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My tenant lives next door to me with her husband and 2 year old. My tenant and her young family are a delight and the most thoughtful and reliable tenants I have ever had – she has lived next door for 3 years now. Therefore, I was surprised to be confronted on our common property by a neighbour (tenant who lives directly opposite me in the neighbouring strata plan). This neighbouring tenant aggressively ordered me to “do something about that child” squealing and screaming. I told her I live next door and while I hear the child on occassion, it is nothing out of the ordinary. She told me it occurs during the day when I am at work. I did not understand as I have worked from home on many occassions and I know the child wakes at 9:00 am & the then attends day care from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (except for Mondays). I told the neighbour I would address it and asked for specifics as I was not clear on exactly when this was happening. She said to me “I am not answering any questions, I am not giving you details, you just say to me that you are sorry and you will fix it.” I repeated to her that I would speak to my tenant however, my tenant is likely to have questions also. She then told me I should evict my tenant and that she had put up with this for 1.5 years and had felt like calling DOCS as it sounded as if the child was being hurt and she also mentioned that if this took place at night and her sleep was affected, she would have called the Comancheros (she was referring to a bikie gang). She ranted and raved for quite a while and I told her that this was the first time I had heard of this and she should not have let this build up. I spoke with my tenant and she felt terrible about it and is going to do everything she can to minimise the noise but she is confused about when this is supposed to be at an unacceptable level. At the time of the aggressive confrontation, I was shocked and just kept my cool but now I feel angry & a anxious about this, especially as my tenant told me about the noise & smoke coming from the complaining tenant/neighbour being smoke from her deck (deck not approved by Council) wafting into our properties, electric amphlified guitar playing, washing machine that is located in a shed approximately 2 metres from the boundary fence and a total of 6 metres from our front doors, teenage son and his mates gathering on this illegal deck to hang out – the deck is approx 10 metres from our front doors and is elevated – all petty things we overlooked – until now – doesn’t seem right/fair that she is outraged by a child’s noise yet creates plenty of her own noise – I’m curious about others’ opinions and suggestions on what to say to her if/when she confronts me again.
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