I am at my wits end.

Before I start I would like to preface this with what I know you all are about to say. “You should have known”, “that’s on you for not doing your research”, “why didn’t you wait and buy a house somewhere else?” “Not their fault you’re more sensitive to noise”

Back in 2022 my wife and I bought a house in the Windsor Park area and it happened to back up to an apartment complex. We didn’t think much of it as the previous owner had built a nice fence and let some bamboo grow up to provide more than enough privacy throughout the year.

However this is where the problems started. Virtually from day one if the weather is not rainy, our apartment complex neighbors will play music, have full on parties, blast base, idle and rev their trucks and cars with no mufflers ALL. NIGHT. LONG.

I have filed hundreds of noise complaints with the city. I have tried being nice and asking the complex to please quiet down their residents as it prevents anyone from sleeping a full night but they just ignore me or say “sir the noise does not happen while management is on premises so we cannot do anything”

She’s right, they wait for management to leave before they start their all night parties that run until 3-4 am before the truck revving and daytime music starts again at 6:30 and plays until 12pm. Then the cycle starts all over.

It has gotten to the point where I have not slept a full night in my own home in over a month due to the noise.

When I return from vacation I feel physically sick because I know I will be woken up from revving trucks, base heavy music shaking my walls, and tejano music all night long.

I have tried ear plugs, I have tried 311, I have tried talking to the complex, I have tried everything I could possibly think of to remedy this situation.

I have tried petitioning my neighbors as they have all lived here much longer than me but I have never encountered such non-confontational people in my life. They acknowledge that there is a problem but won’t sign a petition to do anything about it.

What can I do?

I fear my mental health is deteriorating to the point that I am becoming extremely angry all the time because I cannot get a good night sleep.

I can’t sell the house. We put too much money into it at this point and could not afford to move to something as nice.

Is there really no recourse if 311 won’t respond to the noise complaints and the complex will not quiet down their residents?

Sorry for the rant but I am losing my mind on this early Sunday morning after another night of 2-3 hours of sleep inbetween the sounds of trucks revving and music playing and bass shaking my walls.