Flat owners, advice please

Depends on structure really. Our flats are built very well with very deep concrete subfloors. When I renovated, I put in a lot of soundproofing on the floor, and the sub is on a vibration dampening board (can't remember name, paid £50 or so for one). It is in the corner where the walls are external.

Never had any problems with neighbours, you can hear it a little, but far less than before when I didn't have it on a board and in another corner.

Then again I don't have the sub up high to be honest, prefer it to be more defined than in your face.
 
Kamwah said:
Most tenancy agreements will say that if you annoy the neighbors they can go as far as evicting you.
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They could but they wouldn't. It's too much hassle and takes months if the tenant waits out their notice period. The Landlord would also lose rent for the period the property is empty.

So long as the property is being maintained and the rent is paid the Landlord is very unlikely to do anything other than possibly send a warning letter.
 
Fourstar said:
They could but they wouldn't. It's too much hassle and takes months if the tenant waits out their notice period. The Landlord would also lose rent for the period the property is empty.

So long as the property is being maintained and the rent is paid the Landlord is very unlikely to do anything other than possibly send a warning letter.
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My Landlord... (and by Landlord I refer to the owner of the estate who manages it, as although we own our apartment, it like most is leasehold) will tend to issue fines for those who are flouting tenancy agreement rules.

For example, my tenancy says we aren't allowed BBQs, however a number of people have flouted that, one going so far as to have set his decking on fire. The Landlord will now fine anyone with a BBQ £45 everytime they are seen using it.

I think if somebody was being incredibly abusive and making noise all night, then the Landlord and Residents Association could take steps to having somebody removed. It wouldn't be easy, but its part of the contract they signed when they agreed to buy the property, so its enforceable by law, however you would hope it never got that far.
 
Jokester said:
Any idea which part of it joins on to the other half?
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From the pictures, one would assume it's backed onto another property. Although, I really don't know.

Regardless, I have tinkered around with the systems setup and put in place a 'late night' setup. Which dumbs down the 'thump' on the bass drastically, allowing for only subtle bass and forces through most low end frequancies to the wall speakers and mixes it with mid range. Sounds fairly decent! Tried last night at 11pm after warning my mum of my tests.

She didn't hear a single thing at the normal volume which she often complains about! So yea, that's cool.

Also did a ton of research into a sound dampening 3 sided box, basically, reduces the bass a little, but where the sub sits in the corner, this 3 sided 'box' goes into the corner for the sub to sit on, and the only directions the waves can travel is toward the listener. Need to do more research. Ideally, I will keep everything as it is right now and just see what it's like tonight when I view.

Cheers for all the input guys :D
 
Kronos said:
Nice to see someone actually thinking about their neighbours. The idiots up above me have just fitted laminate flooring throughout and I can here where they are in the flat and joy of joys their young granddaughter is there everyday playing with her toys.

I am certainly not suggesting that the youngster cannot play but that her idiot grand parents throw down some rugs.

Small rant over.
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I have that problem with the lady that moved in to a flat below mine, it was a very quiet block of flats but she bought a dog got laminate flooring then got another dog, the smell of the dogs is bad enough that she has currently 11 air fresheners outside her door, but when she's out... day or night... the dogs are barking... when she's in she plays loud music or is dragging furniture across the floor and it all just echos so much... and I work shifts.

/of rant

regarding OP so long as its at a decent time and you don't have laminate flooring should be fine but it might be good to just introduce yourself to the neighbours and let them know if they have any issues to contact you.
 
So! I did a bit more investigation and the property I linked above is a bungalow, a rather large one at that! Got to love google maps. Unsure why it's sub £700 for the size... Anyway, yea. Not attatched to any properties. Still, it's a quite area (lived in Twyford before) so no harm in introducing my self.

Also, the property has a garage! Get in!
 
Kronos said:
Nice to see someone actually thinking about their neighbours. The idiots up above me have just fitted laminate flooring throughout.
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Check with the management company. In many leases there is a clause stipulating carpeting throughout. Owners have to abide by the conditions of the lease... though getting them to toe the line can be a messy process. A weak management company may struggle to enforce it.

