What are my rights regarding playing the piano in my condo?
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What are my rights regarding playing the piano in my condo?
Need to find out what is the law for piano noise. My neighbor is complaining for noise – for a practice of not more than total of 30 mins a day. I’d like to know what are my rights and what I can do.
Asked on November 23, 2011 under Real Estate Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
The way to answer your question is for you to contact your local police department concerning all stautes concerning statutes about noise control in your community. Another source for information is to contact your council person or county supervisor about any such statutes prohibiting excessive noise.
If you are playing a musical instrument within reasonable hours, not after 9:00 p.m. and not before 8:00 a.m. from my experience, you should be allowed to play the piano so long as the noise coming from the playing is not excessive. From what you have written, your neighbor cannot limit your playing the piano so long as the time period is not too early in the morning or too late at night.
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