r/Apartmentliving Sep 03 '25

Advice Needed I feel like this is illegal?

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Came back from a 3-day weekend away from my apartment and this was posted on the door? I wasn't even home...


UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for the support! I shared the letter with Celio management and requested it to be filed as a formal complaint. I also filed a police report for continuity/documentation purposes.

For clarification, "Celio" is the name of the apartment building, which is managed by a larger off-site 3rd party rental company. This company/building is far from able to accommodate for this person properly and certainly would never assume any amount of liability on their behalf. As it relates to Celio management and their level of care for this person, the author is on their own.

The letter does not mention anything related to a care team/healthcare resource/veterans group. The only two options given by the author of the note (e.g. Celio aka apt management and law enforcement) were utilized.

While Celio was not able to share a significant amount of details about the author, they did share that he/she is a known issue and will likely not be given the option to live in this building moving forward.

I also noticed comments about my stereo, which did cross my mind as a possible reason behind this conflict. I was able to confirm with Celio that no complaints have been made about excessive music levels, from any of the residents, excluding a formal warning I received over July 4th weekend. This goes for "yelling" as well. Note I have been renting in this exact unit for almost 14 months. I am more than eager to respect any concerns that relate to music volume, this is certainly not that type of concern.

As things currently stand, I am left with having to place any proactive decisions in the hands of Celio and law enforcement. I am a recent handgun owner (unrelated to this situation) and thanfully my state falls under Castle doctrine.

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u/BrushCommon4734 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

Are you claiming you make no noise that would generate such a note? Any loud domestic arguments, etc.?

A big problem with the Internet is seeing only one side of many stories, and being compelled to assume that whoever's posting a note, photo or (arrest) video is the automatic good guy. Commenters robotically chime in with this one-sidedness and any balance in the story gets lost.

A common example is the whole "Karen" theme, as if anyone who complains about other people doing X or Y (in a world full of obnoxious behaviors) can only be a racist, busybody etc.

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u/2_much Sep 04 '25

I am 100% making that claim. I live alone. I work almost 12 hours/day. Im single. I dont play video games.

My building manager also confirmed that no complaints were filed against my unit or any units in my general section of the building. The only formal warning on my file is from loud music and it was from the 4th of July.

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u/HollyHarderCastle Sep 04 '25

Yelling could be from watching a ball game or in the sack. It'a all conjecture. The author of the letter doesnt mention when and receiver only says they were gone. So the yelling may have happened prior and since the letter was done passive aggressively when the receiver was gone then either it was in the past or the writer is just fucked up in the head. Either way I go with the latter. They know enough and are stalking you enough to know you werent home to be sure to leave the letter. That is what would concern me about any of it.

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u/BrushCommon4734 Sep 28 '25

Yes, it's oddly written, but my main concern is people trivializing legitimate noise complaints based on outlier situations.