I have a neighbour doing some renovation at their house since 3 months ago and they start hammering and sh1t everyday betweeen 7.30am to 8.30am. On some days, powerdrills are used on SUNDAYS at those hours. Now for some reason their renovation slowed down a lot - like they ran out of money or sth. But still...some hammering or god knows what noise begins at wee hours of the morning then probably stops after an hour or two.

I do not think the owners are living there at this moment but the noise are disturbing about 10 houses nearby and we're pretty damn furious at this point. Is there any Majilis Perbandaran to complain to? At least get them to stop working on Saturdays early morning AND Sundays!

if apartment/condo then go to the management, if landed house then there should be a rukun tetangga or area chairman

there is no rukun tetangga here...I think...

730am you say?

Then you are out of luck.

Renovation work is permitted from 7am to 10pm. After that permitted levels drop by alot.

During the 7am to 10pm, intermittent residential noise pollution level must be seen to exceed 85/90dBA before they will/can take action.

This post has been edited by MeToo: Jun 29 2016, 11:55 AM

sorry, what do you mean by permitted levels drop? And does this 'permission' take place on Sundays too?

Here's the dB of a powerdrill...110dB. Although some websites show a lower figure of 90dB.


This chart shows anything above 85 has possible noise damage - and I believe this is only a short period of time. Not 3 months continuously every single day


Just some guides...not to scare anyone but I do get headaches more frequently from 'sudden' noise pollution


This post has been edited by Aeon_Clock: Jun 29 2016, 01:16 PM

Dude, 730 am is not wee hour


You should sleep at time like normal people

And also

That 110db for power drill probably is measured one meter away from sound source and the noise intensity drop inversely 1/(r^2)

So unless your neighbor is so close to you that noise level should be below 85db

This post has been edited by desmond2020: Jun 29 2016, 01:40 PM

Have you try to talk to the owner? This have being going around for 3 months and you can withstand it
You have to see the area which you belong to then lodge report with the respective Majlis Perbandaran

You cant really control the noise pollution but limit the time of the renovation.

This post has been edited by lonely143: Jun 29 2016, 01:55 PM

it is wee hour FOR WEEKENDS
and I am like 3 meters away from the damn power drill! One of them is only 2 meters away at most!

Owner is not around. Staying somewhere else for now. We're not sure if he sold the house or wat.
Yes, I would like to limit the time of renovation since they are not doing anything productive at all at this point.

try contact the contractor,maybe ask them to put some kind of tent,can reduce noise...

its all about how much money you willing to pay to the dewan bandaraya officials to pay your neighbour a visit

Instead of talking to the owner, talk to the contractors. Act like you are one taiko in that area and 'sound' them nicely not to make noises after the permitted hours / weekends. Say that other residents had complained to you as well.

This will give an impression to them that you are one big shot in your area and will tend to respect your saying.

Usually no renovation on weekends. complain to JMB to enforce tat.

just report to majlis because legally they should obtain an approval before renovating especially if the renovation involves exterior building.

actually you still havent answer if you staying in condo or landed. if landed the above applies but if you stay in condo, then there must be some hanky panky with your jmb and there is nothing you can do unless you get all the residence to unite together.

Bro... u do know that 110 on that chart is for a JACKHAMMER.

That's NOT a powerdrill.

landed, if your housing area has a guard house then conlanfirm have a committee.

you can lodge a report with your local authority. but before that, have you spoken to the contractor or not?

LGE's fault, go complain at DAP

Kalau malam lain la cerita. Ni siang kot.

If i were your neighbour mmg lu saja cari pasal la.

Lain la dril tengah malam ke.

sorry, my complaint was about the jackhammer all this while. Nobody uses powerdrill in a construction...LOL. Do you expect to break down walls with that cute little thing from Harvey Norman?

I googled the version of the jackhammer used for house renovation and its called a hammer drill. Although its small, a CDC website shows that it works in the range of 99-104dB.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/niosh-sound-vibration/Results.aspx?tt=5
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I should've recorded a video of their work today...they were at it again. And as of 11am...gone. 8am - 11am only...I simply have no idea why they would only disturb us in the mornings.

This post has been edited by Aeon_Clock: Jul 3 2016, 12:24 PM

Use an app to record noise levels at different times of the day,
save the screenshots
then make proper report to MBPJ, even try police (come on, they can't turn down a legitimate report against a nuisance).
then to go even further, you might want to highlight that house on youtube (don't mention the names of the owners).

The idea is publicly shame such inconsiderate people - if the authorities will not get involved to ensure compliance.