If rented apartment is noisy - any comeback?

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Shiraz

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Hi,

I am looking to buy towards the end of this year, but in the meantime would like to rent a 1-bed apartment.

From reading this thread, and from personal experience, I know neighbours can make your life hell if they are noisy (music on all hours, parties all night etc).

So my question is, if I rent somewhere and find out in the first week, say, that the neighbours are really noisy, is there any way to get out of a contract? I think landloards have a 30-day period where they can ask tennants to leave for no reason - is there something similar for tennants?

I could request a noise-clause put into a contract, but since I already want to negotiate from a 1-year lease to a 6-month lease (with month-by-month contract after that), I dont want to appear too demanding and difficult.
I am purposely looking at apartments in the suburbs rather than city centre, in the hope the neighbours would be quieter.

Thanks,
Shiraz
 
That sounds pretty ridiculous to me...landlords have no control over the behaviour of neighbours and a bit like only being able to insure what you own..you can't guarantee the behaviour of others. No landlord would sign up to that as they wouldn't be sure how long tenants would stay.

To be honest, if you're going to rent/buy an apartment, in most apartment developments, you'll hear a lot more mundane things like furniture being moved, appliances being switched on, doors opening and shutting. If noise is your issue then you should look towards an older, solid build small house.
 
It may sound ridiculous if you are the landlord, but it is far from ridiculous if you are the person subjected to excessive noise every single day (i.e. if you are unlucky enough to have very noisy neighbours).

In this situation, I think the landlord would have a duty to the tennant to help out - e.g. contact landlord of noisy tennants / complain to management etc.

I'm used to 'normal' apartment-living noise like lightswitches, clacking of heels on wooden floors etc (which is why I am looking to buy a house), but need to rent a 1-bed place in the meantime, which generally means an apartment.

I just afriad of getting locked into a contract in a place which is essentiallu unusable, if I cant relax/sleep due to noise (this has happened to me before which is why I am so aware of it now).
 
What happens if when you buy your new place and the neighbours are noisy?

Just because you rent an apartment does not mean that you are more prone to noisy neighbours, you can just as easily get noisy neighbours when you buy somewhere.

What i'm trying to say is maybe your landlord has some sort of responsibility to you but i dont think it goes so far as you leave you out of a contract if your neighbours are noisy. It is hardly the landlords fault and they can't do anything about it besides talking to the neighbours /management agent etc which you could do yourself
 
Why don't you ask the neighbours if they have any noisy neighbours.

The same way you would if you were buying a house somewhere

You could also ask the Police if they recieve any complaints from that area.


The landlord is repsonsible for renting you habitable accomodation. He is not responsible for your neighbours. Only exception is if he owns the proprty that the noisy neighbours live in. He would then have some responsibility to speak with them.
 
OP, ask the landlord could you see the lease on the apartment. Most leases of apartments have clauses in relation to noise, parties and proper conduct in relation to neighbour wellfare.
 
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