r/legaladvice • u/[deleted] • 5d ago
Can I legally do something against the neighbor who is driving me crazy with his bluetooth speaker?
I haven't slept for weeks. My neighbor plays loud music every night with a Bluetooth speaker that makes my walls shake.
I already asked him to turn it down, but he ignored me. I talked to the other neighbors, but they don't want to get involved. I even called the police, but they did nothing. They told me to “talk to him” (which I already tried).
The situation is affecting my health and my work/study. I can't concentrate, and my mood is down. I've thought about trying to interfere with your speaker (it's Bluetooth), but I don't want to get into trouble.
Is there any legal action I can take to make this stop? Or any strategy within the law that helps me?
Location: Spain
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u/CFSCFjr 5d ago
I would just keep calling the police
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They keep telling me the same thing. But I will keep calling until I find a solution.
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u/DixieNormas011 5d ago
They will get tired of daily calls at some point. Call every half hour if you have to
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u/Hood_Mobbin 5d ago
I posted a link in a separate reply but I believe if you just keep calling the police it'll become a common nuisance place and that's where your landlord can start or you.
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u/IHAYFL25 5d ago
Just give the neighbors a heads up that some retaliation music will be happening temporarily.
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u/Adept-Grapefruit-214 5d ago
Are you in an apartment building? Or just a house?
If it’s an apartment you can try the landlord, but if it’s a house you might have to just keep calling the police until they get annoyed enough to do something.
Try to make recordings of the loud music if you can so you can show how often it happens.
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u/cyborg_fairy 5d ago
I don’t know if Spain has quiet hours but in the US, most locations have set hours that tenants are forbidden from making excessive noise. The hours are usually around 11 pm to 7 am or around there, and might be later on weekends. If you have a neighbor who is not following the hours you can call the police non emergency and ask them to send an officer to talk to the neighbor.
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u/Disguised-Alien-AI 5d ago
Police should write him a ticket for disturbing the peace. Thats what should happen. After enough fines, the person will either move or stop.
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u/Suitable-Pipe5520 5d ago
I'm assuming if they do it late into the night, they also wake up later than you. Do the same to them and blast music when you wake up. If you leave early for work just leave it on.
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u/Just_the_john 5d ago
Would you prefer a wired speaker instead? In all seriousness I would get a floodlight and aim it at his house all night
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u/JPvikingCA 5d ago
I was gonna say, bite the bullet and purchase $30 Bluetooth headphones for him but this is much superior lol
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u/Right_Republic_7216 5d ago
Signal jammers of most kinds are generally illegal in most countries, or highly regulated.
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u/Blightning421 5d ago
Show me a bluetooth jammer
Show me this product that doesn't exist
And don't show me some ali-express, Temu bullshit product designed to exploit the ignorant
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u/idunnoiforget 5d ago
Bluetooth is 2.4ghz. any powerful transmitter blasting noise on 2.4ghz will jamm wifi, Bluetooth, most radio controllers for model cars boats drones etc.
Also I would not be surprised if AliExpress had such a jammer. I've seen them list the same drone hardware (fiberoptic modules and AI intercept) that's used by the Ukrainian and Russian militaries for their Kamakazi FPVs.
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u/Libraries_Are_Cool 5d ago
Stand near a running microwave oven with a Bluetooth device and it will interfere.
So just toss enough running microwave ovens into his yard until it stops his speaker.
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u/Blightning421 5d ago
No product link, just a description of something that doesn't currently exist for the consumer market
Come on now
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u/fires0ng 5d ago
I was more leaning to something based around a flipper zero. Or one of the Wi-Fi hacks they've been using to disable wireless doorbell cameras. You can absolutely buy them, I've installed some for clients. There are a bunch of hoops you've got to go through to get legal ones and requirements like ensuring they only cover specified areas and specific signals. If you're really interested I can lookup the ones we used and send you a link.
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u/FibroFight3r 5d ago
We have laws here about loud noise at certain times. Even with bars and nightclubs, they have certain times they are allowed to be loud, once that time is over then they are laws against making loud noises. If the cops won't do anything, try the local council/government office, make an official noise complaint, then there is a record of nuisance and the cops should be informed of it.