Howdy,
Been living in a multi-story apartment for 4 years or so which I purchased
Recently an annoying (tenant/renter) neighbor moved in below us and has been so for 12 months or so.
He's submitted 2 formal complaints to STRATA in a matter of 5 weeks advising of breach of 'noise by-law' due to noise attributed to 'thumping'.
I have a fair idea why it is, it's just the little kids (under 5) occasionally playing or running around during hide n seek or so.
I.e nothing out of the ord such as post midnight, or anything stupid, so the guy is over-reacting here.
I spoke to my STRATA that sent me the warning and ask what could happen after this? They said another 1-2 complaints and I can be issued with a fine or attend a COURT??? WTF
So my response is that let the annoying person record the noises so I can see what the hell it is, or enter the noise breach in a diary.
But at this stage its my word against his, and I can guarantee aside from some occasional and isolated running footsteps I cannot chain the kids
Any other thoughts???
I would suggest talking to the people making the complaints and asking them what their concerns are instead of speculating.
My partner once rented a brand new apartment - she was the first to live in it. The building was horribly built, no insulation, all wood on the inside (really nice apartment though).
She was unable to walk in her place whilst wearing shoes, she had to slide around in socks to avoid a noise complaint from the person below her - she would still receive noise complaints because it was just so badly insulated.
After numerous complaints they eventually had to get in an acoustics engineer and determined that it was in fact a piece of crap building.
No idea what the resolution was as she moved out.