We read a devastating story this week about a historic building in the UK being forced to close over soundproofing issues. Yes – that’s right – soundproofing. Can you believe it?
The owners of the historic Cooperage were forced to close the building, which housed a pub. Why? Because some genious architect decided to build a row of apartment buildigns on the same block and when the residents moved in they began complaining about the noise from the busy pub.
Now, we see a number of issues with this situation. First of all, why didn’t the architects, knowing plenty about the area in which they were building, properly sound proof the apartments? Second, why didn’t the people moving into the apartments take alook at the area they were preparing to move into?
Sadly, residential communities tend to win battles against businesses when it comes to noise. Despite the fact that the historic Cooperage was there first (noise and all) it was forced to close and will sit vacant until someone has the money to spend in soundproofing. We sincerely hope the building isn’t left to rot in the meantime.