Should we approach them?

[Jay_Bunny]

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.

[Patrick Long]

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?

[Street Killer]

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.

[frankykeno]

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?

[rabernet]

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.

[littleindiangirl]

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

[Jay_Bunny]

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.

[Ginevive]

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!

[Jay_Bunny]

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.

[jknudson]

Van Damme the door in and find the beeping?