#14124
Austman
Flatchatter

    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.