Rules regarding noise levels from residential properties
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plumAJP]Said interesting things.[footnote]Edited by plumAJP on Monday 19th October 12:45[/footnote said:
Just out of interest how do you get the council to do anything these days? Usually you'll get an answer machine especially at night time. We used to have a lot of noise from the neighbours ie playing on his computer for 18 hours solid with all 7 speakers turned up. We heard every fekkin explosion, non stop because of the bass settings.taking noise measurements is useless if anything went to court.
how can you prove what noise you were recording, who calibrated the machine, what experience/qualifactions do they have, lots of uncertainties come into the equation and can get the case in a pickle.
a personal subjective assessment by at least 2 officers wins everytime.
geting hold of us can be tricky as we have lots of other jobs to do during the day, my authority operated an out of hours service where we will attend music diy and barking dog call along with emergencies like deaths, spills, chemical incidents etc. not many authorities offer such a service.
how can you prove what noise you were recording, who calibrated the machine, what experience/qualifactions do they have, lots of uncertainties come into the equation and can get the case in a pickle.
a personal subjective assessment by at least 2 officers wins everytime.
geting hold of us can be tricky as we have lots of other jobs to do during the day, my authority operated an out of hours service where we will attend music diy and barking dog call along with emergencies like deaths, spills, chemical incidents etc. not many authorities offer such a service.
Usually they'll send you some witness statements and ask you to record a log. I imagine the downside of that is you could end up at court giving evidence against the perpetrator.Bing o said:
If your neighbour can hear it, it's too loud.
HTH.
Not sure that it's always as black & white as that...HTH.
I've seen some properties that are so poorly built/insulated that you can hear TV from the adjacent property, and the TV volume is not at anything which could be considered other than normal/reasonable.
For christ sake, be careful. Keep the conversation, open, mature and show willing to involve the authorities.
We had a nutter next door who had a problem with noise and cars (he moved out into the sticks to get away from both). Cut a long story short, one bloke in the village got his brake pipes cut, I had a tyre cut, failed when I was driving around the cliff road. It culminated when the shed (chalet size) in the garden spontaneously caught fire. He admitted it, but then decided to back up on that one for the police. No evidence, no can do
After a few thousand quid has gone up in flames and you have had someone messing with the safety features of your vehicle, you may think it was wise to go down a very open, official route in the first place. Even if you deem it to be "in his head".
There is a lot more to the Roger story. He was an utter nutter. They do occur and quite often they can pick up on something debatable and use it as a lever for their own nasty agenda.
We had a nutter next door who had a problem with noise and cars (he moved out into the sticks to get away from both). Cut a long story short, one bloke in the village got his brake pipes cut, I had a tyre cut, failed when I was driving around the cliff road. It culminated when the shed (chalet size) in the garden spontaneously caught fire. He admitted it, but then decided to back up on that one for the police. No evidence, no can do
After a few thousand quid has gone up in flames and you have had someone messing with the safety features of your vehicle, you may think it was wise to go down a very open, official route in the first place. Even if you deem it to be "in his head".
There is a lot more to the Roger story. He was an utter nutter. They do occur and quite often they can pick up on something debatable and use it as a lever for their own nasty agenda.
If it's the bass traveling (ie, annoying boom-boom-boom in his house), place your speakers on blocks of foam (like chair/sofa cushions - maybe 4-6" thick).
Had this at home in teenage years - Dad complaining from downstairs, in the end we tried it together - almost too quiet to hear in my bedroom, still going boom-boom downstairs; blocks of foam and I could have it louder than I liked in the bedroom and no complaints from downstairs
Had this at home in teenage years - Dad complaining from downstairs, in the end we tried it together - almost too quiet to hear in my bedroom, still going boom-boom downstairs; blocks of foam and I could have it louder than I liked in the bedroom and no complaints from downstairs
Another here from the "If the neighbour can hear it, it's too loud" camp.
Having lived next door to the original neighbours from hell (I am sure the OP is not), I am very careful not to make noise of any kind that can be easily heard from outside the room.
I have never had a complaint as a result.
Having lived next door to the original neighbours from hell (I am sure the OP is not), I am very careful not to make noise of any kind that can be easily heard from outside the room.
I have never had a complaint as a result.
Interesting thread. I am having real problems at the moment with my neighbours dogs. They are barking frequently and are often left unattended in the garden. Now I accept that I'm perhaps more strict on dogs than some others as I've grown up with working dogs and gun dogs who have all been highly trained and when misbehave are properly disiplined, but these stupid terriers next door are really starting to wind me up. Its relatively constant and often late into the evening. For example if I chink plates in my kitchen (I'm in a first floor apartment looking over their garden) that is enough to start the dogs off barking, If I open my back door they bark, if I walk into my garden they bark constantly, if I open one of my windows they start barking. I don't know what to do about it - any suggestions?
I know I should deal with it formally but there is a massive temptation to just lean over the fence!!!
I'm also about to put the flat on the market and really worried that the dogs will put off a prospective purchaser, is there anything I can do about it?
I know I should deal with it formally but there is a massive temptation to just lean over the fence!!!
I'm also about to put the flat on the market and really worried that the dogs will put off a prospective purchaser, is there anything I can do about it?
defblade said:
If it's the bass traveling (ie, annoying boom-boom-boom in his house), place your speakers on blocks of foam (like chair/sofa cushions - maybe 4-6" thick).
Had this at home in teenage years - Dad complaining from downstairs, in the end we tried it together - almost too quiet to hear in my bedroom, still going boom-boom downstairs; blocks of foam and I could have it louder than I liked in the bedroom and no complaints from downstairs
Had this at home in teenage years - Dad complaining from downstairs, in the end we tried it together - almost too quiet to hear in my bedroom, still going boom-boom downstairs; blocks of foam and I could have it louder than I liked in the bedroom and no complaints from downstairs
So many people fail to appreciate that bass noise travels, and it is the most irritating noise to block out when you are trying to sleep.
monthefish said:
Bing o said:
If your neighbour can hear it, it's too loud.
HTH.
Not sure that it's always as black & white as that...HTH.
I've seen some properties that are so poorly built/insulated that you can hear TV from the adjacent property, and the TV volume is not at anything which could be considered other than normal/reasonable.
As a result nobody complained about anyone else and we just never made eye contact
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