3 Effective Ways to Deal with Noise Disturbances

There’s nothing worse than noisy neighbours. But what can you do about it? In this video, learn all about resolving noise complaints as a homeowner or renter.
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When you’re dealing with noisy neighbours, or other noise disturbances at your home, it can be difficult to know what to do. How do you get your peace and quiet back without starting conflict?
First thing’s first, it helps to know what’s an actionable noise disturbance and what’s just typical noise-it all comes down to what’s “reasonable.” That can be tough, because everyone has a different standard. But, think about your neighbour mowing the lawn: perfectly reasonable at 2 pm, less reasonable at 2 am. Also, most cities have noise bylaws, which stipulate in much more specific terms what types of noise are allowable and which can result in a visit from an officer.
Once you’ve established that noise is unreasonable, what do you do?
The first step, assuming you’re comfortable with it, is to simply ask the noise-maker to stop. Be polite, be understanding, and explain clearly why you think the noise they’re making is unreasonable. You can also offer compromises.
If you live in an apartment or condo building, it can be harder to figure out exactly where the noise is coming from. It can also be more uncomfortable approaching a neighbour from a different floor that you’ve never met.
In either case, the next step is to report the noise to a higher authority. In an apartment, that’s the landlord or building manager. In a condo building, possibly the strata council (a.k.a. condo board). In particularly bad cases, you can call the police non-emergency line as a last resort.
In cases of persistent noise issues, you can also pursue legal action. Now, suing your neighbours is the nuclear option-you’ll never unburn that bridge. But in the worst cases, you may have no other options.
00:00 Intro
00:29 When can you make a noise complaint?
01:50 How do you deal with noise disturbances?
02:49 1. Speak to them directly
03:36 2. Report them to a higher authority
04:11 3. Take legal action
05:16 Bonus tip: Noisy buildings
#NoiseDisturbances #LoudNeighbours #Homeowners #CondoOwners #Renters

[@rhinosoundcontrol]

In Canada, most high-rise condominiums only have an 8" concrete slab that separates neighbouring units from above one another. All too often condo by-laws and rules are written poorly or inaccurately. What this means is, in over 85% of the inspections we conduct homeowners and contractors install acoustic underlays NOT tested for condos. If you wish to learn more about how to prevent noise, instead of only dealing with it after it lands on your door step we would be pleased to continue this conversation.

[@temporaryname8905]

There is a "magic" threshold for noise violation. The laws where I am written clearly define ways to measure the volume of the noise from the property of the person writing the complaint and what times what thresholds are legal.

[@SwaggerCanada]

Please fix your commercials volume.
THEY ARE TOO DARN LOUD!!!!

[@josephralph7570]

I live in an apartment building and my upstairs neighbors are always banging around, even in the middle of the night it sounds like a bunch of elephants walking around. I tried to talking to them on multiple occasions but the last time they were kind of rude and dismissive to me. So at this point what should I do?

[@SquareOneInsuranceServices]

If you've already spoken with the noisy neighbours with no success, the next step would be involving the landlord or property manager of the building. It helps if you can keep a log of the disturbances over a couple of weeks, including the times they occur. You can read a more in-depth guide on our website, if you're interested: www.squareone.ca/resource-centres/homeowner/noise-complaints-and-disturbances

[@PSYCKYO]

THE SECRET IS TO BE AS LOUD AS YOU CAN! DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SHAKE THE BUILDING AND DEMAND CHANGE OR CONTINUE BEING AS LOUD AS YOU CAN!

[@bangtanbell1306]

The lady who lives downstairs is mentally ill so she shouts all day long i live on rent in her home her shouting is affecting my peace n mental health but I can't makea complaint or else she will kick me out of house , i can't afford to shift rn because my house is being built near this neighborhood n i need to keep a look at the construction, whst should i do m just disturb to the limit!!!

[@audreyduftwolke1543]

unfortunately in my country they don't help citizens to deal with this they just let them be i wish i will move on quickly because all of this shit been driving me insane for the past 10 years