Dear Seek,
The information your require and are seeking with respect is not going to come via a Chat Forum site.
May I suggest the Following options:
- Take what you have to a Strata Solicitor (Normally no charge for first meeting, if you don’t stay for Lunch) and discuss your concerns and what options you have open to you. If the Solicitor thinks you have reasonable grounds to raise then look at getting an Acoustic report, and go from there.
2. Sometimes the cure is worse (or more expansive than the sickness) so can I make a sensible suggestion to how you can more than likely fix the issue.
- Bring the issue to the Owners Corporation’s notice via the Executive Committee or Strata Manager and ask if you can have a second window installed (at your cost unless other unit Owners have the same problem) behind the windows and doors of the wall facing the street.
A good company that has proven performance with this issue is Magnetite https://www.magnetite.com.au/?gclid=CKD5qv6NwbMCFUNMpgodMAwAKw who are specialists in this area.
The OC should be happy to give you permission to fit a recommended product from Magnetite (they may want a By-law) and I am sure all of this will be done with a lot less stress than trying to sue someone and at a lot less cost then going to Solicitors etc.
Remember when you bought the unit that a standard contract condition is ‘Caveat Emptor’ which translated means Buyer beware, in other words it was your responsibility to make the enquires before purchasing.
Hope this helps.