[Grovenet] Seeking advise on problem with neighbors who smoke

[Alana Graham]

You are all ethical and smart people so I wonder if
any of you might have some suggestions for a problem
my husband and I are having with our downstairs
neighbors.

We live upstairs and have a porch and our glass door
opens onto the porch and is the main way to get fresh
air into our living room and kitchen.  In order to
protect their little daughter's health, our neighbors
downstairs smoke on their porch.  All their smoke
blows straight up into our apartment where we either
get to breath it or close the porch door.  

We have asked them to please let us know when they are
about to smoke on the porch by just yelling up to us
so we can close our door and then giving us a quick
call when they are done so we can open it again.
Or to smoke out at the front of the building. OR ?????

Last night our requests were greeted by "F*** you" and
"you can't tell us what to do."

Anyone have any suggestions for solutions?  Do we try
to work this out ourselves or call the landlady?  Is
there legal action we can take?  

Any advise is cheerfully accepted.

Alana



       
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