How to deal with Noise Tenants in your Apartment Building

If you have rented out apartments in your building then you would know exactly what sort of trouble noisy tenant’s cause to you and other tenants. Noises come in all sorts of ways possible. Usually it is the guitarist in the house that chooses the ultimate midnight to practice his/her skills.

It is very difficult to make everyone happy all the time; this is the same case when it comes to dealing with noisy tenants. If you tell the person to not to make so much noise, he/she will definitely get offended and that is quite normal too because whatever that person is doing is inside the confines of their apartment. If you do not do anything about the situation then the rest of the tenants are unhappy about the situation. Here is how you can prevent the situation from happening in the first place.

1. Avoid Generic Rental Agreements

   Generic rental agreements do not include the quiet enjoyment clause. If you are the owner of an apartment building then it is necessary that you put a quite enjoyment clause in the agreement so that you can avoid issues created by noisy tenants. More sophisticated leases contain a quiet enjoyment clause, but it generally covers the use of the unit itself –not the impact of the tenant’s use on other renters. It is possible however, to include language concerning noise in that clause. Moreover, the clause can contain caveat, such as “subject to all terms and provisions of this lease,” and the lease can address potential disturbances in a separate clause.

2. Enforce Quiet Hours
   

   It is best practice to ensure quiet hours in the building. These are those hours that are specified in the rules of the building, usually during the night, that start usually around 10 pm and require the residents to keep the noise to a minimum. Moreover, you can also check with your Local County or town code enforcement office. They might already have a noise ordinance in place, which you could enforce. The best advantage of a noise ordinance is that if your tenant does not comply you can simply call the police and they will enforce it for you.

3. Resolve Disputes
   

   Being the landlord, it all boils downs to being your responsibility that every tenant enjoys a peaceful stay in the building. This means that even with the lease agreement and the enforcement of noise enforcement, there will be disputes as someone or the other would violate the rules. What you can do in such situation is make sure that it does not happen too often and if you get multiple complaints by various other tenants in the same building about the same noisy tenant then you can take action against that tenant.

4. Penalties
   

   When you specify quiet hours in your lease, they should be followed by the penalties that would be implied on anyone that violates the rule. Eviction can be an option but can only be used in dire circumstances. Monetary penalties are enough to prevent recurrences in most cases.

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