Can you listen to loud music on Sundays?
Of course you can also listen to music on Sundays, but please not too loud. On the one hand it is a public holiday, on the other hand you disturb your neighbors. Follow exactly the order that you expect from your neighbors.
For many people, Sunday is the only opportunity to have some peace and quiet. If you listen to loud music you will be bothering this last bastion.
Listening to music is an expression of your personal right
- In tenancy law in particular, the principle of mutual consideration applies. You can do everything that doesn't bother others. Of course, you are entitled to shape your life the way you imagine it, and of course you can play and listen to music in your apartment day and night, on weekdays and Sundays.
- However, your personal right ends where your neighbor's personal right begins.
Your device must not exceed the volume in the room
- You may only operate your music device so loudly that it does not exceed the volume in the room. According to a decision by the Berlin Regional Court, room volume is defined as such that noises, above all below and above the noise source, are no longer or at least barely audible.
- Your music should therefore not or hardly be heard in the other apartment. The room volume cannot easily be limited to a certain volume of the phone. It depends on the wall thickness, the bass number of the music, its frequency and its perceptibility outside of your walls.
- The yardstick here is the sensitivity of an average person with understanding, but not the particular sensitivity of a resident to noise. Nor does it matter what you yourself perceive to be loud or quiet.
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Quiet times apply particularly on Sundays
- Also note that the law Rest periods pretends. The general rest periods are from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at noon and from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the evening. These times apply particularly on Sundays.
- Remember that your personal taste in music does not have to match the taste of your roommates. If you listen to loud rock music, you will certainly not be able to get used to it if your neighbor is equally loud folk music through the apartment. Mutual consideration enables an orderly coexistence in an apartment building.
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