One of those blank firing pistols oughta get the point across. Or lay your speakers on the floor over his bedroom at whatever time you think he is sleeping and play a porno soundtrack on a loop.

And when you can afford it, a house is definitely in order. We had a neighbor in an Apt above us who was apparently a total freak in the bedroom. And her bedroom was directly above ours.

Nothing like waking up at 4 in the AM to the sounds of "FUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKME" and other variegated groaning and slamming around....

Quoted: After many years of living in apartments, I cam to the realization the only way it would ever end is to buy a house.

+1

My favorite response was to pull the face off their meter and hide it.

ETA: Wear gloves.

We had a neighbor in an Apt above us who was apparently a total freak in the bedroom. And her bedroom was directly above ours. Nothing like waking up at 4 in the AM to the sounds of "FUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKME" and other variegated groaning and slamming around...

You say this like it's a bad thing..

We had to go threw the same crap as you awile ago.
Asked them to turn it down and they just laughed.. A week later same thing parties,music, doors slamming. Bad thing is their relatives lived there also so it was us complaining to the landlord but out numbered. So I had to play the games too. I figured out when they worked which seemed like talent tree hours. I wated to the noise went off + 20 mins and started cranking my stereo,vacuumed had the kids jump on the floor. They where real pissed then they tried to bug us other ways calling us names, taking our assigned parking spot ETC ETC. Landlord didn't care just give him his rent that is all he wanted.
So even thou we where not ready we bought a place and said screw it.

As soon as the volume goes up, a 20lb dumbell, dropped from standing on kitchen chair position should work. Worked for me on several occasions.

Loud upstair neighbor quieted down significantly after I beat on his doorframe with a hammer and yelled, "Get ready! I called the cops 5 minutes ago!"

I had the same problem with a couple of black guys that used to live under me.  They would thump their stereo late at night.  3 disturbance calls and they were out.  Its anonimous and they never knew who did it.  Our calls can be placed 24 hours and the rent a cop will be over in about 5 minutes to give the report to them.  you should have similar rules I would think

Maybe he just wants to see you in your jammies on a regular basis

I'd give him one more request, then it's have some large male request for you (even if it's during the day...), and/or police.  Comment to the apartment management might be in order as an advisory, not that they will do much.  If you know any other neighbors (maybe next door to him), get them in on the process also.  Volume of complaints (no pun intended ) will help you out too.

Quoted: Nothing like waking up at 4 in the AM to the sounds of "FUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKMEFUCKME" and other variegated groaning and slamming around....

Just rub one out and go back to bed.

 Many years ago , I had a girlfriend that lived in an apartment . She had a neighbor just like yours .
 One night I walked outside and located the electric meter and disconnect switch that fed his breaker panel .  It wasn't locked so I shut his power off and walked back inside . Took the idiot a while to realize that it wasn't a power company problem .  He got the message .  There are variations to this
action as well .  After you kill the power , pull the meter ( if you know how ). Throw it in the bushes .
 Or place a padlock of your own on the disconnect switch .      Can't play the stereo without
any power .  

Quoted: Report him to the building mgr. or the courtesy officer. Does he drive a jeep?

DAMN IT, Mr. Clean beat me to the Jeep cutting idea!

I wish we had a jeep top removal via knife smiley!

The police is probably a better bet than the managment.  

I would reccomend that you:

Document the activity:

Example:8/8-9:00 PM.  John Johnson was blasting his stereo and disturbing the peace.

So on and so forth.

Then go to the cops and the managment and say that this guy is habitually disturbing the peace.  YMMV.  

Quoted: If you know his apartment number go down stairs, find the outside A/C locations, find his and turn rip the disconnect off. He is making your enviroment uncomfortable right?

Go buy a $5 radio shack plug in phone, hook it up to his outdoor connection jack and call some 1-900-gay-boyz number. Empty his tires. Take one wheel off and do not leave the nuts. For extra effect cross thread the bolts. Put a banana in his tailpipe.  If he has true hubcaps put fish heads in them and replace. They will stink like shit.

BTW you do have the advantage being upstairs. His lower chamber will make an excellent resonance cavity for your 16" subwoofer.

I like the biker idea the best.

Quoted: It is not uncommon for apartments to have a centrally-located circuit breaker panel.

I did this in 1979. (We lived in Indiana too. Merrillville, near the Christian college.)
We were on the third floor.
I would put my one-year-old daughter to bed around 10.

