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My upstairs neighbor and I recently had the floor between us tested for noise as I had complained to him about heavy walking. He no longer wears shoes inside but this has not resulted in less pounding. The previous occupant was very quiet. Our strata has a special flooring by-law which states: “The L’nT,w of the floor of a lot must be 50 or less (other than in an area that is a kitchen, laundry, lavatory or bathroom)”. Upstairs agreed to have an acoustic company test the floor. We had this carried out with the result being: “The installed hard floor covering has achieved concessional compliance to the building’s by-law requirements as noise levels within 2dBA are widely deemed as non-perceivable. This means that the difference between a floor performance of Lntw of 50 and 52 will not be perceivable”. My question is: where exactly is the cut-off – I thought it was 50? While the floors in the living areas were 52, the floor in one of the bedrooms with carpet was 26. The knocking from the acoustic machine upstairs was very loud in the living areas and very soft in the carpeted bedroom.
I know there’s a by-law about disturbing the peaceful enjoyment of another lot but in all reality how do you prove that? The Strata Committee has not been involved; I was once the chair so I know how that would go. I don’t know if anyone has had any success in this area?
I haven’t posted on Flat Chat before but often read it. What a great resource it is; how vast the problems are in strata – thanks Jimmy
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