Noisy Neighbors?

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

That's pretty awesome. But does it make a sound we humans can hear? I need to be very diplomatic with the neighbor and his dogs and don't want him to find out that I am torturing his dogs for torturing me with barking 24/7.

 

So maybe you should not torture his dogs.

Your neighbor is the problem, the dogs just do what dogs do.

And just in case your little device doesn't work one day, maybe the dogs will do more of what they do...

 

 

[AreYouGerman]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Your neighbor is the problem

 

I think the dogs know this but they are still barking.

[Moonlover]

10 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

That's pretty awesome. But does it make a sound we humans can hear? I need to be very diplomatic with the neighbor and his dogs and don't want him to find out that I am torturing his dogs for torturing me with barking 24/7.

 

Read the product details. That should answer all your questions.

[Moonlover]

10 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

I just want to add that they are not 100% effective. I have used them on my peddle bike to stop dogs from chasing me. Some dogs (usually older and larger) don't seem to hear it, and some get used to it. They work really well on younger dogs, sometimes yelping in pain.

That's not what they are designed for. The target dog(s), such ones neighbour's, need to be conditioned to the noise before it becomes affective. They don't work until the dog realizes that it is its own barking that is causing that irritating sound. Then it becomes affective. Very affective. My neighbours dogs are virtually silent now and as far as I'm aware their owner doesn't have a clue why that is.

 

Edited May 12 by Moonlover

[EVENKEEL]

Here's one. In the deep Isaan village we had a guy down the dirt soi play the sound of a bouncing ping pong ball on his speaker in the morning. A slow bouncing sound, asked my ole lady about it and she said others tried making him stop but "up to him"

 

 

[AreYouGerman]

10 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Read the product details. That should answer all your questions.

 

Oh, I thought you had it and can give some review about if it's actually true what is written on the product details. Nevermind, I forget it's a spiteful boomer forum.

[transam]

2 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

Oh, I thought you had it and can give some review about if it's actually true what is written on the product details. Nevermind, I forget it's a spiteful boomer forum.

Don't I know you.......?    🤔

[treetops]

10 minutes ago, transam said:

Don't I know you.......?    🤔

 

Would you admit to it if you did?

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 5/11/2024 at 4:21 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Thailand and noisy neighbors.

On the back roads of Sukhumvit, around Phoenix golf course, the soi's have big speakers attached to the street light posts, every morning they have a very loud broadcast to the public. 

 

I've also seen the annoying early morning public broadcasts in different regions around Thailand. 

 

Bloody annoying.

 

 

[transam]

13 minutes ago, treetops said:

 

Would you admit to it if you did?

Well, yes..........😋

[Moonlover]

40 minutes ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

Oh, I thought you had it and can give some review about if it's actually true what is written on the product details. Nevermind, I forget it's a spiteful boomer forum.

 

Everything that you need to know about the product is on Lazada's web site. A lot more than I have the time to repeat. Go to the product page and scroll down. It's all there for you to read. I have one and it works exactly as described.

 

Ultra-sonic anti bark device.

 

 

 

[bunnydrops]

On 5/11/2024 at 7:40 AM, AreYouGerman said:

 

That's pretty awesome. But does it make a sound we humans can hear? I need to be very diplomatic with the neighbor and his dogs and don't want him to find out that I am torturing his dogs for torturing me with barking 24/7.

 

No, you can't really hear it, but there seems to be a low hum.

[Grumpy one]

Had a neighbour in Aus who enjoyed loud late night music.

Would never turn it down.

One Sunday night about 11 pm I cranked up my stereo with A lion sleeps tonight, hit the repeat button and went out

Next morning on my return he came begging me not to play that again.

