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A B.C. couple has been ordered to pay their former neighbours $3,500 in damages as compensation for the "intolerable" noise caused by the pulsating bass from their sound system, according to a small claims decision.

The province's Civil Resolution Tribunal ruled on the dispute Wednesday, finding there was enough evidence to prove – on a balance of probabilities – that the noise was a nuisance, which is defined in law as something that causes "a substantial and unreasonable interference with an owner’s use and enjoyment of their property."

B.C. couple compensated for 'intolerable' noise caused by neighbours' sound system A B.C. couple has been ordered to pay their former neighbours $3,500 in damages as compensation for the "intolerable" noise caused by the pulsating bass from their sound system, according to a small claims decision.

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