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Originally Posted by simmer2

I talked with the by-law officer today and she was really friendly. The biggest question I had got answered and that was about mitigating the problem. I told her I would put up some insulation, put some pillows in the base drum, etc. etc. to dampen the sound. I asked her what the repercussion would be if it wasn't seen as "mitigitating enough" and she said honestly very little. The section 27(2) is very vague and completely subjective - apparently they hardly ever give out fines because honestly a neighbour could complain about their neighbour sneezing too loudly.

She said as long as I do what I can it should be fine because the onus is then on the neighbour to go to court or something. I told her that if a next time happens where they lodge a complaint to suggest them coming to speak with me about the issue...that I won't bite their head off and am a reasonable guy. She slipped up and said him so I don't know which neighbour it is, otherwise I'd go speak to them about it now.

Either way she was very friendly with me and assured me that if I put some effort into the situation it would be fine. And she said she'd come listen to me sometime...haha.

Are you going to play the drums for her in your Leiderhosen?