Reply To: Noisy families leave me floored

Thanks Jimmy,
It truly baffles me as to why after a many polite requests over several years people will simply ignore your pleas for some respite from their gymnasium like activities, kung-fooing the bathroom to death ,and frequently running and jumping about when they are well aware it makes a huge noise for the people living below them. Naturally I don’t mind a bit of noise here and there as this is strata living, but when they keep Sydney airport hours each day and the noise is every 10 min or less it drives you nuts. What floors me as you say is when they ignore a notice to comply and basically say “bring it on”. Last night I videoed with my phone sequels of watch me mummy as the child hammered the floor with something that was very solid and bounced several times for over 30min

The difficulty I face pursuing this is I don’t have the wider support of the owners not affected by this. They are afraid of incurring costs as they are investors, you may recall we went down this path 10 years ago and incurred significant expense. The other member of the strata committee is almost completely deaf, needs hearing aids and is more interested in simply being on the committee. Last AGM she wandered off after voting herself onto the committee and left myself and the strata manager to finish up the agenda.
I know the Tribunal path can take over 12 months to complete, is very expensive if lawyers are involved and is a lottery as to whether of not you will prevail. Of course if we get new neighbors who knows if they will be any better.

The owner of the lot above is very hostile to anyone who was involved  in him losing his precious cheap timber floor, although it is still installed in the dining area and is the worst part of above.
Alas despair has set in