"Change the building just for me." Taking the trash out isn't an infraction of quiet hours.

Maybe I should call the city on those darn trash trucks that wake me up every morning collecting garbage.

> Never being able to sleep past 7 am? Who would accept that??

Parents of toddlers everywhere weep 😭

Lol in all seriousness though, I agree this is ridiculous. There is expectation of quiet until like 9am. I flip out when there’s temporary construction noise nearby, I can’t imagine being woken up like this constantly with no end in sight.

Get a white noise generator.

It's very DC of people to see you say "luxury apartment" which likely means high rent and say you are entitled for not wanting it to be noisy as fuck

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I would ask for a different unit. Most luxury apartments should have them, they would rather keep units empty than lower rent.

And white subway tile kitchen walls

> the quiet part in that doctrine doesn’t refer to noise

wut?

Lao food finally got out under the Thai/Issan umbrella.

Would be happy to see Burmese Malaysian Cambodian have a similar glow up.

It's one thing that noise is permitted after 7, it's another that it's constant immediately at 7 (which would be the case if the compactor has been filling up all night unable to run).

Also get your ANC involved.

Ask to move to a different unit in the building. There is no way the building is 100% occupied.

Cities have quiet hours for a reason. There’s nothing entitled about expecting people to obey them.

Maybe, but the quiet part in that doctrine doesn’t refer to noise specifically, if I recall correctly.

Can you ask to transfer apartments?

Unfortunately there’s not a lot that you can other than move and you probably can’t do that until your lease is up.

Even in progressive states/districts like DC, renters do not have the upper hand when dealing with mega corporation landlords.

I agree, we took it as a lesson going forward. Especially since as management in these areas seem to have high turn overs and care much less than our primary apartment management in ATL (who worked there for like 9 years, crazy!) .

OP can obviously do more and probably argue for other hours. I'm just trying to provide them a reasonable way forward. We just picked and chose our battles cause we were going to move apartments anyways.

Those are the usual assholes on this sub that make the same entitled remarks for literally anything that gets posted.

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Omg this was my favorite spot too! I would drive from Fairfax to go get it during the work week. I was bummed when they closed.

Very much so! I personally think it's something that you say, "Hey. We should have done our research more but let's see what we can do to resolve this."

This seems obvious now to people accustom to these bigger apartment buildings, but we'd just moved from ATL where gated apartments were much more common and the trash compactor was by the exit of the community so it never crossed our minds!

Well, our apartment was also street level so the sound of cars and such driving by in the morning could have woken us up just as much as this. Plus, I'm a heavy sleeper so I slept through it, but not my fiancée, but we also got up for work around then anyways it didn't bother me. Plus weekend quiet hours were later.

It runs when it's full, so for a large amount of time we were at the apartment (like 6 -8 months in since it was peak pandemic) , it was only running at night sporadically, so much less noticeable, and by the end when it did start to be more noticeable, we just picked our battles since we intended to move apartment anyways (was just waiting for the one we wanted to open up).

It sounds horrible. Can you imagine, opening your door and being shot indiscriminately?!

Yes. It was was my go-to after class late dinner meal. I think of the meatballs every time I’m on Dupont circle.

I’d suggest researching the covenant of quiet enjoyment!

Creatives Club DC is having our weekly meeting at the Busboys and Poets on K St NW Thursday (3/16) from 6 - 9 pm. Join us for low-key art-making & socializing!

We'll have some materials for zine-making & collaging, but feel free to bring your own projects as well!

Leasing an apt sight unseen is always a red flag for me. Usually the current tenant can consent to a tour. If not, I either need to see it they day after they move out or find another apartment. Too many risky variables like noise, views, light, etc.