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NOISY NEIGHBOURS IN SINGAPORE

Resolving Your Noise Problems



ABOUT US




Dropnoise is a pioneer supplier of products and services for tackling noise
nuisance in neighbourhoods. Based in Singapore, we perform noise nuisance
recordings for clients and supply a compact and effective range of products that
serve to protect the well-being of you and your family. Contact us for a
non-obligatory consultation or visit our online store today.




OUR PRODUCTS & PROMOTIONS




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OUR SERVICE




NOISE NUISANCE MONITORING AND RECORDING

We help to measure and record noise from your neighbour so that you may use it
to indicate a genuine nuisance does exists.

*packages charges start from $470



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LIVING WITH NOISE: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

Living with high ambient noise may lead to noise-induced hearing loss ,
according to World Health Organisation. We follow an expert to measure noise
pollution levels at local residences near an expressway and MRT track.






INTERVIEW WITH CNA93.8 : TACKLING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM NOISY NEIGHBOURS

An interview with Spencer Tan, the founder of Dropnoise – a pioneer supplier of
products and services for tackling noise nuisance in neighbourhoods. Based in
Singapore, we perform noise nuisance recordings for clients and supply a compact
and effective range of products that serve to protect the well-being of you and
your family.






NOISE IN SINGAPORE




Singapore is a fairly noisy city. Ambient noise in Singapore measured in the
quiet of the night is greater than 55 decibels as compared with 40 to 50
decibels in Europe.




Singapore is a small and densely populated city-state with an average of over
7,000 residents in each square kilometre of land. Due to the land constraint,
there is a limit on the setback distances and land buffers that can be provided
to keep noise sources such as road and rail traffic away from residential areas.




As of June 2013, 82% of resident population lives in Housing and Development
Board (HDB) flats. As the number of Singapore residents increase, more and more
HDB flats and condomiums will be built and possibly at a greater approximity to
one another. There are currently about 70,000 complaints made each year to
various government agencies about noise.




As the city-state gets densers and with greater cultural diversity, it is set to
get noiser and chances of encountering a noise neighbour will inevitably be
higher as well.




Read all about noise here.




COMMON PROBLEMS OF NOISY NEIGHBOURS




FAMILY FIGHTS

Quarrelings amongst family members are a common sight. It can involve lots of
shoutings, banging of doors, throwing of stuffs around. It usually occurs on a
random basis and can happen in the middle of the night and awaken you.




RENTAL FLATS/ROOMS

Your next-door neighbour (or worse your upper floor neighbour) bought a new
condo and decided to rent out their flat. You consistently get new neighbours
(i.e. the tenants) moving in and out on a regularly basis (depending on the
lease). To make it worse, a unit of flat is almost always rented out to multiple
tenants at the same time.




FAMILY WITH YOUNG KIDS

Your neighbour has one or more young kids who like to run around or spread their
toys on the uncarpeted floor. The excessive noise can also be from the
screaming, shouting and crying by the kids.




COMMERCIAL USE OF FLATS

Your neighbour decided to convert their home into office. While HDB permits the
use of home-office, only selected businesses are allowed. In addition, the use
of the flat should not create a nusiance to the neighbourhood. However, there
may be cases of flat owners who use their flat for low volume production or run
their music business in the unit.




FAMILY WITH DOG

Your neighbour keeps a dog and it barks continuously. Your neighbour does not
attend to the dog and keep it from barking.




NIGHTMARE FAMILY

Your neighbours like to talk loudly, turn up the bass-heavy stereo system and
TV, perform DIY home fixing and repairs, stamp the floor, host
parties/gatherings, play mahjong throughout the night, play musical instruments
and more.




HEALTH COMPLICATIONS DUE TO PROLONG NOISE EXPOSURE




Prolong exposure to noisy environment can result in detrimental effects to your
health and quality of life. It can cause hypertension, annoyance and sleep
disturbance. It can also result in family disharmony. Changes in the immune
system and birth defects have also been attributed to noise exposure.




Research overseas has found that a constant noise level of more than 80 decibels
has been associated with increased risk of permanent hearing loss, 65 decibels
with hypertension and heart disease, 55 decibels with significantly disrupted
sleep and 40 decibels with reduced concentration.




Generally, sound of up to 45 dB is considered the limit indoors as per the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Above 45 dB (a little shy
of the amount of sound in a quiet office), we tend to get a little irritated.






Read about the facts on hearing loss that your probably do not know here.




