Re: Neighbor complaining about toddler noise - Landlord Forum thread 361168

Re: Neighbor complaining about toddler noise by Garry on March 13, 2021 @10:49

Forgive me if I read your story a little bit wrong. I just assumed you owned the whole building---my bad. I'm guessing that you are a newer landlord, as you probably got a good deal on the condo when you bought it, and these were your first tenants. You seem to have picked good tenants, which is sometimes hard to do as a first time LL.

If you want to keep your tenants, and also preserve harmony between upper and lower tenants, you may need to make a difficult decision, and put in new carpeting, with a pad, on all your floors, except the bathroom and kitchen. Anytime someone owns a unit with a lower unit underneath, if the ceilings/floors are not insulated enough, noise can travel between floors, causing problems between tenants. If the noise problem escalates, the police may be called, and you don't want that.

I realize you have some good tenants, and you have said a couple of times, you don't want them harassed. But consider the opposite---- the noise the lower T hears, may be considered harassment by your T towards her, even if it is by accident or just normal living. Good luck in figuring out a solution to your problem.

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