How much noise is too much?
Should we suck it up or shut it down – that’s the puzzle facing many apartment residents who are unsure if they have the right to ask their neighbours to…
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Wall of sound when room removed
Question My tenant says her next door neighbour – an owner – plays his TV and stereo at full volume, keeping her awake at night. The chap next door denies…
Noisy kids or nasty neighbours?
A landlord whose tenants’ children have been accused of being noisy and playing ball games in the common area wants to know if the other residents are over-reacting or if…
Thumbs down for upgrade demands
Older buildings need no longer fear the demands of tech-savvy owners insisting on upgrades to the latest you-beaut infrastructure, thanks to a landmark NSW Appeals Court ruling. It is now…
Can by-laws limit number of residents
Limit on tenants – but who’s counting? “Can bylaws be put in place to restrict the number of residents in a unit,” asks Bearforce1 on the Flat Chat forum. He…
Parking cops for strata blocks
Parking cops for strata blocks Concerns over illegal parking in strata schemes near railway stations and office developments – and the possibility of apartment and townhouse owners taking the law…
Parking thieves: some strategies
Illegal parking by outsiders in strata blocks is a perennial problem. While strata residents – owners and tenants – can be fined or, according to some lawyers, clamped or towed…
Who’s responsible for my leaky windows?
QUESTION: We own an investment property and for the past year two sets of tenants have advised the managing agent that water is penetrating through the bedroom windows in heavy…
No love lost over noisy nookie
A Sydney apartment dweller is planning to record her neighbours’ noisy lovemaking in an effort to force them to re-carpet their tiled floors. Plagued by nightly sounds of “moaning, screaming…
Sound measuring phone apps
For all you sleepless strata dwellers, kept awake by the defeaning noises of your neighbours who insist their CD player/surround sound/drumkit is only too loud because you are too sensitive,…
Fair trading – friends not foes
One upon a time – round about 10 years ago – this website and the newspaper column from which it sprung would trash the CTTT and Fair Trading on a…
Time for more discrimination?
This isan update of a column I wrote in May this year Back in May (2013) I was asked to comment on radio about the A Current Affair TV exposé…