What are the schedules authorized to do noisy work?

You have just moved and you need to carry out work in your new apartment. You do not want to hinder your neighbors or risk being accused of neighborhood disorders. Here are the schedules authorized to do noisy work in your accommodation and all the rules related to noise pollution in co -ownership.

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From what time can you make noise at home?

Follow the recommendations of the National Noise Council

From what time do you have the right to do work in your apartment, hang frames, vacuum, move furniture or use your mixer? In practice, most communities are based on the time slots established by the National Noise Council (public advisory body in charge of studies on this issue). He recommends that it is allowed to make noise from:

• 8 a.m.
• 9 am on Saturdays
• From 10 a.m. on Sundays

Consult the municipal or prefectural decree

However, some municipalities set their own schedules. To be clear, it is preferable to refer to the municipal or prefectural decree taken by your municipality of residence. Do not hesitate to inquire with your town hall.

How long can you make noise in your condominium apartment?

Consult the condominium regulations of the building

If you live in co -ownership, you must learn about the condominium regulations The building which can take a position on the question of noise, in addition to the municipal or prefectural decrees.

There is therefore no specific schedule applicable throughout the territory: it all depends on buildings, municipalities, territories. Please note, within buildings, the rules relating to noise can be different depending on the common and / or private areas of the building.

Hours after which you should no longer make noise during the week, Saturday and Sunday

Still according to the National Noise Council, it is best to stop making noise:

• Between noon and 2 p.m. and after 7:30 p.m. on weekdays
• Between noon and 2 p.m. and after 7 p.m. Saturday
• afternoon afternoon

How are neighborhood noises regulated?

Types of harmful noise at night

Neighborhood noises are regulated by the concept of abnormal neighborhood disorder. There is thus a threshold beyond which the noises emitted by the neighborhood are considered to come out of the ordinary. They therefore become harmful for the neighbors. Here are the criteria. We are talking about nocturnal noise when noise takes place after nightfall and they are:

• Repetitive
• Intensively intensive
• Without a necessary duration over time.

Noises can be caused by an individual, a thing, an object or an animal.

The characteristics of noise pollution during the day

We are talking about diurnal noise (during the day) when the noises take place during the day and that they are:

• Repetitive
• Intensively intensive
• With a duration in time.

In both cases, so that there is noise, the author of the noise must be aware of it without taking the measures to remedy it.

To know : The rules relating to noises are different as soon as the disorder is caused by professionals such as establishments open to the public or businesses.

When can my neighbor do work?

Hours authorized for light work

The National Noise Council issued an opinion on the practice of home DIY corresponding to “light work” by recommending the following hours:

• From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays
• From 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
• From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sundays and holidays

But this is only a recommendation. You must therefore refer both to the co -ownership regulations and to the municipal / prefectural decrees taken on the territory concerned.

Hours to avoid to do heavy work on weekdays and public holidays

In terms of heavy work, the opinion is different. The National Noise Council recommends their prohibition:

• Between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays (from Monday to Saturday)
• all day on Sundays and holidays.

Can we do work on Sunday and public holidays?

A priori, it is possible, but in a limited manner for DIY and not for heavy work. Indeed, as mentioned above, the National Noise Council recommends limiting the completion of work on Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. However, many municipal orders resume this provision.

How to point out the liability and noisy work?

Call on a justice commissioner

The reporting of the sites and noisy works is done either through a court commissioner (ex-Huissier of justice) who may at your request move to establish an observation attesting to the noise. This document will serve as evidence in the context of subsequent approaches and procedures if these are necessary.

Call the police or the gendarmerie

You can also directly call the nearest national police or gendarmerie to report the problem. These must move in order to see the nuisance and ask for his cessation from the author of the disorder. An infringement report with fine may be drawn up.

What to do in case of nocturnal noise pollution or noise?

There are several remedies in the event of nocturnal noise or noise.

The amicable way

First, you can try to chat with your noisy neighbor, tenant or owner. You can also reach the owner of the accommodation if the occupants of the place are tenants.

Send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the neighbor

In the event of the persistence of noise following an impossibility of communication or a refusal, you can send a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt to the neighbors (s), owners and tenants. In this missive, you will underline the presence of the sound disorder by detailing it (timetables, intensity, frequency …) and you will ask for its cessation.

Use the police or a mediator

In the absence of a return or in the event of a negative return, you will have to go to the next stage, with regard to the call for the police / gendarmerie and the appeal to the justice commissioner. It is also possible to call on a mediator or a justice conciliator.

If these approaches are not enough, legal action before the judicial court could be envisaged.

What sanctions in the event of diurnal and nocturnal noises?

Fine

Article R.623-2 of the Criminal Code Provides that abusive or nocturnal noises disturbing the tranquility are punished with the fine provided for third class tickets. When the police or the gendarmerie moves at the time of the noise and finds the disorder, a fixed fine may be imposed immediately according to the following terms:

• 68 euros If the author of the noise settles the fine immediately or within 45 days from the observation of the offense
• 180 euros After this period.

The person with noise can also be confiscated the thing with which the disorder has been achieved.

Damage payment

In the event of legal action, the judge may grant the payment of damages coming to compensate the damage suffered. The judge may also grant soundproofing measures of the housing considered. Finally, termination of the lease can be ordered if the person with noise is a tenant of his accommodation.