Live in an apartment, I own the unit I live in.
First the people below us threatened to sue us for their heat bills, claiming their “baby got cold”, meanwhile I’m indoors in a fucking t-shirt. Put a fucking blanket on it then. Because I opened my own windows in my own apartment for what they deemed was “too long”.
I would also sometimes open the window on my floor of the stairwell, for circulation cause people’s disgusting smells enter the hallway (revolting cooking, extremely strong air freshener)…
Multiple people complained that it created a “draft” and that their kids were cold.
Then it got narrowed down to only ventilating when the toxic cleaning people came to use their insanely strong chemicals that I’m allergic to.
Well that was phased out too since people complained about it getting “cold” and the “draft” so now our building doesn’t get aired out after it’s entirely cleaned with toxic fumes.
NOW THE ONLY SAVING GRACE I HAVE is that I can leave the door to our floor open, so that at least the really strong smells on our little landing can diffuse outwards onto the stairwell instead of entering my apartment.
Well the person living across me had taught their kid to say “close the doors close the doors!!!” every fucking time it goes outside with the “grandma” who gives me the dirtiest deadest look I’ve ever fucking seen in my life every time I see her.
And now I can’t say jack shit about it because “oh but our kid said it that’s why we did it”
I feel like these peoples life goal is to torment me. They’re also aware I have allergies and don’t give a shit.
If its one person complaining, yes maybe they are overreacting. If its multiple people complaining, the odds that you are at fault in this increase exponentially.
I doubt you share ventilation with neighbors. Buy some high density foam or search online for a door sealing kit of some kind which fills in the clearly enormous gaps between your door and its frame so that what you do doesn’t effect neighbors, and what they do doesn’t effect you. Don’t fuck with common area windows or doors.
In general I agree. However, indoor air pollution is a thing. The main thing I’d be concerned with is the use of strong cleaning chemicals in an unventilated area. Other considerations are gas leaks and carbon monoxide build-ups. It’s possible that there’s a real danger here, and the other tenants just aren’t familiar with it. The parents might be convinced about the possible danger to their kids if the facts were looked up and presented to them.