home cinema systems and next door
Discussion
justinp1 said:
I would be very careful how it is handled.
Assuming you own the house, when you come to sell, you will have to declare this as a problem with neighbours if you have reported it. This would put me off buying your place.
We had a similar problem, except it was a new house so it was very loud. We tried speakers against walls etc, asking politely.
In the end we moved to a detached!
You would have to declare only if you were asked a direct question relating to the conduct of your neighbours. This would be whether you complained or not.
Not sure whether this is the same everywhere. We had to fill in a form and we had to declare this sort of thing up-front. IIRC it used to be that you only had to mention it if asked, but now you have to declare it -- but maybe it's a regional difference.
BigGriff said:
I had this problem. Asked the neighbours politely, nothing happened.
So I went and turned round the hi fi speakers so they faced their adjoining wall. Put on a CD (on repeat) and left the house. Result: Noise ceased from next door!!
Give them a dose of their own medicin and see if they like it. Tends to put the boot on the other foot and make them consider their actions.
Did a similar thing but I had a sound effects cd and selected 'baby crying' on repeat, I cranked the volume, they turned theirs down.
not heard a whisper the last few nights actually.
Had about 45 minutes of Low Frequency tones again around tea time then it went quiet.
Thing is, I've put my ear against the party wall and the music dosn't appear to be particularly loud, it's just the bass that's annoying, so I think that he probably has got the woofer in the corner. Funny thing is, I got out my sound level meter and the noise from next door doesn't even break 45 dB, which is very very quiet. Think that it's A weighted though as it's used for testing noise exposure and is more sensitive between about 1 - 3kHz.
The weeks not up yet, so see how we go when the newness wears off.
Had about 45 minutes of Low Frequency tones again around tea time then it went quiet.
Thing is, I've put my ear against the party wall and the music dosn't appear to be particularly loud, it's just the bass that's annoying, so I think that he probably has got the woofer in the corner. Funny thing is, I got out my sound level meter and the noise from next door doesn't even break 45 dB, which is very very quiet. Think that it's A weighted though as it's used for testing noise exposure and is more sensitive between about 1 - 3kHz.
The weeks not up yet, so see how we go when the newness wears off.
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