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Thank you Strata Guru for your interest in my problem. I live in NSW and the tenant that is causing the problems is a young English woman who likes to have a good time and has drunken, noisy parties and is generally inconsiderate about how much noise she makes late at night/in the early hours of the morning eg. moving of furniture, walking around in high heels, slamming doors etc. She also seems to have a lot of friends staying over. At the mediation, she agreed to comply with the strata by-laws as regards noise disturbance, and the deal was that I would have her phone number and ring when there was a problem, but if she is having a good time she simply doesn’t answer her phone so that was useless. The owner of the apartment told her managing agent I was always complaining and so my complaints and the subsequent complaints of my tenant have not been taken seriously. The offending tenant also does a good (make that jaw-dropping) line in excuses, prevarication and generally muddying the waters. Perhaps the best plan would be for me to get back-packers or a big boofy bloke as my next tenant.