I would like to ask fellow forumers. I have been staying here for 1 year and from day 1 till half year later, the neighbor on my right has been doing renovation which had made the family frustrated already but they did cooperate by starting at 10 where everyone can at least wake up before they start anything.

The issue is the neighbor on my right decide to do renovation too as soon as they bought this house. The renovation start at sharp 8am till sharp 6pm non stop with drilling and jackhammer. It has been straight on banging for 6 months non-stop even on Saturdays.

Is there any way i can complain to DBKL or something? From what I heard, they have already broke the regulation of keeping the physical structure of the house.

I don't know what to say to this....
I mean, I'll be starting my renovation next week and will be disturbing my neighbours for about 4 months long.
I understand your need for peace (I would want that too) but also I need to renovate my house too.

I understand the predicament that you are going thru. I have a neighbour few doors away which carried out his renovation work for more than a year. His contractor's workers come and go on & off. Meaning that, at times they only work a few days in a week. Thus the long duration to complete the work.

If your area is under DBKL, you could always check with them on the allowed working hours. I was told that under MPSA, renovation works are only allowed from Mon - Fri only.
You could try to talk to the house owner.

You can talk to them ask them start the banging late morning, and maybe on Sat don't do so heavy banging.

Long term, you don't want a black face neighbor. And it may come to a day you need renovation same thing happen to you.

If your neighbour will have a long renovation,maybe you can discuss with them about the working hours, for landed i think they can do it on saturday as well.... but working hours maybe shorten to 11-5,or maybe 11-6... they you can avoid it... but whenever the renovation took more than 6 months,probably you can complaint to management /

Permit last for 1 year.

I'm glad there are people out there that understand. I am having a black face every single morning for the past 6 months already.

We tried talking to the renovation people but they practically ignored. There was once, I said its Saturday and if you want to renovate also till 1-2pm only but they just said no, we will renovate till 6pm.

The fact that a ready made house is for you to buy, maybe just extend a bit at the back for the kitchen and thats all. This owner almost broke the whole structure down and build it again.

I guess either I can call up DBKL to ask them to check on this issue or further discuss with the owner, its driving my family crazy.

Sound like your complain direct to me I brought the house, and about 70% or more of the house are rebuild.

For my case, My left neighbor run a tuition class in her house, all banging stop after 3pm, occasionally i did forgot to tell some other contractor lucky my neighbor just tell contractor to stop. The major noise is on the first three months. After that is some noise here and there. My Right neighbor is rent out.

Now that most of my major renovation is done, my left neighbor now start renovating. And I think is payback time Anyway I don't mind cause the major reno will only last for 2 to 3 months only.


May I ask, what is your expectation of tolerance? no single banging at all or occasionally 1 2 hours banging per day is acceptable even for Sat?

Haha. Sorry to directly tell you but i guess you can already feel what I am going through now.

I can tolerate banging like from 10am where I can PEACEFULLY wake up at my OWN house, head to class and that's it. The problem is as if they have drilled a thousand holes in the whole house. for 6 months, they have been drilling and jackhammering. I still can't understand, is there so many banging to do in one house.

3 months ago, i asked if are you done with the banging? The owner said ya, just a few more weeks. Now its the 6th month and its driving me nuts. I can seriously go mad at this point. I can't get a decent rest even when I am sick.

This post has been edited by SpIcYjOe: Oct 25 2011, 10:47 AM

Sleep early loh

6 Months of hammering? are they demolishing a condominium?

It is more carrying rectification work, after thoughts, additional work from the house owners. Quite norm in renovation works.
House owners will carry out additional work which will require additional hacking even after the whole process is reaching the ending stage.

Noise is regulated in Guideline Bunyi Bising; if violated can complain to DOE they will come and measure noise levels.

Problem could be that when you managed to get the DOE guys to visit, the noise level is kept to the minimum

Than the house owner can ask DOE to check with MPSA, DBKL etc why first place approve the permit?

Is all about balance.

And what happen if you live near an empty land now is being develop? Like my mother house the construction happen. In evening no noise just too many large vehicle moving in and out. Who can we complain?

Yah, I feel sorry for my neighbours, because I bought the house not renovated since it was built in 1975, so most of the walls are there, but still needed to hack all the tiles and floor and removed a couple walls at the front and back, also had to redo piping and electrical.

Thank God my wet works contractor move very fast. Started end of June, beginning of Sept all the major extension wet works done, only left the tiling, flooring etc.

I did bring a fruit basket to my left and right neighbour to apologise for the noise right at the start. They were understanding.

Their houses also not renovated at all, but they've lived there since the start, so maybe one day I'll get my payback. haha.

Unfortunately, it cannot be avoided.

If only there are more considerate neighbours like you around.

Everyone has different level of tolerance. Check the allowed renovation timing stated on the handboo. If it's not within the allowed hours, then u can complain. For instance, my apt here, can renovate from 8.30am to 5.30pm, Mon-Fri. Sat up to 1pm. It took abt 3mths for my upper floor owner to re-tiling. I don't know why so slow. But I just bear with it. It is meaningless if we live like enemy in the future. U complain me, I complain u... U don't want this kind of living environment, right?

My friend own a condo @ Riana Green condo. She had a neighbor below. Even she move a chair louder complain. Kid running and jump complain... Now that is called bad neighbor.

Yeah I will check up on the management about this issue.. I hope they don't even make a sound tomorrow as it is a public holiday..

Public holiday make noise can complain and call police too.