Moving into a new place is supposed to feel like a fresh start, but in this story, it felt like an immediate walk on eggshells.

One renter had barely settled into his new apartment before management started calling, relaying exaggerated complaints from his downstairs neighbor that he was “dropping heavy objects all day and night.”

The biggest catch? The accusation didn’t match reality at all. This renter works a full time job and sleeps like a normal person.

Meanwhile, that same neighbor who had the audacity to complain spent three straight days hammering his own walls and making plenty of noise of his own.

You’ll want to read on for the full debacle.

Downstairs neighbor claims I am “dropping heavy objects all hours of day and night”

I just moved into a new apartment and was very excited to live here.

That was until my downstairs neighbor arrived 3 days ago.

This neighbor was very quick to put a damper on the entire experience.

Since his arrival, management keeps calling me stating that he has been complaining that I am “dropping heavy objects all day and night.”

It’s starting to already suck because I am scared to do any normal daily living activities in fear of being reported for noise.

This renter names this for exactly what it is.

It also feels extremely ridiculous considering his exaggeration. All hours of day and night dropping heavy objects?

I have a job and, believe it or not, I do sleep. I promise you the last thing I would be doing is dropping heavy objects for fun all day and night.

The neighbor also turned out to be a huge hypocrite.

Meanwhile, for the past 3 days I have heard him hammering the walls and making tons of other noises down there.

However, I know he just moved in, so I don’t care. Maybe I should begin reporting him too.

Now the renter doesn’t know what to do next.

What do I do?

Do I buy a camera to record my daily living activities to back me up? I don’t want to live in fear every day that I’m “dropping heavy objects.”

Nightmare neighbors can really ruin an entire apartment.

What did Reddit have to say?

He needs to show his neighbor he isn’t the only person who can complain.

Building a case begins with robust documentation.

It’s possible the noise is coming from somewhere the neighbor never expected.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a condo owner who replaced a whole a/c unit just to stop the complaints.

As far as this commenter is concerned, there’s no point in beating around the bush.

It’s the glaring double standard that’s the most rage inducing here.

This renter is being blamed for noise levels that don’t remotely reflect his actual routine, meanwhile the neighbor doing the complaining has spent days hammering and banging around his own unit without a second thought. Make it make sense!

The opportunity to be neighborly has long passed, and this neighbor has clearly squandered any right to the benefit of the doubt.

Fairness should go both ways, especially when one side is clearly exaggerating.