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Problems with condo neighbors


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I’m at my wits end with the condo owner living above me. They have had behavioral issues from day 1. I moved in almost 2 years ago. The numbering of each condo is not sequential when mail delivery gets to our last 2...so that person takes my packages but I can not prove it other than a surveillance camera catching a delivery to them and correlating time stamp. Our HOA president is honestly displaying signs of dementia & he is a total spineless coward who avoids conflict at all costs, including bold face lying to me. 

The same person above my unit has deliberately turned on a garden hose in summer, drenching my unit inside st the glass slider that I had open. Then ignored me when I said something. They then used deck stain and dropped it everywhere- once again, HOA and President ignored my complaints and acts like it is two people who are feuding. 
I was accused of stealing the neighbors package - the very thing they did to me! And when I blocked their number after 15 angry text messages while I was doing hospital hospice care on a dying person for my job, I returned home late night to find that someone threw mayonnaise on my condo door. I’ve also had bbq sauce thrown on my car. 

I installed a camera system and the people in question constantly glare angrily at my camera. It’s absolutely ridiculous here with hostile condo neighbors and an ineffectual HOA with a president who possibly is going senile. 

There’s been that same condo neighbor leaving a large pile of rubbish, plastic bags and boxes in the shared common area. This HOA president has given me lip service about removing the stuff and he lies and changes the story. I don’t dare touch the neighbors things but WHY in God’s name do they store their stuff and garbage in the common area ?! 2 years of this mess every day. 

They are incredibly rude when ever we are fave to face or they perceive me as blocking them from leaving instantly if I’m doing someone like dropping groceries or loading something in or out of the unit. Totally selfish and rude. You can’t even make this stuff up, what I’m experiencing. 

What can I do about the shared common area rubbish? What can I do about getting more clearly marked numbering? I went as far as putting final numbers on their and my door and my security camera captured the mail delivery people once and for all seeing the numbers and for a few days, I enjoyed proper package delivery until that neighbor freaked out and ripped the numbering off of the door. An other condo renter got so angry at this that they took a sharpie and drew on the neighbors door- their number for them- and I was blamed for this, at this point, I don’t even care if I’m blamed. Why do they want packages delivered incorrectly? That person will not put in a light bulb to also keep things visible and before I installed the camera, I had discovered my light bulb unscrewed a total of 6 times. 

My condo is set up ADA, complete with its own spot and it is the ONLY condo not only ADA accessible in the condo but the only person who can benefit from the parking spot is me because ALL other condos have stairs- and there a dumpster placed where a wheel chair would go. The handicap parking paint is all but faded and I don’t dare bring this issue up to HOA because I’ve had issues with parking and those same neighbors. 

I’m hoping someone will give me some advice on handling my above listed issues with rudeness, behavioral issues, physically putting things in the common area and can I go take it out (I’m scared of his retaliation and anger if I did) what are the laws involving painting your deck and pretending no one lives below you? What are my options? What would you do? 
I was a home owner 2 times and this is my first condo. I’m in a health care profession and so is my partner. We keep our heads down and avoid conflict. I’ve tried to take photos and document. I called police over mayonnaise being thrown on my door. And again over the package I know that neighbor took but the police say I can not prove these things. Who else did it then? Especially the stolen box- I have a time stamp showing the delivery to the neighbor and her taking it. She works in a bank, by the way. Lovely people.


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