As for the OP... I hope he's not moving in anywhere near me. His neighbours are going to love his attitude.
 
Andrew_McP said:
Check with the management company. In many leases there is a clause stipulating carpeting throughout. Owners have to abide by the conditions of the lease... though getting them to toe the line can be a messy process. A weak management company may struggle to enforce it.

As for the OP... I hope he's not moving in anywhere near me. His neighbours are going to love his attitude.
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Do I come accross having a bad attitude then? Assume this is the case as it seemed like a sarcastic comment to say they would love my attitude.
 
It all depends on the flat in all honesty - I've lived in two flats in my life.

The first one was a new build built in around 2004, all the internal walls were plasterboard, I lived next to a druggy on the council who liked to have late night / early morning screaming matches with his physco druggy girlfriend - living there was pretty much hell. You could hear every word through the walls, never getting a moments peace.

The flat I live in now was built in 2006 and is just round the corner from the first flat. One of my best friends lives upstairs with his wife and their toddler - he can quite literally jump up and down on the floor and I will not hear a sound. I have my TV on quite loudly pretty much all the time and they claim never to have heard a peep from my flat.
 
Firestar_3x said:
ROFL, he really doesn't come across like that at all.
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The line "why buy it if you are not going to use it" is what stuck in my mind, despite what otherwise appeared to be a reasonable post.

I may be doing him a disservice, but flats and serious sound systems -- particularly where bass is concerned -- are just a recipe for unhappy neighbours. There's no way around that. Not the way British flats tend to be built (ie out of materials only slightly more soundproof than toilet roll tubes and tissue paper).

PS Rids appears to have found the mythical soundproofed flat complex! I'm impressed. :-)
 
Andrew_McP said:
The line "why buy it if you are not going to use it" is what stuck in my mind, despite what otherwise appeared to be a reasonable post.

I may be doing him a disservice, but flats and serious sound systems -- particularly where bass is concerned -- are just a recipe for unhappy neighbours. There's no way around that. Not the way British flats tend to be built (ie out of materials only slightly more soundproof than toilet roll tubes and tissue paper).

PS Rids appears to have found the mythical soundproofed flat complex! I'm impressed. :-)
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My flat is exactly the same, i.e. built correctly!

At the end of the day, if the OP couldn't care less then he wouldn't have posted this thread / even be thinking about noise as an issue.
 
I live in a ground floor flat with my son who is 1 the flat is over 20 years old. The sound proofing doesn't exist at all.

The guy above me pretty much drinks every day and has crazy arguments with his other half over and over, throws rubbish outside his window as well as fag ends etc...he even threw himself out the window once instead of using the front door! I have music at midnight and loud TV all day


My boy likes to have a nap durng the day which is almost impossible


I complained and complained about him with no help what so ever.

My little boy has been woken up terrified with the noise they are making, yet nothing has ever been done by the housing association, I haev sent letters I have called them, They are completely useless.

I can hear every little thing they say upstairs, I can even hear them going to the toilet! its disgusting.

Nothing I can do about it though, can't afford to move out and going upstairs just causes him to be even worse.

The stress starts to get to you after awhile, At one point before my boy was born it didnt bother me as much as it does now.
 
Depends on the flat - some newer builds or conversions have REALLY good soundproofing.

I have a decent system & like it loud too...

One of the flats I've lived it... the neighbours used to have very loud parties every other night... you could hear it in the hallway - but close the door and the noise was gone - completely!

It all depends on the flat... I'd carry on as normal and see if anyone makes a fuss.
 
I live with my Mrs in a second floor flat. Its an old build and again sound proofing is non existent. The floors and walls are just board so you can just about hear people talking but its not that bad however, im lucky enough to have a nice 'normal' neighbor living below.

I have a sound system in the bedroom and in the living room and they have never complained. I've always been careful of the volume though and never really blasted it plus I don't really use the sub volume, just the bass drivers in the speakers.... I'm always conscious of how load it goes and try and keep the volume at a decent level but still enjoyable. It is do-able...

I would carry on as usual but definitely take into consideration how loud you want the system to go.

Were both slowly saving for a house deposit now and looking at detached houses plain and simply because we don't have to worry about sound issues and space.
 
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