Hi guys, I have been having trouble with a neighbour above who are late sleepers and love to make all sorts of sounds from scratching, dropping objects onto the timber floor above late into the night. They moved in about 2 months ago.
Talking to them nicely has gotten nowhere, and strata is very slow to act, it's been a nightmare.
But what I would like to know is, if proper soundproofing was put in place in the beginning, none of the daily activities should be that audible. Their living room is right above our bedroom, if I remember correctly, there's a requirement that above habitable room, the sound transmitted need to be <35 dB.
Can I put pressure on strata to look up the renovation certificate for the timber floor as it directly causes us distress? If something like this was not properly documented in the minutes, it should be illegal and strata can make the owner rip out the whole thing and does something that meets compliance?
Help is appreciated in this matter, my fellow ozbargainers.
Have you considered that some of the noises may be due to water hammer? I wasn't aware that this was a thing until quite recently and it explains why we've heard the upstairs neighbours rolling marbles around the floor at all hours of the night… https://archive.curbed.com/2019/6/17/18650669/marbles-sound-…