He got the message that I like my peace and quiet  

Edited May 13 by Grumpy one

[novacova]

Was living in a quiet area in Lampang except for the occasional midnight drunken pistol popping into the rice field by the wife’s cousin or the early am buffalo butchering by aunt and uncle, nothing a set of earplugs could couldn’t fix. We moved to cm in a quiet area, occasional two-wheeled fart can wizzing by, same thing, earplugs in when it’s time to crash, not at all bothered by other people, it’s a mind over matter thing, so get over it. If you can’t handle it then move somewhere else. Hasty life decisions are for the most part erroneous.

Edited May 13 by novacova

[OneMoreFarang]

Just now, novacova said:

Was living in a quiet area in Lampang except for the occasional midnight drunken pistol popping into the rice field by the wife’s cousin or the early am buffalo butchering of aunt and uncle, nothing a set of earplugs could couldn’t fix. We moved to cm in a quiet area, occasional two-wheeled fart can wizzing by, same thing, earplugs in when it’s time to crash, not at all bothered by other people, it’s a mind over matter thing, so get over it. If you can’t handle it then move somewhere else. Hasty life decisions are for the most part erroneous.

It's not only about sleeping.

If I read a book I don't want to hear loud noise from the neighbors. 

And if I enjoy not so loud music, I don't want to wear headphones or turn up the volume because of my neighbors. 

 

Luckily, I don't have loud Neighbours - at least in the moment. 

[rwill]

The problem is you never know who is going to move in close to you.  It can be great for years and then change all of the sudden.

We were looking at property to buy in one area but decided not to buy there.  About a year later someone opened a Karaoke bar in one of the lots.  So glad we didn't buy there.

Where we ending up buying is about 3-4 kilometers from there and I can hear the music at our property.

 

And forget buying close to a Wat.  Even if you aren't that close they like to set up speakers a few kilometers away to make sure everyone can hear them.

[kingstonkid]

On 5/11/2024 at 4:34 PM, Martin71 said:

Gave my landlord 30 days notice today.. neighbour single woman living alone is the noisiest @#$%  I have ever come across, made me and the wife's life a misery  .. I don't hit women... but this one I have had some very dark thoughts about..

Single woman mmmm, I think I know the solution just ask the wife for permission first

[novacova]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Luckily, I don't have loud Neighbours - at least in the moment.

Same here, for now anyway. Though the wife and I are prepared to move if needed, we both like a quiet non busy settings. 

[john donson]

my scottish neighbor, the only <deleted> in the moo baan, has a kiddie pool... no problem, he used a pump to clean it, then after a few years, decided to up his installation and a big pump like a compressor for a big airco, blasting noise, vibrating on the iron fence, pointing to my house and cannot rest as those vibrations come all over the house, pretends he hears nothing, yeah, blasting in my house, pointing away from his, ask me to take a lawyer if I want... but I know , not 80db, it is the low noise but deep vibrations you cannot escape... almost wanted to go knock him out if he was outside, but result would be jail / deportation...

[newnative]

     You would think from reading TV/AN that noisy neighbors are a huge problem for a large number of posters.  Yet, from your survey, the vast majority report no problems at all and most of the remaining had some problems but they were resolved.  Only a small handful felt they needed to move.  Although your survey isn't scientific, I suspect it pretty fairly reflects reality--and certainly does in my experience here.

[OneMoreFarang]

51 minutes ago, novacova said:

Same here, for now anyway. Though the wife and I are prepared to move if needed, we both like a quiet non busy settings. 

I own my condo and I don't plan to move.

If someone would be too noisy then I would talk to him. And/or I would ask the building management and security to handle this.

And worst case, I have some BIG speakers and lots of power tools. 😉 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

2 minutes ago, newnative said:

     You would think from reading TV/AN that noisy neighbors are a huge problem for a large number of posters.  Yet, from your survey, the vast majority report no problems at all and most of the remaining had some problems but they were resolved.  Only a small handful felt they needed to move.  Although your survey isn't scientific, I suspect it pretty fairly reflects reality--and certainly does in my experience here.

That's why I did this poll.

