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staticsan said:
Austman said:
Would it be possible to post version one of the notes here (minus names/places etc of course)? I think it's a tricky exercise but can see the merits. I'm quite sure our noisy neighbour is not realising the problems he is causing others.
Here is what I posted on the noticeboard for the second problem:
Some unit in this stairwell is leaving their exhaust fan on all night. Please be considerate of your neighbours. The sound of it carries a very long way at night. Thank you.
It was handwritten in a thick marker. Within a day, some had scratched out “Some unit” and written in the offending Unit number. About 4 days later, I write on the bottom in a different colour: “Yeah: this means PLEASE DON'T”.
The fan still runs for hours some evenings, but almost never past midnight.
I have, of course, tried that. It might work sometimes, but mostly (in my experience) it does nothing . Sadly, it's because 'unreasonable' residents don't tend to respond to reasonable requests.
Our 'problem' resident (a problem for many in the building – with some complaining in writing to the OC manager) needed a visit from the police at 04:50 the other week.
We know the laws (strata, council, state) but it is still a difficult issue to solve.