Compiled by Jonathan Selby with the help of fellow Jangloers.
I was asked to compile a summary of the responses I received to my noisy neighbor posting and here it is. Some of it tongue in cheek and quite amusing, but also some insightful things worth considering by anyone else who has a similar problem. I have simply used stars to break up each offering :-
** Speak to your vaad bayit.
** If you find that your pleas are falling on deaf ears, you might have found the problem.
** There's an organization called "Ha'Aguda le'tarbut ha'diur" - the number is 1800-404040. try them, they might be able to give you some advice or at least inform you of your rights. Good luck!
** Is his mirpesset closed? If not you may have to the iryeh (City Hall) and complain about the noise
** Aggresive but then I have been in Israel nearly 50 years. Get yourself a universal remote control - and use it in their direction. Eventually they will realise that you are not to be ignored
** Good morning, Putting a TV on the balcony seems odd to me but is Israel and there are a lot of odd things here. I would ask for help from a friend who speaks Hebrew in two ways. 1. Go with him/her to the talk to the neighbor and explain the volume is usually too loud. And, what times it really needs to be quiet. 2. Call the City. There are laws on when it needs to be quiet. I think noise is permitted between 7am and 11pm but I could be wrong. If number 1 is not working and they are not respectful you can report them to the city.
** I have a neighbor who had a piano that was up against my bedroom wall that loved to play until midnight or later. I had to go over there are a few times to tell them to stop. Eventually, they moved the piano to face the stairs and I do not hear it anymore.
** You do have rights but I don't know what they are exactly. Believe it or not, the Iriyat has inspectors and there are laws that one is supposed to abide by. This noise may be breaking one of these laws but the BEST way is to phone without delay the "Pikuach Ironi" or "City Supervision" office and register a complaint. I have heard directly from an Inspector that it is best to phone them first then allow an argument to develop. GOOD LUCK!! Israelis are generally noisy, I hope you get used to it.
** Hi, I symphatise with your because we have a neighbour right next to us, whose hobby is drumming. The whole house vibrates and it is quite upsetting because we were particularly looking for a quite neighbourhood. Anyhow, since we have the same problem, and I do speak hebrew, I made investigations, and it turns out, that there are two ways to deal with this problem. The simple way is, as it explains at the bottom of this cutout, to call the police (dial 100) when the TV is actually on and when the noise is impressive. Hopefully the police jeep will arrive in time and they will be able to have a personal (subjective) judgement over the intensity of the noise. If they believe is unreasonable, they can impose a fine on the spot and allow them to appear in court instead of paying the fine if they prefer to do so. If you do not like this option, and if there is a little chance to get the police over fast enough, then the next option is to call the municipality, and ask for the department of environment to send out an expert who can measure the intensity of the noise. Depending on the decibels and the duration of the noise they will advise you whether you have a case or not. They may also refer you to the ministry of environment in Jerusalem, in case they are unable to conduct the measurements themselves. In any case, there will be a charge for the cost of measuring the noise. This is as much as I can tell you at this moment of time. If I can, I will send you more information. Please let me know if you get any more helpful advice from other people on the list. Behtzlacha,
** I am no authority on this, but unless it's after 11:00 P.M. or between 2-4 P.M. I don't know that there's anything you can really do about it, but to try to speak with them and tell them that it bothers you. There must be a vaad habayit in your building maybe speak to the head of it and explain the situation and maybe they might say something to the people, especially if they have been around longer.
** Between the hours of 07:00 - 23:00 you have zero rights. The police have made an administrative decision to not do anything until midnihgt (an additional hour). In terms of rights - there are none. In terms of respect - welcome to Israel. You have an accent, you are new, you do not have a clan to back you up or to threaten them. You can live with it, you can leave. You can try to become friends with them. If you succeed - they *might* lower the sound (they might also expect you to give in as you "are friends" (not to mention Americans who *must* give in.) You can try to organize the other tenants. Sometimes things work. Sorry to sound so ... pessimistic. It is reality, nothing else.
** There's an organization called "Ha'Aguda le'tarbut ha'diur" - the number is 1800-404040. try them, they might be able to give you some advice or at least inform you of your rights. Good luck!
** I had a similar problem with a neighbor who really liked this tape with Latin music that he listened very loudly and quite often. So I started turning up my classical music radio station each time his music was starting. After a few days of "the war of the bands" I think he got the message, because he wasn't that loud anymore. Beethoven - 1, The Mariachis - 0! ** he can play it until 11 PM ; after that you can call the police
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