To be fair, if you are one of the few people with problems, then it doesn't help much to know that only few people have such problems.

But in general, I think we can say: yes, those problems happen, but they are not the norm. 

[Hugh Jarse]

On 5/11/2024 at 4:21 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

In another tread members talk about buying property in Thailand and noisy neighbors.

 

Did you ever have noisy neighbors in Thailand?

Could you solve this by yourself with the neighbor?

Did you let the security people or management handle this?

Was it so bad that you moved out?

 

Personally, I had a long time ago a noisy neighbor. I let it slide a few times and then I just called the security of the building, every time he started noise again in the middle of the night.

I don't remember how long it took, but maybe max one month later the problem was solved.

How about you?

My preferred solution is to wait for them to retire and then play Pat Metheny’s, Zero tolerance for Silence.part 1.at high volume. Its so raucous it would wake the dead

[treetops]

3 hours ago, newnative said:

     You would think from reading TV/AN that noisy neighbors are a huge problem for a large number of posters.  Yet, from your survey, the vast majority report no problems at all and most of the remaining had some problems but they were resolved.  Only a small handful felt they needed to move.  Although your survey isn't scientific, I suspect it pretty fairly reflects reality--and certainly does in my experience here.

 

It's >13% who have moved or not found a resolution to a big problem.  That's around 1 in 8, so at least one on every floor of most condos, maybe even 2 or 3 depending on the size of the place.

 

If there really was that many on each and every floor that would be a huge problem IMO.

[The Theory]

I lived in an attached townhomes (moban) that belonged to my gf. We had 3 main noisy neighbors, next to us and 2 opposite. They had party a least 3 nights per week. Our small garden at the end of soy was toilet of next door guests. I complained 2 or 3 times, but I only received worse. I was totally disappointed and could not see any solution till Covid began.
The next door Mr brave man lost his job after years. Sitting home most of time. His aggressive wife worked only and at this time they were not so brave anymore. 
opposite neighbors, both lost jobs. One drove a MB to work, but now had to get a cheap job and got a cheap small motorcycle. The other opposite neighbor (coyote laud sounds at 3:00 morning) started a food business by his gf (abusing her in fact to save the house from bank). It did not take too long and he sold the house for cheap to avoid foreclosure. 
I moved out before I could see all what happened to them. I'm sure they never change and do the same when they rise again. 
 

[OneMoreFarang]

24 minutes ago, The Theory said:

I lived in an attached townhomes (moban) that belonged to my gf. We had 3 main noisy neighbors, next to us and 2 opposite. They had party a least 3 nights per week. Our small garden at the end of soy was toilet of next door guests. I complained 2 or 3 times, but I only received worse. I was totally disappointed and could not see any solution till Covid began.
The next door Mr brave man lost his job after years. Sitting home most of time. His aggressive wife worked only and at this time they were not so brave anymore. 
opposite neighbors, both lost jobs. One drove a MB to work, but now had to get a cheap job and got a cheap small motorcycle. The other opposite neighbor (coyote laud sounds at 3:00 morning) started a food business by his gf (abusing her in fact to save the house from bank). It did not take too long and he sold the house for cheap to avoid foreclosure. 
I moved out before I could see all what happened to them. I'm sure they never change and do the same when they rise again. 
 

It tells us a lot about you how you enjoyed that your neighbors lost all their money.

[IsaanExpat]

Neighbors? No never. I can drink enough to sleep through just about anything....but the dang birds! Outside the window ar the ass crack of dawn.....so many Birbs!!!

[John L.]

If you are dealing with noisy neighbors, here are some steps you can take:

 

1. Communicate with Neighbors: Start by politely discussing the issue with your neighbors. They may be unaware that they are causing a disturbance.

 

2. Contact the Homeowners' Association or Juristic Person (JP): If you live in a condominium or an area with a homeowners association, notify the association or the JP about the problem. They might be able to resolve the issue informally.

