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Original poster

To have a treadmill in a first floor flat?

96 replies

NickiFury · 03/05/2014 21:17

I wouldn't use it after 8 at night or early morning obviously.

Is it too unneighbourly though? So as not to drip, my neighbours do like to share their music with us Hmm but do turn it down if asked, I just would so love one and I would use it most days. I know this because it would be replacing a cross trainer I lost 8 stone of baby weight on over the years.

Opinions?

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SpicyPear · 04/05/2014 00:07

Very very unreasonable. It would be awful for your neighbours and you have a perfectly good alternative in the cross trainer.

DomesticSlobbess · 04/05/2014 00:08

YABU.

The bitch previous tenant above us had an exercise bike. It vibrated through the ceiling along with an awful droning sound and it could be heard from other rooms in our flat, not just the living room where she had it.

Using it on a timetable just doesn't sound practical.

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 00:10

Thanks for all input. I will have a chat with them tomorrow and see what their thoughts are.

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WTFlike · 04/05/2014 00:13

Only get one if you're okay with them using a pneumatic drill daily in their flat.

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 00:18

I wouldn't mind that if I was out would I? Smile

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WTFlike · 04/05/2014 00:37

No, but you'll have to ask them for a daily timetable. That would piss me right off as well. I know you need it, but it's not going to work in an upstairs flat.

WTFlike · 04/05/2014 00:38

(I mean you need it due to your circumstances, not because you're a big biffer!)

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 00:48

I honestly wouldn't have to ask them for a daily timetable, I know them. They are elderly and set in their ways. She goes market shopping and to see/look after her dd and grand kids every morning, he goes to some kind of club, arrives back about lunchtime, then he sits out in the garden with the paper at the same time every day till she comes home to make his lunch. Every single week day. Weekends are full of loud music and shouting and they are in most of the time.

However they are getting on and should there circumstances change and they didn't go out so much then I wouldn't use it obviously. I should have got it ten years ago when I moved in as they've been adhering to that routine that entire time apart from when they go on hols.

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 00:50

Their circumstances not there

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lucidlady · 04/05/2014 03:00

I wouldn't. It's got the makings of a total nightmare for everyone. Have you ever listened to a treadmill in a gym? So loud. Would your children cope with the noise?

ToffeeMoon · 04/05/2014 04:58

No, no, no. Can't do that.

kickassangel · 04/05/2014 05:22

Unless you get a really cheap and light one which will be pretty crap you could really struggle to even get it in the flat. We had to take a door off to move one in to our house. Also they are meant to be on solid floors only. You could be damaging the joists or floor if on the 1st floor.

Seriously, even if it were entirely your own property you aren't meant to put them in the first floor.

Lily311 · 04/05/2014 05:40

I have one on the third floor but I live in a new built. I have 2 mats underneath and my neighbour under me can't hear a thing. However having lived In a conversion before I would not dare to have one, the noise is horrendous.

500internalerror · 04/05/2014 06:01

No, don't. It's horrendous - I feel guilty about ours , in a semi in the outside ground floor room. It's not just the motor noise, it's the thud of feet. And you can't hear if the kids call/ need anything, or if the doorbell rungs.

500internalerror · 04/05/2014 06:02

And yy to the weight... Ours is 158kg & we had to construct it in the room, so to ever to move it would necessitate all the electronics being taken apart.

WanderingTrolley1 · 04/05/2014 06:19

Yabu.

Treadmill? On a 1st floor? Absolutely not.

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 10:02

Well just spoke to them on way back from getting the papers and asked what they thought and they said "We are never in so we'd never notice."

Will still think it over a bit though.

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comingintomyown · 04/05/2014 10:10

What about your DC though ?

Sounds like a bad idea to me sorry

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NickiFury · 04/05/2014 10:15

What about them? One will be at school, the other will be down in his room (flat is split level) and I can see straight done into his room.

The one I am looking at weighs 60 kg and folds down so easy to get in. I weigh around 60 kg too. If the combined weight of the equivalent of two normal weight people can't be in one part of my flat then I have got a big problem!

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fascicle · 04/05/2014 10:40

What a reasonable response from your neighbours.

Have you checked your lease or contract to see if there are any restrictions that might apply to this?

We used to have a treadmill in our bedroom (second floor of house). Whilst there was some noise/vibration downstairs when the treadmill was in use upstairs, it certainly didn't affect people using the room below. I appreciate that how someone perceives an inconvience is coloured by all sorts of factors. But if you can use the treadmill when your neighbours are out, and if there's nothing to prohibit you having a treadmill in your flat, then it sounds like there might not be an issue.

Edendance · 04/05/2014 10:41

As long as the neighbours don't mind and can let you know if it's a problem I don't see an issue. Make sure you can return the treadmill if it doesn't work out within a week or two. Make it clear to your neighbours that if they're in and the noise is a pain that they can ask you to stop and go from there!

Summerbreezing · 04/05/2014 10:46

Sorry but I think it would be really inconsiderate. I'm currently trying to screw up the courage to ask the guy in the flat upstairs what machine he has running several times a day that creates a buzzy, hummy noise around my apartment. It's really irritating but I hate having to complain.
Don't put your neighbours in that situation. It's very unfair.

Summerbreezing · 04/05/2014 10:47

Meant to add, even if your current neighbours don't mind what happens if they move on and the new people don't like it.

Pinkje · 04/05/2014 10:48

Could you keep it and use it in the shared downstairs hallway. (Offer your neighbours the chance to use it too!).

That would have less impact but would only work if there's a safe place for your son.

Gurnie · 04/05/2014 10:51

It's a shame for you and as someone who has always wanted one myself I know how you feel but I think putting one in a first floor flat is not a great idea. The noise, the vibration, the potential damage to the building.....sorry!