Noise always leads to disputes between male and female tenants. Special regulations apply to children, about which you will find comprehensive information in the following text. Children enjoy greater freedoms than adults, but are also not always allowed to be noisy indefinitely. The point at which children's noise is prohibited by law depends very much on the age of the children, because it is assumed that as they get older, they will be better able to understand and comply with limits regarding loudness. Let Uwe Heichel, attorney for landlord and tenant law, advise you on this matter.
Why children's noise is different from other noise nuisances?
In contrast to the noise of a construction site, children's noise must be tolerated to a certain extent and cannot be grounds for termination by neighbors. According to the law, children's noise is not a "harmful environmental impact". This is because children and families are given special protection under the law and, apart from that, parents are only able to influence their children's noise to a limited extent. Surely you know from your own experience that small children cannot be kept from laughing loudly while playing and that babies often start to scream especially when they wake up at night. If parents could prevent this, they would certainly do so out of their own interest. Accordingly, the neighborhood is also required to be considerate and can not enforce a completely undisturbed silence.
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