 

3. File a Complaint with Local Authorities: If the noise continues despite your efforts, you can file a complaint with the local administrative authorities or the police. They can investigate and measure the noise levels.

 

4. Keep Evidence: Document the instances of noise disturbance, including dates, times, duration, and the nature of the noise. Recordings can also support your complaint.

 

5. Legal Action: As a last resort, you may consider legal action. Under Thai law, causing excessive noise can be considered a public nuisance, and those affected can file a civil action against the perpetrator for damages. 

 

In Thai law, the provisions that could potentially be applied to noise disturbances are Section 1337, which covers wrongful acts or torts, and Sections 423 and 1336 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. 

 

Section 423 refers to the abuse of rights, stating that property should not cause unnecessary harm or inconvenience to others.
Section 1336 states that every person is bound to compensate for any harm caused to others by an act committed by oneself or those one is responsible for unless one can establish that the act was due to the victim's fault or by the nature of the thing itself or by force majeure.

These provisions could provide a legal basis for action against a neighbor causing a noise disturbance, as it may be considered a nuisance that unlawfully interferes with your enjoyment of your property.

 

Enforcing noise regulations can be challenging in practice and may require substantial evidence and persistence. Legal action may also strain neighborly relations, so it's often used as a last resort after attempting to resolve the matter amicably.

[motdaeng]

3 hours ago, John L. said:

If you are dealing with noisy neighbors, here are some steps you can take:

 

1. Communicate with Neighbors: Start by politely discussing the issue with your neighbors. They may be unaware that they are causing a disturbance.

 

2. Contact the Homeowners' Association or Juristic Person (JP): If you live in a condominium or an area with a homeowners association, notify the association or the JP about the problem. They might be able to resolve the issue informally.

 

3. File a Complaint with Local Authorities: If the noise continues despite your efforts, you can file a complaint with the local administrative authorities or the police. They can investigate and measure the noise levels.

 

4. Keep Evidence: Document the instances of noise disturbance, including dates, times, duration, and the nature of the noise. Recordings can also support your complaint.

 

5. Legal Action: As a last resort, you may consider legal action. Under Thai law, causing excessive noise can be considered a public nuisance, and those affected can file a civil action against the perpetrator for damages. 

 

In Thai law, the provisions that could potentially be applied to noise disturbances are Section 1337, which covers wrongful acts or torts, and Sections 423 and 1336 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. 

 

Section 423 refers to the abuse of rights, stating that property should not cause unnecessary harm or inconvenience to others.
Section 1336 states that every person is bound to compensate for any harm caused to others by an act committed by oneself or those one is responsible for unless one can establish that the act was due to the victim's fault or by the nature of the thing itself or by force majeure.

These provisions could provide a legal basis for action against a neighbor causing a noise disturbance, as it may be considered a nuisance that unlawfully interferes with your enjoyment of your property.

 

Enforcing noise regulations can be challenging in practice and may require substantial evidence and persistence. Legal action may also strain neighborly relations, so it's often used as a last resort after attempting to resolve the matter amicably.

 

moving is the last solution, but the nosy neighbor problem will likely follow you – no matter where you move,

there's always a chance of encountering noisy or inconsiderate neighbors ... 

 

in my experience, even living in a premium community doesn't guarantee peace and quiet from nosy neighbors.

unfortunately, selfish foreign neighbors can be just as intrusive as thai neighbors ...

 

 

 

Edited June 25 by motdaeng
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[ravip]

On 5/11/2024 at 4:42 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Not really.

It depends a lot on where you are and the people who are in those locations.

I am regularly in multiple restaurants without these problems.

And where I live mostly it is civilized in the floors, the lifts, and the corridors in between.

You are one hell of a lucky bloke! - Congratulations!

Inconsiderate neighbours seems to be the 'new normal', mostly in Asian countries due to the lack of proper law enforcement.