Upstairs, downstairs: condo owner sues both neighbours over noise
After losing four small claims court cases Linda Woo was ordered to pay $50 to neighbour she accused
A year after unsuccessfully suing her downstairs neighbour for making too much noise, a B.C. woman has also failed in a bid to sue her upstairs neighbour for being too loud.
A small claims court rejected Linda Woo's claim against upstairs neighbour Lorenzo Bruno last week — instead ordering the Burnaby woman to pay Bruno $50 recompense for "unreasonable ceiling-tapping and cupboard-slamming" she made in response to his alleged noise making.
The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal decision is the latest chapter in a strata saga that spans years, involving multiple complaints to both the strata council and police, who described Bruno's noises at one point as him just "going about his life."