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Does anyone know where I can find the hours for noise restrictions for power tools? Other councils are specific but I can’t find the burwood council one. THANKS
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Noise comes under the Protection of the Environment (Noise Control) Regulation 2008
Noise Source
Time restrictions
Power tools 8 pm to 8 am on Sundays and public holidays 8 pm to 7 am on weekdays and Saturdays
Swimming pool and spa pumps 8 pm to 8 am on Sundays and public holidays 8 pm to 7 am on weekdays and Saturdays
Music Midnight to 8 am on Friday, Saturday or any day preceding a public holiday 10 pm to 8 am on any other day
Air conditioner or water heater 10 pm to 8 am on weekends and public holidays 10 pm to 7 am on weekdays
Motor vehicles (except when entering or leaving residential premises) 8 pm to 8 am on weekends and public holidays 8 pm to 7 am on weekdays
Refrigeration unit fitted to motor vehicles 8 pm to 8 am on weekends and public holidays 8 pm to 7 am on weekdays
I think it’s worth pointing out that local council noise restrictions – which apply to all homes, whatever their type – come on top of, or as well as, your strata by-laws.
So, for instance, you might have a mad-keen DIY home renovator hammering and drilling within the council’s permitted hours but they could be (and probably are) breaching your strata by-laws. The council noise laws don’t permit them to make a noise that breaches by-laws.
DIY home renovation in strata is one of those areas of great contention because it cuts across the clash of the home owners somewhat bogus ‘right’ to do as they please with their property and the genuine and legally enforceable right of everyone around them to have reasonable peace and quiet in their homes.
If your neighbour turns his flat into a building site at the same time as you are relaxing in the evening or at weekends, you can put a stop to it by asking your EC and/or strata manager to get involved..
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