Soundproofing - Cost and Responsibility

LGelt on 22/07/2017 - 09:50

Long time lurker here looking for some guidance.

I live in an apartment on the first floor. There is a shop on the ground floor below our apartment and a bakery recently opened up. The owners are lovely but their equipment (mainly a kneading machine) makes a banging sound at ungodly hours, wakes us up and bangs away all day.

What measures can I take to stop the noise? Is it my responsibility to soundproof my own apartment, the bakery's responsibility, their landlord, or the OC?

And most importantly, what's the likely damage to fix it?

Home & Garden

Comments

  • chumlee on 22/07/2017 - 10:31

    There's nothing really you can do except get them to stop.

    If you want to retrofit something than you pay

    • WatchNerd on 22/07/2017 - 11:56
      +4

      This is not true, you are entitled to peace & quiet in your own place, especially in the middle of the night.
      The first step would be to contact your strata manager to seek advice.

      • chumlee on 22/07/2017 - 14:12
        +1

        Depends on the zoning

  • Architectonic on 22/07/2017 - 10:35

    Do you rent or own the apartment?

    • Gelt on 22/07/2017 - 11:02

      We own

  • [Deactivated] on 22/07/2017 - 10:48
    +3

    I had the same problem with a meat factory next door, the cooling compressors used to vibrate the wall, I went and seen the owner and was very very polite, he did put dampners underneath. I give him a bottle of whiskey to say thanks and also just in case I needed his help again. Maybe go and ask the bakery if they can move the machine.

  • dave999 on 22/07/2017 - 12:40
    +1

    For any shop there should be DA conditions on what the bakery is allowed to do. This would include hours of operation - and this isn't opening hours, it is hours they can do anything in the shop. If they are affecting your property you can almost certainly get the council to stop them operating outside of their DA conditions.

  • Gelt on 25/07/2017 - 09:21

    Thanks all - this has been super useful

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