To start I would like to say I totally understand where this woman is coming from and I feel kinda bad, but in the end she turns out be a racist nut.
I’ve been living in and remodeling a 2nd and 3rd floor townhouse / condo for little over a year now. I had a neighbor below me on the first floor who was great. He would come over to check out my progress and even helped me put up some light fixtures. He was unemployed so unfortunately had to sell his condo.
The woman that moved in is a single mother, early 30s. I’ve had a few very pleasant conversations with her and welcomed her to the building. She’s new in town, her parents helped her buy the condo after she had the baby. The baby’s father is a deadbeat who she would rather not have in the child’s life. I explained I am in the middle of a kitchen remodel so there might be some loud noise between 10am and 4pm but I will try to get the construction crew to keep it down. She seemed fine with this until about 3 days later.
She comes up to me as I’m checking the mail and asks if it’s possible to delay the remodel until her child started daycare, which was months away. I apologize and say that I have a non-functioning kitchen now and only need about one or two more weeks to complete it. We traded cell numbers so I can warn her before construction would start and keep her up to date on the remodel. Next day I text her at 9:45am apologizing and saying construction will start at 10. This conversation happened on a work phone that I don’t have anymore, but from my recollection she responds:
Her: “Oh no, I just put (child) down for a nap, can you delay until 12pm?”
Me: “I’m so sorry, the construction guys are here and on the clock, I’ll have them delay until 11 but that’s the latest I can do.”
Her: “I saw them walking up to your place, they’re Mexican, right? You must not be paying them too much so please delay until 12. Thanks!”
Taken aback by this blatant racism, I respond: “I’m sorry again, but I really need to get things going. I’m not sure of their nationality but I can assure you they’re being paid appropriately.”
Her: “I don’t understand why you just won’t think about me and my child. You’re not a parent so I can’t expect you understand what it’s like with a screaming 1 year old, but you’re being very rude right now!”
Me: “I was nice enough to agree to pay my workers for an hour of doing nothing to give your child some time to sleep, but I can’t have them work completely around your schedule.”
Her: “Fine! We’ll see how you like my surround sound at midnight!”
To keep it light hearted I say “I love movies, but my bedroom is on the third floor so I think that would be a bigger issue for (her neighbors name) who shares a wall with you.”
She starts to unleash and send a barrage of message but the gist was “Honestly I had no idea I had a neighbor from hell! You’re a self centered prick and I hope those Mexicans keep over charging you!”
I ignore her messages after that, but still continue my construction at 11am instead of 10am for the remainder of the renovation. Only once did I get another message from her somewhere along the lines of “Great, you woke my daughter up, prick!” I still smile and wave at her when I see her outside the building, she usually gives me the finger.
TL/DR: new downstairs neighbor insists I schedule my renovation around her child’s sleep schedule. I oblige to a certain degree, but put my foot down when her demands get too crazy. Also, racism.
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