Should we approach them?

We woke up this morning to a beeping sound. I thought it was my alarm but remembered that I had turned it off. We checked but nothing in the apartment was beeping. Later in the day, the beeping was still going on at random moments with no particular pattern, except for the majority of it was 3 consecutive beeps. We finally pinpointed the origin of the beeping and have come to the conclusion it is coming from the townhome next to ours. You can hear it very loudly from our backyard and it seems to be a smoke alarm or something of that nature that is continuing to beep. We left the house to do some errands and see a movie. Now we're back home and the beeping is almost non-stop. I just counted the seconds between when one beeping stops and another begins and the beeps are going off every 5 seconds.

We have not had neighbors since we moved in over a month ago. Now there is a light on next door and we see things have been moved into the upstairs bedroom.

Should we confront them about the beeping if it is still going on tomorrow? We can't confront the management because we have Aurora here against apartment regulations and we are worried they would hear her or see her.

i would ask them, and make it seem like you were worried. dont get angry about the beeping, but act concerened. that way your not stepping on their toes, and they wont feel like your being aggressive or something like that. make sense?

i'm sorry but i'm not familiar with the names of your pets. who is Aurora? or what species is he/she?

i think you should definitely approach them. it's the only way to get that beeping to stop, and i can imagine how annoying it must be. plus, you can introduce yourself to your new neighbors.

Why think of it as a confrontation? How about just a friendly "hi welcome to the community, need any help with anything?" thing. If you're standing at their door welcoming them, and you just "happen" to hear the beeping, well common sense says you could ask about it...right? :)

I can't even imagine that if it annoys you that much, that it wouldn't drive them absolutely nuts being in the home with the constant beeping.

I like Joanna's suggestion.

Maybe they don't know how to shut it off? Or perhaps they will get to it when they are actually moved in, or have a long broom handle? lol

No one has been home since yesterday and the beeping continues, now even more frequent. Its very annoying but can't do anything about it if they are not home. I'm thinking of at least leaving a note on their door.

Aurora is a dog we've been babysitting for over a month for my cousin. He's given me the ok to find her a new home though so we are hoping to have her in a new home by the end of next week.

Wow; that would drive me nuts! Could you notify the management without, say, having them in the house?
I would be extremely worried that it could be a Carbon Monoxide detector. Mark had to install them in all of the apartments that he rented out in property management... whoa!

It could be. I know our smoke detectors detect certain gases. We actually tried using our oven to make tater tots and while the oven was heating up, the smoke alarm started going off and there was no smoke in the apartment, so it had to be some kind of gas. I think we will let them know tomorrow morning since it is still going off. They are closed for the evening.

The beeping has been going on for about 38 hours now.

Van Damme the door in and find the beeping?:gj:

Ah, but that would be breaking and entering. :D But doesn't sound like a bad idea. :rolleye2:

Yeah, I'm in Joanna camp; just knock with the intention of welcoming them and ask if they need any help.

Personally I read your first post and thought of far worse, like whomever lives there passed away...

I don't think anyone has passed away in there. We only just saw the upstairs light on for the first time yesterday. Now the lights are off and no cars are in front. Since I don't think anyone is home right now, knocking on the door tonight is a no go. Maybe tomorrow. If the beeping is still there by 8am tomorrow, I'm getting in touch with the management, dog or no dog here.

It has now been 40 hours and the beeping continues. A hall light is on next door so someone has come into the house today or possibly tonight and either left it on or they are still there.

It is midnight and we have left them a note under their mailbox about the beeping. But I am seriously considering knocking on their door and hoping someone answers, even though its midnight. I had a hard enough time sleeping last night with all the beeping. I don't want to have to keep hearing it all night again. :taz:

Those are some batteries!

We knocked on the door and nothing. We'll notify the management in the morning. I'm not just annoyed now. I'm pissed off!

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You waited 40 hours? Holey crap, you are Gandhi reincarnated.

I'd have phoned the fire dept. after 1 and told them that I thought a smoke detector was going off in my neighbours adjacent home. I mean, for all I'd know it was a fire alarm.

Do you have anywhere you can relocate the dog to for the day? Even a doggy day-care or kennel?

Good luck with this issue!

It probably is a smoke detector that is beeping because the voltage in the batteries has gotten low and it is beeping to say "change me!". When they come home to stay it will bother them too and they will do something about it. A lot of smoke dectectors will operate on AA batteries and also have a 9volt battery. When the operating batteries get low. The 9volt battery will start powering the beeping as a warning to change the batteries.

Well its almost 50 hours now. We are going to take the dog out for a ride in the car while they fix it. If they fix it. We are heading up there now to let them know about it and tell them we want it fixed NOW!.

We went up and talked to the lady in the office. She told us no one is living there and they have been showing the townhouse (that explains the light) and that she will be down momentarily to fix the problem.

I am glad for you that this is getting resolved! Now hide that doggie :)