#people who mow their lawns at 7am on a sunday

[warmearthworm]

you are so selfish……… prepare to be publicly executed for the greater good of mankind

[primonizuto]

imagine waking up at 7am on sunday morning and deciding you simply have to go out and mow your lawn and trim your hedge. imagine not thinking about how rude and annoying this is to the people you live next to who are trying to have a sunday morning lie-in

[roboromantic]

i have GOT to move out, I've been avoiding using the kitchen bc I'm not entirely sure what we are and aren't allowed to use since they replaced like. almost all the kitchenware. and my dad made it sound like it'd be a Big Deal if his wife found dirty dishes and on the one hand I'm like 98% sure he was exaggerating bc she's very chill and actually likes cleaning so she might just. clean it herself. but otoh I have shall we say Very Bad Memories of a certain someone just being completely horrible about how we live "in a pig sty" etc. so. kinda hard to get over that.

also I'm not sure what her schedule is so I don't wanna be ready to go make food only to find the kitchen already being used I mean that happened with my other family members anyway but we'd usually just chat whenever that happened and I uh. am not really close enough to her for that to be an option. there's gonna be a family game night on sunday night(s?) so im sure I'll get used to her eventually but.

I've also been on edge bc like I can't really make any noise past idk, 10pm or so? which sucks bc that's like. my equivalent of the afternoon. basically everyone else has insomnia and/or keeps weird hours so it wasn't really a problem before but she does sleep at normal people times and her dog is sensitive to loud noises and that's another thing I'm stressed about. like I'm very very glad her dog is usually quiet but I Hate that it'll start barking whenever I get home from work or at like 7am when it's being taken for a walk which again it's really annoying to be sleeping around that time only to have my now-a-begrudging-morning-person dad start fuckin. mowing the lawn or doing other noisy projects outside.

also stressed bc the people who designed this house made the very smart decision to make it so the laundry room is only accessible via the master bedroom. it was bad enough trying to do laundry when I didn't know if I was gonna be bothering my dad by doing so, but now there's another person to be worried about. if it weren't for the fact that I know they'll almost always both be out on Sunday mornings for a few hours, I'd just go to the laundromat. it'd still be great if I had more access to it bc I'd be sol if I forgot to grab it when it's done but I guess it's at least manageable for now

and lastly I mean I'll admit I've not been great with showering at regular intervals to begin with, but now I'm even less motivated to do so bc when I wash my hair I always shed a Ton and while I make sure to keep the drain as clean, who wants to spend 5 minutes trying to get every single strand of hair off the shower walls. not me.

and on top of that there's the knowledge that my dad is just getting more annoyed with us the longer we're here but I don't have money and brother 3 is still not really looking for a job and who fuckin knows if brother 2 is gonna live with us or move to New Zealand or Canada (both places he has seriously considered) and I have one (1) plan that I'm kinda banking on but I don't wanna get my hopes up or mention it until I know whether it'll actually happen or not and that won't be until at least March, maybe April, and even if it does I still wouldn't actually be moving out until fuckin. November or so and aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

[baxtonme]

Property Management: What to Do When Things get Noisy

When anger rises along with the decibels at the rental property, resolving the situation can get a bit complicated. This is partly because the rules and regulations governing the landlord/tenant relationship have limitations which can pour oil on the fire of finding a peaceful solution. Baxton Property Management in Hobart looks at factors to bear in mind when things get noisy.

Taken at face value, the Residential Tenancy Act places emphasis on the tenant’s rights to “quiet enjoyment” of the property. This would seem to place the responsibility to deal with noise directly on the landlord’s plate, and  he or she might be the first person tenants think to call if their neighbour is making a noise. But is it really within a owner or landlord’s power to do anything about it? And how could they go about it?

Caught in the Middle

The landlord is between a rock and a hard place in trying to deal with the situation. As much as the regulations protect the tenant’s right to peaceful enjoyment, they also include measures to guard their privacy. These include controlling a landlord’s access to the property, effectively tying his or her hands  when faced with a noise complaint.

If the noise is generated by a neighbour who is not also the landlord’s tenant, the landlord is powerless to do anything about it. And if there are two of his tenants having a disagreement over noise, the landlord or owner will have difficulty deciding which of his tenants should be supported in their position.  The landlord may have difficulty finding proof because 24 hours’ notice would have to be given before going to the rental house to speak to the tenant accused of making a noise.

Without issuing that warning, he could be contravening tenancy regulations which govern such visits to the rental property. And after 24 hours the noise will have probably died down, and if it’s a one-off thing, like a noisy BBQ to celebrate a birthday, there will be a whole year before the next one.

When it’s Not a Once-off Thing

Sometimes it’s a continuing problem, like dogs barking all day while their owner is at work, a music scholar practising a loud instrument regularly, or a tenant mowing the lawn in the early morning. However, it is likely that if the landlord or owner visits the premises, the dogs would not bark, and the music scholar would have put down the instrument or stood up from the piano, to answer the door. The only chance a landlord would have of investigating, would be by spending lengthy periods parked outside the neighbour’s rental and listening for the noise. And how does that differ from infringing on a tenant’s right to privacy?

The Noisy Tenant Could Lose Their Home

At the same time, causing excessive noise also forms part of the tenants’ obligation to avoid “causing a nuisance”. This means that the landlord would be able to submit an application for a Notice to Vacate, effectively eviction, unless the tenant repairs the breach of the agreement by no longer causing a nuisance during the process. The owner also has to be pretty sure that the problem does exist, as Tasmania’s tenancy laws insist on a valid reason for  terminating a lease.

Turning To the Council

At the end of the day, if the noise problem cannot be solved by communication with a neighbour, or  a meeting between the landlord and his two tenants, the best recourse probably falls within the ambit of the Hobart council, and more specifically, Police Tasmania, which control noise pollution situations in the Tasmanian capital. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has set fixed times for noise levels being switched down or off. An upper limit of 55 dBA has been placed on the amount of noise allowed to come into one property from another.

When Quiet Must Prevail

Quiet times are applied to noise which is emitted from inside a room in one property that can be heard by someone who is in a room in another property. Weeknight noise restrictions start between 6pm and 10pm on weeknights, depending on what is causing the noise. The 6pm restriction is on chainsaws, stationery motor vehicles, motor vessels and outboard motors, as well as power and other noisy building tools and mobile machinery. Lawnmowers can go on cutting grass till 8pm and music lovers can continue to play their music till 10pm on weeknights, and till midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Time to kick off  again is at 7am on weekdays.  Another two hours are allowed so people can sleep in on Saturdays till 9am, and on Sundays and public holidays, the limit of quiet time is extended till 10am.

After many years handling disputes between rental property owners and their tenants, or between neighbouring tenants, Baxton Property Management in Hobart does its best to resolve issues like noise complaints without it ending up in court. For them,  dispute resolution forms part of the property management service. Contact Baxton online.

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