if I could be part of the hoa board and he said I could be the secretary/treasurer.
He told me they haven't had a hoa meeting in about 2 years, so I asked him to set up our first 2012 meeting and bring the bank statements since I wanted to be aware of our hoa expenses and reserves.
Since day one I have been polite to him and his wife and I always say hi when I see them, however his wife never replied and she started to act weird towards me. I wasn't sure if it's because I asking questions about hoa.
In the first week that I moved in I was hanging my curtains and she was outside and told me she didn't want problems with neighbors. I wasn't quite sure what she meant since we never really spoke before.
A few weeks later she started to slam her front door every day, several times a day and that was really loud that sometimes it shook my living room walls since we have a common wall.
We had our first hoa meeting on jan 2nd 2012, and she wasn't present, only her husband and the other 2 owners that live downstairs in the 2 other units.
In the same day after that meeting I was leaving my apartment and his wife opened her door and said to me: "you are crazy too". I didn't say anything and ignored it.
After that day she started spitting on my plant outside my door and also spitted on my screen door to get attention.
My door was open so I saw it happening and walked outside to asked what is the problem. She looked really mad and told me there was no problem, then she went inside her house and slammed the door in my face. I rang the door bell so I could talk to her and she ignored it.
I then emailed her husband to tell him what happened, and he told me she was update because I tell my friends she is crazy.
I told him I have friends over often but we were not talking about her. So I apologized for the misunderstanding and I told him that I would like us to be good neighbors and that we all should be more considerate when closing our doors.
Apparently she was telling her husband that we were the ones slamming the door since he mentioned that in his reply.
After that email she stopped and things went quiet for 2 months.
Until today March 9th, she started again.
I was leaving my apartment and she opened her door and called me slut.
I was already downstairs (since I live on the 2nd floor) then I turned around and asked her what was going on because I don't get it. She started cursing and saying I cause trouble since the day I moved in.
She called me slut, ugly and that I bring a lot of men home and f**k them. Then she gave me the middle finger and spitted several times on the stairs.
I told her the people that come to my house are my friends and that is not her business. I said I don't have time for this and I walked away.
Fortunately I have good friends that come to my house for dinner or small get togethers, but that seems to bother her. So I don't know what trouble I am causing because I get along pretty well with the other neighbors downstairs.
Apparently she watches me when I come home, when I leave my house and who comes over.
I emailed her husband again telling him what happened and asking him to talk to her because this needs to stop.
He replied saying he is not sure what happened but that she told him that I called her "pretty crazy" twice today in the parking lot, so she felt like telling me these things.
I was in shock! First of all, I haven't seen her in weeks until today when she opened the door to call me names; second, I don't keep track of when is she home so how could I call her crazy if didn't even see her!?
It looks like she gets mad at me (or jealous) for whatever reason, then she complains to her husband about things that I am not even doing. And the worst is that she insists in this verbal abuse.
What should I do if this continues? Should I call the cops? Get a lawyer?
I will definitely try to get videos of her harassing me next time she does it so I can have proof, but in the mean time I want to know how I should react to this situation and what are my best options here...
Thank you.
My neighbor next door is the hoa president so I asked him if I could be part of the hoa board and he said I could be the secretary/treasurer.
He told me they haven't had a hoa meeting in about 2 years, so I asked him to set up our first 2012 meeting and bring the bank statements since I wanted to be aware of our hoa expenses and reserves.
Since day one I have been polite to him and his wife and I always say hi when I see them, however his wife never replied and she started to act weird towards me. I wasn't sure if it's because I asking questions about hoa.
In the first week that I moved in I was hanging my curtains and she was outside and told me she didn't want problems with neighbors. I wasn't quite sure what she meant since we never really spoke before.
A few weeks later she started to slam her front door every day, several times a day and that was really loud that sometimes it shook my living room walls since we have a common wall.
We had our first hoa meeting on jan 2nd 2012, and she wasn't present, only her husband and the other 2 owners that live downstairs in the 2 other units.
In the same day after that meeting I was leaving my apartment and his wife opened her door and said to me: "you are crazy too". I didn't say anything and ignored it.
After that day she started spitting on my plant outside my door and also spitted on my screen door to get attention.
My door was open so I saw it happening and walked outside to asked what is the problem. She looked really mad and told me there was no problem, then she went inside her house and slammed the door in my face. I rang the door bell so I could talk to her and she ignored it.
I then emailed her husband to tell him what happened, and he told me she was update because I tell my friends she is crazy.
I told him I have friends over often but we were not talking about her. So I apologized for the misunderstanding and I told him that I would like us to be good neighbors and that we all should be more considerate when closing our doors.
Apparently she was telling her husband that we were the ones slamming the door since he mentioned that in his reply.
After that email she stopped and things went quiet for 2 months.
Until today March 9th, she started again.
I was leaving my apartment and she opened her door and called me slut.
I was already downstairs (since I live on the 2nd floor) then I turned around and asked her what was going on because I don't get it. She started cursing and saying I cause trouble since the day I moved in.
She called me slut, ugly and that I bring a lot of men home and f**k them. Then she gave me the middle finger and spitted several times on the stairs.
I told her the people that come to my house are my friends and that is not her business. I said I don't have time for this and I walked away.
Fortunately I have good friends that come to my house for dinner or small get togethers, but that seems to bother her. So I don't know what trouble I am causing because I get along pretty well with the other neighbors downstairs.
Apparently she watches me when I come home, when I leave my house and who comes over.
I emailed her husband again telling him what happened and asking him to talk to her because this needs to stop.
He replied saying he is not sure what happened but that she told him that I called her "pretty crazy" twice today in the parking lot, so she felt like telling me these things.
I was in shock! First of all, I haven't seen her in weeks until today when she opened the door to call me names; second, I don't keep track of when is she home so how could I call her crazy if didn't even see her!?
It looks like she gets mad at me (or jealous) for whatever reason, then she complains to her husband about things that I am not even doing. And the worst is that she insists in this verbal abuse.
What should I do if this continues? Should I call the cops? Get a lawyer?
I will definitely try to get videos of her harassing me next time she does it so I can have proof, but in the mean time I want to know how I should react to this situation and what are my best options here...
Thank you.
