"John H" wrote in message ...

I do that and it works 90% of the time, but I have a different set of
tenants next door each year and I worry that I'll get really bad ones some
day.

So write a maximum noise level (in decibels)
into the lease, as any owner/co-occupier can do.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)