#24620
scotlandx
Strataguru

    It’s not just children overhead in specific apartments.  I live in a scheme of two small buildings with a shared courtyard, with back stairs leading up to the upper level apartments.  The way the buildings are configured, any noise in the courtyard is amplified and carries.

    We have had ongoing issues with owners who seem to think that the common property is free for their children to roam day and night.  In a single day I had two children at my back door 8 times.

    Coupled with that is the noise.  The courtyard is used as a playground, the children scream, at times the noise is unbearable.  Even if the children scream inside their apartment, the noise is considerable.

    I understand that children will scream and cry and make a noise, but there is a limit.  I also know that the standard by-law provides that children should not be allowed on common property unaccompanied.  Aside from anything else, there are liability issues.  It baffles me why parents think it is ok to let children aged 3 and 5 run up and down external stairs.  And try asking parents to keep their children under control, they don’t want to know about it.