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Hi again, Les, the… err… OP here and Nettle, this goes out to you. Thanks to others for your help and advice.
Imagine… you sit down to dinner with your wife and 7 year old kid plus your mother-in-law. It’s about 7:15pm on an otherwise quiet week night and… GGGRRRRIIIINNNNDDDD… the bloke two floors down is drilling in his wall again. Everyone just about jumps to the ceiling. The kid drops a soup spoon in fright.
The bloke downstairs works 9 to 5. He moved in about two months ago and has been fixing the place up to his and his wife’s liking ever since then, in the evenings and weekends.
At his neighbours’ request, he has been asked by the Strata Manager to warn them when hammering or drilling is going to occur and a general letter has been placed on the notice board mentioning the council rules (inadequate) and what the Act and by-laws say about ‘peaceful enjoyment’. Additionally he has been personally asked to stop hammering at about 7pm on another night.
He he polite and affable but he JUST DOESN’T GET that his home handyman renovations out-of-hours are ruining things for everyone else.