MAKING YOUR CASE




To provide a convincing case of being a victim of a noisy neighbour, you will
need to understand what scenario qualify you for making a justifiable complain.

Find out more about various noise regulations and legislations in
Singapore here.




Permissible noise limits:

Type of affected premises 



 

Boundary noise limit (reckoned as the equivalent continuous noise level over 15
minutes) in decibels (dBA) Day
7 am to 7 pm Evening
7 pm to 11 pm Night
11 pm to 7 am Noise sensitive places, e.g. hospitals and schools 60 dBA 55 dBA
50 dBA Residences 65 dBA 60 dBA 55 dBA

SOURCE: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT (BOUNDARY NOISE LIMITS FOR
FACTORY PREMISES) REGULATIONS. FIGURES SHOWN ARE AVERAGE VALUES MEASURED OVER A
5-MIN PERIOD





Here’s what the noise levels mean:

Noise level (dBA) Example 40 Library 70 TV audio 80 Whistling kettle 110-120
Live rock music 130 Power drill 150 Jet engine taking off




HOW TO MEASURE NOISE?




The National Environment Agency (NEA) revealed that up to 95% of more than
16,000 complains about noise level made in 2014 is unsubstantiated. According to
NEA, most of the noise meter applications on mobile phones are inaccurate.




Measurements of noise levels for law enforcement purposes shall be carried out
with a noise meter that complies with the standards specified in the
International Electrotechnical Commission Publication 651 (Type 1) and
Publication 804 (Type 1), or any other comparable standards. Otherwise, noise
meter of Type 2 will be suffice. Read more here.




POSSIBLE WAY OF RESOLVING IT








Credits: The Straits Times






Talk to the neighbours. Highlight what you have been experiencing and explore a
solution with the neighbors. If you have any proof of the disturbance created by
the neighbours, show it to them. They sometimes aren’t aware of the noises they
created. If the transgression is minor (e.g. air-conditioning unit is too
noisy), contact your HDB branch office.




Resort to mediation. Mediation can be done at a Community Mediation Centre,
which has a panel of trained volunteer mediators. The mediator will strive to
identify the dispute issue and come up with a win-win solution.  You can record
video, provide photographs and/or noise recordings to justify your
case. Register your case online or call hotline at 1800-2255-529.




If mediation failed, file your case with the Community Disputes Resolution
Tribunal (CDRTs) at The State Courts located at 1 Havelock Square, Singapore
059724. The CDRTs handle unreasonable interferences with the enjoyment or use of
places of residence. It provides the last resort for difficult disputes between
neighbours. Present to them whatever evidence you have to justify your case.




COMMUNITY DISPUTES RESOLUTION TRIBUNALS (CDRT)






On 13th March 2015, an Act (i.e. COMMUNITY DISPUTES RESOLUTION ACT 2015) to
facilitate the resolution of community disputes was passed by Parliament and
assented to by the President on 21st April 2015. The Act provide a statutory
tort for community disputes and establishes the Community Disputes Resolution
Tribunals (CDRT) as part of the State Courts to hear cases involving intractable
disputes between neighbors, after all efforts including community mediation have
exhausted. The CDRTs are specialized courts that will only hear claims between
neighbors over issues related to the enjoyment or use of places of residences.

Read more about it here.





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   * Back
   * Noise Nuisance Monitoring and Recording Service
   * Common FAQ
   * Noise Nuisance Monitoring Sample Report
 * ONLINE STORE
 * NEWS
   * Back
   * Press Releases
     * Back
     * Dropnoise Participates In Measuring Noise Level at Two Residences
     * Dropnoise Adds to Their Arsenal of Noise Measuring Equipment
     * Dropnoise Announces New Partnership with Scarlet Tech Ltd
   * Articles
     * Back
     * Marpac Dohm, Marpac Rohm and Marpac Hushh
     * Insomnia: Its Effects and Treatment Methods
     * Why There Is a Need To Protect Your Baby and Children Hearing with Ear
       Muffs
     * Noise Nuisance Measurement and Monitoring (Singapore)
     * How White Noise Machine Is Able To Help You Sleep Better
     * Understanding Sound Level Meters Specifications
     * Facts On Hearing Loss That You Probably Do Not Know
     * About Noise
     * Singapore Noise Regulations
     * All About Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals (CDRT)
     * How To Be Good Neighbours
   * Breaking News
   * Dispute Cases
 * CONTACT US

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