Our next door neighbors have a 13 year child who has a mental/physical disorder. He cannot communicate at all, but he screams all day and night. By screams, I don't mean normal screams, which would be bad enough. It's sort of a howling, growling, screeching sound that is so loud and disturbing it's unbearable. Sometimes it goes on for a couple of minutes, sometimes for an hour or longer, and always several times a day including 5am, 3am, 1am, etc. Just pretty much any time.
They used to live upstairs when we first moved in, but when the neighbors upstairs couldn't take it anymore and the apt. next to us was vacated, the landlord moved them down here.
We are literally at our wits' end. I tried discussing the situation with the father calmly. He laughed and told me to call the cops. The landlord plans to soundproof the wall. I think that would diminish the noise from the wall somewhat, but their window is really close to ours, and much of the noise comes through the window.
We're allowed to break the lease with 30 day notice, but paying a broker's fee, deposit, and moving expenses again a few months after moving might not be a financially viable option.
The noise he makes sounds inhuman, I don't even know how to describe it. I understand their unfortunate situation, but this isn't a cheap apartment, and there are plenty of rentals in the area for 1-2 families they can definitely afford where they wouldn't disturb anyone.
Our quality of life has literally plummeted. I already have severe anxiety issues, and the noise is so troubling it makes me feel like I'm going to have a panic attack. Our bedroom (where it's the loudest) is basically unlivable. Is there anything at all that we can do?