Can i put a pool table in my apartment?
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If you are concerned about the weight of the table just invite 4 fat friends over to jump up and down in your living room. If you all fall through to the apartment below you, I wouldn't get a table.
Best visual of the day so far, thanks for the laugh.
As a landlord, I would not be worried about the pool table, but I would have concerns about a tenant who thinks he can do as he pleases.
As a tenant, its your responsibility to avoid infringement upon your neighbors right of quiet enjoyment of their apartment. Easy enough if you are considerate, impossible if you are not.
As a tenant, its your responsibility to avoid infringement upon your neighbors right of quiet enjoyment of their apartment. Easy enough if you are considerate, impossible if you are not.
i certainly do not think i can do as i please,i have been a model tenant wherever ive lived and never had any complaints.Im not dumb enough to start wacking balls around at 1am.Plus theres a good chance that ill be moving to the night shift at my job which is 6-2am.So most of my time playing will be in the afternoon hours anyway.
Another comment about the cost and permanence of an apt pool table:
My situation was I don't know where I'll be in a year. That's why I'm renting. I simply don't want a house right now, or anytime in the near future. But I love this game, and never had the space for a table in any of the places I've lived before.
I only wanted a pro table, GC or Diamond, with Simonis. I paid 3K final cost, to get an almost brand new GC4 delivered and set up from a private owner where the table was bought brand new from Brunswick years before. I got real lucky to find this table in my area, imo.
Now, when I move, I know it will be VERY hard to find an apt like I'm in now. It has a single room that's 25 feet in one direction, and 30' in the other. TONS of space for the table. I've never ever seen another apt like this one. So most likely, if I don't renew the lease here, I won't have room for the table anywhere else. If that happens, I might just have to dump the table for 500 or 1000 if I'm lucky, just to get rid of it.
Even if it comes to that, with my personal situation, I have throughly enjoyed the table in the time I had it, that even if I had to give it away for free when I move out, it would have been worth the 3K to me to use it all this time.
Everyone is different of course. But if a house is not in the cards for right now, AND you find an apt with the space for the table size of your choice, AND you don't mind the possibility of losing a few thousand if you have to dump the table when the lease runs out, AND you are a pool junkie, then I think the choice is clear: Don't let an apt deter you from getting one (if you fit the above description)
My situation was I don't know where I'll be in a year. That's why I'm renting. I simply don't want a house right now, or anytime in the near future. But I love this game, and never had the space for a table in any of the places I've lived before.
I only wanted a pro table, GC or Diamond, with Simonis. I paid 3K final cost, to get an almost brand new GC4 delivered and set up from a private owner where the table was bought brand new from Brunswick years before. I got real lucky to find this table in my area, imo.
Now, when I move, I know it will be VERY hard to find an apt like I'm in now. It has a single room that's 25 feet in one direction, and 30' in the other. TONS of space for the table. I've never ever seen another apt like this one. So most likely, if I don't renew the lease here, I won't have room for the table anywhere else. If that happens, I might just have to dump the table for 500 or 1000 if I'm lucky, just to get rid of it.
Even if it comes to that, with my personal situation, I have throughly enjoyed the table in the time I had it, that even if I had to give it away for free when I move out, it would have been worth the 3K to me to use it all this time.
Everyone is different of course. But if a house is not in the cards for right now, AND you find an apt with the space for the table size of your choice, AND you don't mind the possibility of losing a few thousand if you have to dump the table when the lease runs out, AND you are a pool junkie, then I think the choice is clear: Don't let an apt deter you from getting one (if you fit the above description)
I think you said it all. There is clearly a risk of losing your entire investment in the project. If you feel you've broken even within a year, then everything else is bonus. I can see how that could be true for plenty of people on the forum.
Normal apt - like a loft, all wide open. No neighbors but can't hear the balls 20-25' away on the balcony
There's a business on the first floor and they can't hear anything
I had one in my apartment back in the 90's. I searched around until I found a place big enough for a table and when they gave me the tour of it I told them I was glad to find one big enough to put a pool table in. They said, "hey great this is a big apartment", I figured I was good to go. I never had one complaint in the year I lived there, a little common sense with the breaks goes a long way late at night. Me personally, I would casually run it by them first, but that's just me.
Right on course, and especially the people below.
One thing which would help is if it had drop pockets instead of having to go through the return system for each ball pocketed.
One thing which would help is if it had drop pockets instead of having to go through the return system for each ball pocketed.
My $0.02
Check the lease you signed. If owning a pool table doesn't violate any part of the agreement then move it in. Nothing to ask the landlord about. It really is no business of the landlord as long as you are within the defined parameters of the lease.
As far as noise, most places have a noise ordinance. That means, even if your neighbors don't like it, that you can watch TV, listen to music or *gasp* play some pool during certain hours of the day.
Check the lease you signed. If owning a pool table doesn't violate any part of the agreement then move it in. Nothing to ask the landlord about. It really is no business of the landlord as long as you are within the defined parameters of the lease.
