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Due to Corona 19, more people work from home, and as the time to stay at home increases, many people think that our upper house was originally this noisy these days.
In fact, it turns out that the number of complaints surrounding floor noise has increased significantly compared to the same period last year.
So, we prepared a series of inter-floor noise issues that look at not only the problems of neighboring houses but also construction problems of construction companies.
Today (25th), we will look at the conflict between neighbors and how to deal with it.
Reporter Park Chan-geun and reporter Im Sang-beom deliver.
<Reporter Park Chan-geun>
The nightmare of A, a housewife in her 30s, began half a year ago when her
upper
house moved.
If it was before Corona, even during the daytime when I was going to school or work, I was suffering from the sound of an upper-class elementary school student running and the noise of an upper-class uncle walking with his heels.
[Mr. A: (because of corona) I can't leave the playground, so I think that I play at home...
.]
Mr. B, a housewife in his 30s who lives in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, suffered a similar incident.
[Mr. B: (noise) has increased. Definitely.
First of all, we can't go out on the weekend, so each other.]
How noisy.
[You will be measuring today.
Where do you hear a lot of noise?] The
reporter measured the noise from the upper house with Korea Environment Corporation for 24 hours.
The noise level of hammering, the level of an adult running, and the level of dropping a metal plate on the floor were recorded in a sound level meter one after another.
[Seo Byung-ryang / Manager of Korea Environment Corporation: A situation where you feel uncomfortable or sensitive when the sound is repeated...
.]
Floor noise can easily lead to disputes.
Mr. C, a housewife in his 50s who lives in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul.
Even though the house is empty, he claims he suffered a protest from the lower house, saying, "I can't live with the noise between floors."
After installing CCTVs all over the house in protest at the lower house, I vacated the house for more than two months and confirmed that there were no people in the house, but to no avail.
The man in the lower house continued violent protests, including blunting the stair railings and threatening multiple times, kicking the trash cans in the stair hallways.
In the middle of the night, he spoke hard-to-mouth swear words and yelled at the front door.
[Lower house residents: These XXXs moved, so they didn't even move.] In the
end, the
upper
house decided to move.
[Mr. C: We did everything we could.
I am living in a studio.]
This type of conflict has increased as the number of working from home increased due to COVID-19.
Complaints for noise between floors entering the Korea Environment Corporation increased by 61% compared to the same period last year, and the number of on-site diagnoses that measured the level of noise after receiving notifications increased by 52%.
<Reporter Sangbeom Lim> A
noise conflict between
floors that begins with an
emotional fight and then
spreads
to a terrible
death
.
How to deal with it?
According to the government's rules for interfloor noise in apartment houses, it is said that if it exceeds 57db during the day and 52db at night, it is equivalent to interfloor noise.
To check whether the noise exceeds the standard, you can request a measurement from the'Inter-floor Noise Neighbor Center' in the Ministry of Environment, or ask a specialized company with your own money.
Without going through these procedures, you can request mediation with the Ministry of Environment, the Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee of each local government, or the Multi-family Housing Management Dispute Mediation Committee under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee recognizes noise damage and makes compensation decisions, which is around 700,000 won.
Still, it doesn't work out, so I go to lawsuits.
[Kim Kyung-young/Attorney: I need to secure the evidence, but that's very difficult.
In terms of cost, time, and effort, lawsuits are not a good way.] In
Germany, fines of up to 5,000 euros and close to 7 million won in our money are imposed for noises above a certain level. Available.
In the situation where 3 of the 4 houses live in apartment houses and somebody's upper and lower houses, the'zipcock' is getting longer due to working from home, so it seems urgent not only to blame the neighbors but also to prepare effective measures for inter-floor noise at the government level.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, Video editor: Park Ki-deok, VJ: Jung Young-sam·Jeong Han-wook, CG: Hong Seong-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Ye-jeong, Seong Jae-eun, Jeong Si-won)