Re: Noise Nazi Neighbours

@Urban Spaceman said:

Heavens above, you two, Considerate Band Fair and CBR, you seem so inconsiderate, selfish, self-centred and self-obsessed.

All by-laws, Acts and house rules aside and no matter what the hour, if your disturbs others it’s just not fair.

Can’t you imagine, yourselves, being woken up after being asleep for a couple of hours on an otherwise peaceful night, by the sound of a couple of half-drunk people talking (more loudly than they realize) and the smoke drifting into your bedroom which may only be a few feet from the other home’s balcony?

You don’t think it would worry you? Prepared to consider that your behaviour, whatever it is, may be making others uncomfortable? Upsetting others?

Why not take their complaints on board, say you’re sorry and mean it. And get a grip.

Hey now, had we been having a party or playing loud drinking games or music at 2am on a Tuesday, I’d think the guy would have had a reasonable complaint. We weren’t. We haven’t. At what point do we not, as residents, get to enjoy the amenity of our balcony? And by amenity, I mean talking, not yelling and screaming and shouting. At the incident described below, the two people outside were quietly discussing reasonably discreet work, quiet enough not to wake the people in our apartment (myself included), let alone anyone else’s.

At what point do we lose that amenity? 6pm? 9pm? Are we not to use our balcony after a certain point in the day? Smoke is no issue as the owner above us is a smoker himself, so again, at what point must we curtail absolutely all noise so this guy can have his peaceful night’s sleep? I feel for him, because I wouldn’t personally choose such work hours, but he bought in a not-quiet area, across the road from a noisy pub (noisier than us, certainly), in a block and area full of young professionals, and expects suburban silence?

He called the cops on us saying we were loud and VIOLENT, and you think we should say sorry and mean it?