there's just been a big case on that - a guy was allowed to keep his £100,000 oak flooring
because of a technicality in the licence provision that waived the requirement for carpets in the flats in the lease.

tru fax.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:38, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I'm confused
This is someone renting a property who is now allowed to take out all the oak flooring and put it somewhere else?
(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:40, Reply)

no
guy bought a long lease (like 99 or 125 years long which is almost always what people mean when they say "bought a flat") and then installed the flooring. owner/tenant of flat underneath complained about the noise and went for an injunction requiring him to remove it and lay carpets. failed.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)

Can building control not do something on the grounds of acoustic buffering between flats?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)

i'd have thought it was a landlord's issue mostly
would have to be seriously bad otherwise
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)