We live in a block of six flats.
Recently the front door has been getting left open but pulled close (iyswim) - i.e. Anyone could walk off the street.
We know it's a specific neighbour as a) we are on good terms with the other three (one flat is empty) and have asked them and b) we have seen him leave as we walk up the street only to find the door "balanced open" when we get to it.
This afternoon I managed to catch him and ask him not to do it. He muttered something and I pointed out the security of the building was at risk.
He sighed and agreed.
However he's just come round to speak to DH complaining about us making too much noise and if we don't stop he will report us to the council.
Now our front door snob lock started jamming on Tuesday, meaning we have to slam it to get it to close when we go out (we are replacing it at the weekend) but apart from that we are not noisy. We are out for most of the day at work (he is minimal part time) from roughly 8am to 7pm.
On days off in the week I might have my music loud enough that I can hear it in every room, but not so that you could hear it outside, and not past 6pm. And I am more often than not away at weekends as I help my elderly grandparents out and stay at theirs.
He on the other hand has woken us multiple times by stopping around and moving furniture at between 1 and 4am and regularly has his music loud enough that we can hear it over whatever we are watching on the tv and it goes on till 10pm.
We have taken him to task a few times and he ends up bitching to neighbours that we are bullying him and he can do what he wants because he owns his property (so do we).
I'm now at a loss as to what to do. We cut him a lot of slack and are considerate to others, but my DH is really upset about the council threat and is working out ways to be even quieter than we already are but I don't want to be living the life of mute monks while he continues to do what suits him rather than everyone else!
WWYD?