If they will not willing to cooperate with finding a solution, they don't really have a serious problem.
Noise problem in my flat
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If they will not willing to cooperate with finding a solution, they don't really have a serious problem.
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Apparently all three different tenants have complained.
U mean share the cost of the testing and possibly the treatment?
Eventually, yes - but I was suggesting they cooperate with allowing you to go in their flat to listen, whilst a friend does as suggested making noise in your flat.
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When you’re reading everyones’ hilarious replies to your posts on here presumably.
Seriously though, there are floor soundproofing solutions using exotic materials. See e.g. https://www.soundstop.co.uk/soundproofing_floors.php
Issues include how to cope with the change of floor level. But you need to understand how the sound is being carried. For example, do you and they have your windows open a lot? There is not much you can do about noise going out one window and in another.
surely you could listen to mopeds here, and the other things in Asia - Walking Street, perhaps ?
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Not much you can do about a flat that doesn't have good noise dampening. I have a flat which is mid 90s timber frame and you can feel the block shake when the door closes. People who live in flats cannot expect to live in silence. Nothing you've described constitutes a statutory nuisance. Curtains and canvases can also help absorb sound.
If they contact the council, what constitutes noise pollution? If they record my kid screaming at 7 30 am or whatever ? Can you get prosecuted?
This noise testing company want to charge £1000 to test everywhere and then write s report on recommendations. Well, who should pay for this? Who's liable?
This noise testing company want to charge £1000 to test everywhere and then write s report on recommendations. Well, who should pay for this? Who's liable?
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If you started doing noisy DIY at midnight, or having regular parties in the wee hours, then they could complain. Walking about is normal round the clock, LoL is normal during normal waking hours.
My mate lives in a flat built within the last decade. He gets woken up by the guy downstairs snoring, and no they're not in the same bed! My mum lives in a high-rise and hears a very squeaky door open/close from the flat above. This can waken her up if the person upstairs gets up through the night. She (the lady living upstairs) is getting on in years and is quite deaf, so when she has her telly on it's pretty loud. To me, all these things fall into the bracket of 'noises you might hear from neighbours that you have to live with.' Then there are genuine anti-social noises like loud music, diy at 6am or 10pm etc. Of course, we all have a responsibility to take our neighbours into account when it comes to noise. Just using this as an example (not saying you do this) imagine if you let your son ride a plastic wheeled tricycle around the flat, over the laminate etc. You might think 'well we need to live so deal with it!' whereas to me, that falls into an anti-social noise for the neighbours downstairs as the noise over laminate would likely be very loud. Of course, much of this is subjective as well, which leads to the problems many face around this.
Only you know if the noises coming from your flat genuinely fall into the 'to be expected' or anti-social bracket. If they're in the former, your neighbours basically have to accept and expect it due to living in a joined (not detached) property.
Only you know if the noises coming from your flat genuinely fall into the 'to be expected' or anti-social bracket. If they're in the former, your neighbours basically have to accept and expect it due to living in a joined (not detached) property.
Laminate is often a problem in flats and is often prohibited in the lease. A decent layer of underlay and carpet will reduce the noise a lot.
I'm laying some new laminate soon and I bought noise reducing underlay.
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