What can I do to stop my neighbor's noise?
The first step in any neighbor dispute is communicating to the neighbor in the best fashion that you can determine, talk to them. You're going to communicate with them first about their noise problem, and if you can't deal with it in that way, it may be that you're going to call the police and inquire as to how they can help you in your particular circumstance. For example, we are all certainly familiar with situations where there is a loud party next door and it's two in the morning, and the police will come and ask them to quiet down or, depending on what their local laws allow, even end the party. So sometimes you can enlist the police to assist you with particular noise issues like that. On the other hand, if it's a neighbor who is directing noise at you with loud speakers, playing their music loud, doing it on a regular and frequent basis, it may be that you're going to end up going to court, either youself or hiring a lawyer. In fact, I have handled cases like those, one in particular where a neighbor was purposefully directing loud noises and music at his neighbors on a regular basis, and it unfortunatley turned into a long, drawn-out case because the court can give damages and the court can issue an injunction, but enforcing the injunction is not always easy because the only real remedy that you have with that injunction is to put somebody in jail, and judges are hesitant to do that in a neighbor versus neighbor dispute over noise.
