{"id":11310,"date":"2017-11-30T06:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/blog\/singapore\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2022-07-01T04:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:08:49","slug":"neighbour-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/neighbour-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbour disputes and rows: what happens when things get heated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Homeowners beware – hell hath no fury like unreasonable neighbours scorned, and if you\u2019ve somehow invoked the wrath of your neighbours, you might just find yourself spiraling down a never-ending pit of petty behaviour. (Cover image credits<\/a>) How bad can things get? Pretty damn bad, as evidenced in the neighbour disputes we\u2019ve seen over the last few years (conveniently summarised below for your reading pleasure!)<\/span><\/p>\n

#1: Neighbour disputes over noise levels <\/b><\/h3>\n

At Kreta Ayer Road, there\u2019s a unit which houses over 14 dogs (and significantly fewer humans). As you can imagine, the 24\/7 barking and dog poo involved isn\u2019t something that you\u2019d want to be dealing with, <\/span>at all<\/span><\/i>. Further east at Elias Road, there\u2019s a similar situation happening – except that the noise is caused by a resident banging god-knows-what, instead of dogs barking. This person apparently engages in whatever activity he\u2019s doing so loudly that his banging sounds travel all the way from a lower floor to the top floor. We\u2019re half appalled, and half impressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

#2: Neighbour disputes over territorial \u201crights\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n

This is the Everitt Road case (which may consider the mother of all neighbour disputes) that many of us followed keenly back in the day. Essentially, the families involved couldn\u2019t see eye to eye on parking space, and took things into their own hands with chains and CCTV cameras being wielded. Eventually, one party went so far as to install flood lights for the specific purpose of shining it into his neighbour\u2019s home in the middle of the night. This instance certainly gives new meaning to the phrase \u201clights, camera, action!\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

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#3: Neighbour disputes over smells <\/b><\/h3>\n

Countless <\/span>Punggol<\/span><\/a> HDB flat owners (who live next to residents of <\/span>A Treasure Trove<\/span> condominium) have had to deal with the smells and smoke emanating from the condo\u2019s barbeque pits, which are located just 15m away from these HDB flats. This isn\u2019t the HDB homeowners making a mountain out of a molehill – reporters have been to the scene, and witnessed how their walls are actually coated with black carbon residue and grease caused from the BBQ smoke. The condominium management\u2019s response? That it wasn\u2019t a big deal, because cooked meat smells \u201cpleasant\u201d. <\/span>Right<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope you don\u2019t ever find yourself in neighbour disputes and rows (we\u2019ve got our fingers crossed!), but if you do encounter unreasonable neighbours, here are some tips on how to handle the situation:<\/span><\/p>\n