I own my own townhome in Trabuco Canyon, Orange County, California.
About a month ago a new neighbor has moved in with, seriously, the loudest Harley Davidson I have ever heard in my life. I live directly above all of the garages, in which he is right underneath my living room.
He is renting out the condo downstairs and to the left of mine, and his girlfriend / wife has informed everyone he is a police officer. At first, he would start the motorcycle at between 5am-7am, let it idle (which shook my entire house, and obviously I was awoken by it) for about 15 mins, then he would shut if off. Then at about 10am-11am he would start it again and then drive off.
I called and complained to our property management company, and after 3 different requests, they finally agreed to send a letter to the homeowner (who is offsite) and refused to do anything with the tenant, stating I should talk to them. The problem with this is, we all believe the homeowner will never speak to the tenant about it, as he had quite a few fines already placed on his house for violations. We just really think he doesn't care.
I then wrote the tenant a letter asking them to please take care of the issue, and gave them my address and phone number. The problem seemed to be taken care of early in the morning, however now he goes out at the 10am-11am, and leaves the bike in his garage, and continually revs it over and over for about 5 mins, and leaves it idle about 15-20 mins before he leaves. So it appeared that he got my letter, but is being a bit more obnoxious about it.
I then called back to the association and practically begged them to send a letter to the tenant, which they refused again, and said they would send another to the owner if it continued. I then got with the secretary of the association, and was going to have her introduce me to the president of the board of directors on the association, but she also refused and said there is nothing they can do, and they also refused to even talk with the tenant, or send a letter. I then decided to in person attempt to talk with the tenant, and spoke with his girlfriend/wife. She said that she got the letter, and deeply apologized, but was unsure about how to fix the situation. I then requested to have the owner call me or come to my house, and we can figure out a mutual solution to the problem. This was 5 days ago, and haven't heard anything from the motorcyclist.
I am aware that I can talk to an administrative deputy at the sheriff's office and have him come out and talk to both of us, which may help since he is a police officer, and hopefully he will realize he's not being a good role model in the community, however is there anything I can do with the association, or the board of directors to get them to talk with the tenant as well as the owner? I had tenants there in the past, and they would send correspondence to me as well as the tenant. It really seems in this case, they are afraid of the tenant for a lawsuit etc, however I'm the one that would be raising a big stink, instead of anyone else. Any help would be appreciated.
-Pat

