Repair rules, or How to make friends with a neighbor

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Got the neighbors with their permanent renovation? Do you start your own renovation and need to make sure everything is done correctly? In this case, this article is exactly what you need now. It will allow you to accustom the restless tenants and not get into an unpleasant situation yourself.

Most of us live in apartment buildings. Some, unfortunately, forget about it and live without looking back at their neighbors. Moreover, many believe that their worries end at the doorstep of the apartment and that everything that remains outside is someone else's problem. Because of this, some of the entrances turn into a warehouse of construction waste, and garbage containers remain jam-packed for weeks, becoming a source of dirt and dust. Is it worth remembering how unpleasant the puncher is, especially in the presence of very young children.

According to Chapter 4 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and by-laws in force throughout Russia, any noisy work can be performed from 7:00 to 23:00.

In addition, there is a ban on the use of equipment and tools that produce increased noise and vibration: the noise level of neighbors should not exceed 40 dB during the day and 30 dB at night. For comparison: this level corresponds to the loudness of ordinary speech and the ticking of a clock. At the same time, noisy work (for example, chipping walls for laying a cable) cannot be performed on weekends and holidays.

Separately, the norms for the use of multi-apartment residential premises and sanitary acts stipulate another point: when carrying out repairs, it is strictly forbidden to clutter up staircases, spans and places for placing a garbage chute with construction waste (however, any other). The terms of repairs from the neighbors are also stipulated: construction activity should not exceed four months (meaning large-scale work, accompanied by increased noise and a large amount of waste, and not screwing the shelves).

In general, today it has become more or less clear to everyone that the dirt in the entrance is not only unpleasant, but can also hit the wallet. And dirt from certain materials (glass wool, materials containing phenolphthalein resins, and others) can turn into trouble for violating the environmental standards of living quarters.

An interesting moment with construction waste. According to the rules for using communal property, it is forbidden to throw it into the garbage chute. It is also impossible to throw bags with broken tiles and similar things into standard containers for household waste.

According to the rules, garbage should be stored in containers that do not allow contamination of the surrounding area near the containers.

If the management company takes out such waste using a tractor or flatbed truck, this is quite enough. If she does not have special equipment, the responsibility for removal falls on the shoulders of the tenants who arranged the repairs. The timing of such an export is not unequivocally stipulated, but at the end of the dirty work, they turn into a legal administrative fine for violation of the use of common property, to which a claim from sanitary and epidemiological supervision and additional claims from tenants may be added.

The storage of combustible materials in common areas can become a separate problem, since they violate both the rules for using common house property and fire safety requirements.

In some regions, they acted even harsher and prohibited making noise with construction tools during quiet hours from 12:00 to 14:00. By the way, breaking the silence at this time, which goes beyond the permissible values, is even a greater reason for a scandal than at night.

For those who started repairs, it is worth recalling a couple more points. It is strictly forbidden to close, obstruct, block and dismantle fire entrances, stairs, ventilation ducts. Otherwise, the original appearance of all of the above will have to be restored at your own expense. The same applies to any destruction caused by redevelopment. In the worst case scenario, you will have to relocate all neighbors at your own expense.

Redevelopments are generally a big nuisance: in Russia, apartments with a real open plan are not for sale.

Any change in the walls, albeit not bearing ones, must be carried out through the housing office with the appropriate certificates. Otherwise, illegal redevelopment will need to be eliminated upon sale.

Unfortunately, the measures for the settlement of many conflicts between neighbors today are more often available on paper. If the noise is made at the permitted time, then the simplest thing is to contact the police with a request to record violations of the regime and draw up an appropriate protocol, which will serve as the basis for bringing problem residents to administrative responsibility.

If there is no reason for this (they are noisy, but strictly from 7:00 to 23:00), write a statement to the local office of the State Housing Inspectorate, as well as to the prosecutor's office with a request to check the legality of the repair work carried out by neighbors. A simple complaint to the district police officer is enough, which can result in a fine for neighbors from 700 to 3,000 rubles. For a more serious approach, you will have to invite a specialist from the SES and ask to measure the noise level, draw up an act and, on the basis of this act, file a complaint with the manager or the court.

Measurements can be made independently with witnesses and the presence of the necessary equipment, but first you need to familiarize yourself with the measurement rules, which must comply with Methodological Guidelines 4.3.2194-07 "Control of the noise level on the territory of residential buildings, in residential and public buildings and premises".

In advanced cases, problems will develop even more seriously, up to and including eviction. Precedents already exist.