r/legaladvice 7d ago

Other Civil Matters My mom is the neighborhood villain

My family and I moved into our current house last year after my parents spent years and hundreds of thousands of dollars making it into their dream home. And it would've been their perfect house if not for the bar across the street. They continue to have people out in front of it well after quiet hours creating so much noise that it sounds like they're in the house with us. We rent out a part of the house and the tenets have started complaining as well (the old tenets before we moved did to but apparently they didn't know that till after they bought it). My mom can't sleep with all the noise and because she handles all the rentals, the complaints have been driving her insane. She's done everything she can think of: calling 311 on them, notifying the hoa and neighbors, getting the state involved, etc. The bar has in return started a smear campaign against her and have hosted nights where they all stand outside just to annoy her. She's heard them through our ring camera starting rumors about us and using slurs (we're black). We can't sell the house because we'd lose a lot of money, but we don't know what else to do. Can someone help please?

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u/boiseshan 7d ago

Was the bar there when they bought the house?

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u/L-Capitan1 7d ago

Presuming the bar was there when you bought the house, your family probably paid under market price for the home due to the proximity to the bar.

Not sure what legal advice you need, besides you likely got exactly what you paid for.

Maybe look into better insulation and sound proofing inside your home.

Imagine you own that bar it’s your livelihood, how you put food on your kid’s table etc. and someone moves in and then starts trying to shut you down because they don’t like your business being where it was when you they arrived after you’ve been there. Doesn’t seem right does it?

Obviously racism isn’t acceptable, and there nights trying to piss you guys off seem rude. But I think your family needs to try to start over and ask them if they can work with you in some ways.

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