On my side, things became a bit different since a couple years. The man next door is, mhh, a bit noisy, to say the least. Always mad, always yelling, hitting at things; doesn't care also about the way he talks to his wife and son. 10 min later, he's laughing in front of a dumb tv show (yep, I can hear his tv). The kind of guy who deserves a “burgerking” crown for his selfishness. Around forty years old but put him in a schoolyard and you won't find a difference. Two neighbors moved out because of him and I've heard that he was thrown out of his last place.
Loud music, also. I decided to follow the dance (who doesn't like to turn up the volume?) but that was stupid! I started that after his week of yelling. I put the volume at 3/4, reduced the bass to the max (or the walls would collapse), and I was louder than them during one funny hour. It's nothing compared to all the stress he made during the years… but, in return, the guy answered me with a week of music!
Or he can't read between the lines or he's realy stubborn. We had two weeks of music fight :p
Now, I think the guy is not happy; walking out of the market, I saw his truck leaving the parking after I saw him.
Something tells me that he's planning something for next month (him or one of his contact will make a move).
The man may be bigger than me, I'm not scared of him; he's too childish. I still respect him, he have a wife and a 16/17yrs ol son, despite his bad attitude, he still help them. But I wonder what he's planning. Some of the other neighbors are members of his family; do I have to add that I'm probably considered the “bad guy”?
I don't think the authority will change things for the better and I have no money to live somewhere else. Oh, well, I guess I have to wait to see what will happen.