What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Jersey
I live in a condo in an apartment building. The apartment above us has a full size drum kit. They practice almost every day normally stopping at 8 PM but sometimes going on til 10 PM. Occasionally the drumming is accompanied by a piano and bass. The noise that can he heard from inside our apartment from this is quite considerable and vibrations from the bass drum so bad that a sprinkler housing fell off in the room below the drums once. I complained and the person playing the drums said I was the only person to complain in the 9 years they have been at the apartment but they said they would sound proof the room. There was a building meeting on another topic a few months back and I saw that the drum kit was placed on a mat but no other sound proofing was visible. The apartment above has hard wood floors. I am not sure if the person rents or owns the apartment. Recently I had a meeting from home at 8 PM and the drumming was very loud so I asked the person to stop they said that they had the legal right to play until 10 PM and that there was nothing I could do and that I should consider myself fortunate that they normally stop at 8 PM. I would like to know if this is really the case , my wife and I have taken the decision to move as the drum noise has negatively impacted our lives and we feel we cannot relax at home when our neighbor plays the drums. If there is something that we can do and if there is an attorney that could help us please let me know.
I live in a condo in an apartment building. The apartment above us has a full size drum kit. They practice almost every day normally stopping at 8 PM but sometimes going on til 10 PM. Occasionally the drumming is accompanied by a piano and bass. The noise that can he heard from inside our apartment from this is quite considerable and vibrations from the bass drum so bad that a sprinkler housing fell off in the room below the drums once. I complained and the person playing the drums said I was the only person to complain in the 9 years they have been at the apartment but they said they would sound proof the room. There was a building meeting on another topic a few months back and I saw that the drum kit was placed on a mat but no other sound proofing was visible. The apartment above has hard wood floors. I am not sure if the person rents or owns the apartment. Recently I had a meeting from home at 8 PM and the drumming was very loud so I asked the person to stop they said that they had the legal right to play until 10 PM and that there was nothing I could do and that I should consider myself fortunate that they normally stop at 8 PM. I would like to know if this is really the case , my wife and I have taken the decision to move as the drum noise has negatively impacted our lives and we feel we cannot relax at home when our neighbor plays the drums. If there is something that we can do and if there is an attorney that could help us please let me know.