Down on the first floor, there were three guys sharing an apartment.
Way past midnight, they would have their music so loud that I could understand every word in my apratment.
I had called the security guard (retired, very elderly) twice before.
The third time I called him, he said "I don't know what to do. The last time I went up there they laughed at me."

So, I strolled down to the rear foyer, just outside of their apartment.
That entrance was filled with circuit breaker panels. (Not locked. )

So, I started reading the tags until I found the magic apartment number.
I reached for the master breaker, and it went like this "DA DA BOOM BOOM DA DA ....click.(silence) ............................................................... (from wihtin the apartment "Wow!")"

That silence was soooo sweet!
These guys were pothead punks, and I'm betting it didn't occur to any of them that the breaker panel was located in the foyer, right outside their door.

So, guess who they would have had to call at midnight?
The security guard that they had laughed at.
I'm wondering if he told them it would be daylight before the maintenance guy got there?

No sound from their apartment the rest of the night.

I had already made up my mind, if it happened again, I was going to turn off the breaker, and put a lock on it, but they were strangely quiet the rest of the time they lived there.

Not advisable, but it worked for me:

In college, I just walked into the next door apartment, walked into the bedroom, and turned off the stereo.  Before walking back out, I said, "Leave it like that".

Hooked up my roomies gigantic subwoofers and turned them face down.  Five minutes of wall shaking bass and they stopped for the day.

Called the cops, many times.  This always works when the loud people are doing OTHER nefarious acts.  It's always fun to just sit by the wall and hear the drug bust go down.  

Hey, it's 12:30 am on a Thursday night.. can you guess what I hear????

... I have a quite room I'll rent ya

Quoted: ... I have a quite room I'll rent ya

I may take ya up on it the way this is goin!!!!  I swear to god I hear the mission impossible theme song!

I've found that random 12 gage rounds through the floor have a marvelous effect.

Quoted: I've found that random 12 gage rounds through the floor have a marvelous effect.

They make OC/tear gas spray with a little hose thingie to inject it into cars and such... under his door might be interesting.  Then again he'd probably leave the apt and leave the stereo on.

Quoted: As soon as the volume goes up, a 20lb dumbell, dropped from standing on kitchen chair position should work. Worked for me on several occasions. Loud upstair neighbor quieted down significantly after I beat on his doorframe with a hammer and yelled, "Get ready! I called the cops 5 minutes ago!"

hell ya!  Used to do the same thing except it was a 25lb plate from my weight bench.  

Quoted: Quoted: As soon as the volume goes up, a 20lb dumbell, dropped from standing on kitchen chair position should work. Worked for me on several occasions. Loud upstair neighbor quieted down significantly after I beat on his doorframe with a hammer and yelled, "Get ready! I called the cops 5 minutes ago!" hell ya!  Used to do the same thing except it was a 25lb plate from my weight bench.

I think the point is that she's trying to AVOID waking up her daughter.   Not create even more noise in her apartment.

Quoted: Quoted: At exactly 7am (which is when most noise ordinances end) crank up the volume in your place and leave for the day. Let him know you'll respect his sleep schedule when he starts respecting yours. During the day I'll battle him with volume and generally win. However, to do it non-stop the entire day would only make more people suffer... i. e. my next door neighbor and the people across the hall with 2 kids. I'm not that mean.

Ever heard the saying two wrongs don't make a right?

At night, call the cops immediately.  This individual is a grade A asshole.  If you've been told once that a particular volume is annoying, you are calibrated and a normal mature adult human being would not do it again.  Believe me, I get a new crop of these idiots in the apartments behind me every year, and the only thing that works is repeated conversations with the local constabulary.

As a tenant, you also have certain rights.  As someone mentioned the property owner is obligated to mitigate nuisances on the property.  There is no question that a noisy neighbor is a nuisance.  In addition, every rental agreement I've ever seen has a quiet enjoyment clause, which basically states that you as a tenant have  the right to enjoy the use of the property without disturbing anyone elses use of it.  See a lawyer, or buy one of those Nolo press books that explains your legal rights as a tenant.  In many cases if there is a problem that the landlord refuses to resolve, you are permitted to withold rent (I think it has to be deposited into a separate account as if you were paying it, but my memory isn't clear on that).  Since he is in violation of his rental agreement it will be no problem for the owner to evict him if he chooses.  It is also why you don't want to try out playing his stereo, because you will be in violation too, and once you start getting in the landlords face, he might decide that you are more trouble than you're worth.  You have to be sqeaky clean.