As far as noise, most places have a noise ordinance. That means, even if your neighbors don't like it, that you can watch TV, listen to music or *gasp* play some pool during certain hours of the day.
same situation
I recently found myself in the same situation as the OP. I moved into a new apartment in March. A few weeks ago I had a 7ft table installed in the basement. I have a storage room down there just for me and I was able to fit the table in there. I never asked the landlord or the people on the first floor because I was afraid they would say NO. When the table was being installed I let the people on the first floor know that my roommate is a professional player and makes his living by playing pool so he needs a place to practice. Now my roommate is a pro but the table was for me but I felt letting them know this is how he makes his living would get their some sympathy and it did. Anyway I only practice during the day and never after 8pm and try not to break a lot to avoid being too loud. I took a chance and it worked for me so I hope everything works out ok for the OP. If it didn't work out or they gave me a hard time I would just leave the table down in the basement and not play seeing it is my designated storage area anyway. Hope this helps.
I recently found myself in the same situation as the OP. I moved into a new apartment in March. A few weeks ago I had a 7ft table installed in the basement. I have a storage room down there just for me and I was able to fit the table in there. I never asked the landlord or the people on the first floor because I was afraid they would say NO. When the table was being installed I let the people on the first floor know that my roommate is a professional player and makes his living by playing pool so he needs a place to practice. Now my roommate is a pro but the table was for me but I felt letting them know this is how he makes his living would get their some sympathy and it did
. Anyway I only practice during the day and never after 8pm and try not to break a lot to avoid being too loud. I took a chance and it worked for me so I hope everything works out ok for the OP. If it didn't work out or they gave me a hard time I would just leave the table down in the basement and not play seeing it is my designated storage area anyway. Hope this helps.
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I'm in a similar situation, my next residence will be an apartment and I am dead set on having a 9ft table in it. When I was looking at a possible move to Denver recently I was apartment hunting and must have contacted at least a dozen properties. In my initial contact to each one I mentioned what were must-haves for my apartment including a room at least the minimum dimensions for a 9ft. pool table, not one apartment manager said anything about pool tables not allowed and just offered whatever layout had a room large enough. One place did reccommend a first floor apartment which isn't a bad idea anyway, unless there is an elevator hauling slate up to the 3rd or 4th floor would be either a major PITA or big $$$ from a table mover.
Thats not what that means... You can disturb the peace at any time of the day... If any noise is excessive ie. tv music or pool balls clanking, and someone calls the police, they will ask you to tone it down... Everyone thinks that they can do what the want during certain hours of the days, and that just isnt so. Disturbing another tennants "Quiet Enjoyment" of their apartment is something nobody thinks about. 20 years ago Ive had the exact thing happen to me about noise of a pool table...and I never used it after 8 pm...
Seriously, this is precisely why I'm waiting to buy a house before I buy a pool table. You really don't know what's going to happen. You have neighbors, a landlord and laws that factor into your equation. Hell, you might have problems in one apartment and not in another. There's really no telling what's going to happen. I'm sure if you were to poll all pool table owners that rent, at least 95% of them will say they didn't have a single problem. You can look at that number two ways. You can say, "There's a great chance I won't have a problem" and you'd be right OR you can say, "There's an outside chance I could have a problem" and you'd also be right. A pool table is a pretty big purchase to have to worry about such things. At least, when I buy a table, it will certainly be a big purchase in my eyes.
Sorry you have it wrong. Every county/state defines the maximum level of noise during specific hours of the day. So say you want to take a nap on a Saturday afternoon but I want to watch Lord of the Rings on my new 5.1 receiver. As long as it doesn't exceed to max decibel they cannot do anything. Or say you want to take a nap but I want to mow the lawn. Same thing.
you are 100% incorrect......Call local law enforcement and ask if you can disturb the peace at anytime of the day.not just if sound exceeds a certian decibel.... Anytime you have a noise complaint and local law enforcement is sent out they will ask you to tone it down...............there is no such thing as blast as loud as you want during certain hours.....you can disturb the peace at anytime during the day.....
I kind of think we have explored every possible scenario in this thread
I hope all of us pool junkies has the chance to get a home table at some point, apartment or house. It is a lot of fun playing in your PJ's and bare feet
I hope all of us pool junkies has the chance to get a home table at some point, apartment or house. It is a lot of fun playing in your PJ's and bare feet
I doubt the lease would specifically prohibit you from slaughtering cows with a chainsaw in your apartment either ... doesn't mean you won't be evicted.
If a landlord gets enough complaints from your neighbors you will be told to get rid of the table or move out. That being said, I have a friend that lives in an apartment and has a table. He doesn't sledgehammer the breaks, doesn't play past about 9:30 at night on weeknights, and keeps things low key. I would think if you were practicing or playing a quiet game with a buddy you would not have a problem. Just watch the breaks late at night and you will probably be fine. Put a carpet under it and if you have a noisy ball return, think of insulating it.
Since you are obviously going to do this, I wish you luck and friendly or deaf neighbors. However, I do wonder why you titled the post as a question when you had every intention of putting a table in your apartment regardless of what people had to say.
Yes, the police will come out and ask you to tone it down at any point during the day. That doesn't mean it is a violation of the local noise ordinance. The difference is they can't write you a ticket for it during the day. As an ex-animal control officer, I would get calls about excessive barking while the dog owner was at work, and because it was between 9 to 5, our local ordinances prevented me from writing a ticket.... I could only ask them to be nicer to their neighbors. The only loophole to that law was it was an official violation even during the day if there was a very sick person within X amount of yardage that was currently on hospice or able to present a doctors note prescribing strict bedrest.
All of this however, has nothing to do with the landlord ... if you are a nuisance to enough of his tenants, he can tell you no pool table and if you ignore him and he gets more complaints he can start eviction proceedings.