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Can i put a pool table in my apartment?
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this is the kind of response that makes me :smile:.Pool tables are associated with drinking/smoking,loud music/parties,none of which is why i want it in their.Why would i send off all those red flags in the landlords head?If someone above me says something maybe i can work something out with them,assuming they must leave at somepoint during the day when i can use it.Plus its going where the dining table should be so that can be a good excuse,its where i eat.
A landlord couldn't say no to it no matter how they felt. It is a piece of furniture and last i checked you are allowed to have furniture in an apartment. A landlord really has no legal rights to tell you you can't have a pool table in your apartment. There is no legal difference between a pool table and a couch. It is none of their business. As long as you can get it in without damaging the apartment in any way you are 100% fine. If noise becomes an issue you deal with it at that point, just like any other issues involving noise. IF someone ever complains find out when is a good time to not annoy them and play during that time. Honestly though a pool table with drop pockets would be much quieter and less persistent than a TV.
Bottom line: Quit worryin about it. If you have the room for a table put that sucker in there. The landlord cant do a thing about it.
Bottom line: Quit worryin about it. If you have the room for a table put that sucker in there. The landlord cant do a thing about it.
is this just your normal apartment,or some kind of townhouse/condo?
You really don't need any excuses. You are worrying way too much about this. A landlord has really no say in what a person does in their own living space unless you are being a constant bother to everyone else. Or if you are being a danger to the building or the other tenants. Also, you know what else is even MORE associated with drinking/smoking, loud music/parties? Refrigerators, cups, couches and tables. Quit worrying man and get the table!
yes,thanks for the comments,this gives me confidence in the purchase.I think ill start by ordering some brunswick centennial balls.
A landlord has COMPLETE control over what you do on HIS property. They would certainly be within their legal rights to object to it, whether a pool table qualifies as furniture or not. And since several people are advocating sneaking the thing in without asking permission, everybody knows it.
What frigging planet are you living on? The landlord or the building owner makes the rules and tenants choose to agree to them or find a different place to live. What is right or wrong in the 'world' is basically irrellevant.
Take my free advice- anything that is contracted has phrases in it that convey powers/ rights that are not readily apparent and will throw you down and horsefvck you worse than SVB on TAR.
Would i then need to ask the landlord permission for a foosball table?I had one in my last apartment on the 2nd floor,didnt ask,no one ever said anything.The way i see it a foosball table would be a bigger problem with noise because the noise is constant with no pause.If you look at apartment reviews and see complaints about noise,it is never due to a pool table.Its constant loud music,constant arguing,constant baby crying and so on.The key word is constant,noise from a pool table is not constant.After the break,you look at the layout,figure out strategy walk around chalk your tip and then shoot.What is that about 10-15 seconds between shots.And the only shot anyone will most likely hear is the break.So if a game last about 10 minutes they will hear a 1 second noise every 10 to 15 minutes.Im sure i wouldnt have to ask permission to bring a boom box or some kind of dj equipment would i?
I have a 9' GC in my apartment.
My opinion is don't ask, just do it. I asked around here on AZ before I got mine, and heard both sides just like you are hearing in this thread.
When I found the perfect apartment for a pool table, I told the leasing saleslady that was showing me that I was considering the possibility of getting a pool table, and wanted to hear what she thought of the idea (I already had my mind made up, but didn't tell her that). She said if I was on the first floor, she'd have no problem with it. But being as I was on the second floor, she didn't think it was a good idea cause the neighbor below would complain of noise. I then told her I'd be very quiet, and use it by myself for practice. She said something to that affect "as long as no one complains on noise"... We left it at that, and I just said I was thinking about it, nothing more.
After I moved in, I got the table a couple months later. I didn't say a word to anyone, and had it delivered during the afternoon when all the neighbors were at work.
My strategy is to be smart about when and how I play. I work from home, so I play during the afternoons when everyone is at work. I know all my neighbor's cars, so I look out into the parking lot, and know when each of my neighbors is home or not. When my downstairs guy is home, I don't play.
I don't break. I just throw balls on the table and do drills.
I always play the radio at a good volume (not blaring though) when I play, to mask the table noise.
I have a drop pocket table. If you get a gutter table, you should block the gutter so the balls don't go down and make more noise.
There are 5 sources of noise on the table:
1. stick hitting CB: nothing you can do about that besides shoot softly
2. CB hitting OB: nothing you can do about that besides shoot softly
3. OB hitting back of pocket: I found nothing helps this on my GC4. Tried carpet in pockets and not much help)
4. OB hitting bottom of empty pocket: putting socks in pocket helps this a lot.
5. OB hitting other OB in bottom of pocket: nothing helps this.
Just be smart about it. Play quietly, and try to do it when neighbors aren't home. Don't be an azz about it and break hard all day every day and night. You have to take the attitude imo of don't give anyone a reason to complain. If the attitude you take is "I have every right to make any noise I want" then you are asking for it.
Good luck, do it, and be smart about it.
My opinion is don't ask, just do it. I asked around here on AZ before I got mine, and heard both sides just like you are hearing in this thread.
When I found the perfect apartment for a pool table, I told the leasing saleslady that was showing me that I was considering the possibility of getting a pool table, and wanted to hear what she thought of the idea (I already had my mind made up, but didn't tell her that). She said if I was on the first floor, she'd have no problem with it. But being as I was on the second floor, she didn't think it was a good idea cause the neighbor below would complain of noise. I then told her I'd be very quiet, and use it by myself for practice. She said something to that affect "as long as no one complains on noise"... We left it at that, and I just said I was thinking about it, nothing more.
After I moved in, I got the table a couple months later. I didn't say a word to anyone, and had it delivered during the afternoon when all the neighbors were at work.
My strategy is to be smart about when and how I play. I work from home, so I play during the afternoons when everyone is at work. I know all my neighbor's cars, so I look out into the parking lot, and know when each of my neighbors is home or not. When my downstairs guy is home, I don't play.
I don't break. I just throw balls on the table and do drills.
I always play the radio at a good volume (not blaring though) when I play, to mask the table noise.
I have a drop pocket table. If you get a gutter table, you should block the gutter so the balls don't go down and make more noise.
There are 5 sources of noise on the table:
1. stick hitting CB: nothing you can do about that besides shoot softly
2. CB hitting OB: nothing you can do about that besides shoot softly
3. OB hitting back of pocket: I found nothing helps this on my GC4. Tried carpet in pockets and not much help)
4. OB hitting bottom of empty pocket: putting socks in pocket helps this a lot.
5. OB hitting other OB in bottom of pocket: nothing helps this.
Just be smart about it. Play quietly, and try to do it when neighbors aren't home. Don't be an azz about it and break hard all day every day and night. You have to take the attitude imo of don't give anyone a reason to complain. If the attitude you take is "I have every right to make any noise I want" then you are asking for it.
Good luck, do it, and be smart about it.
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Should i ask to put a surround sound on my tv?what about a ping pong table?a large stereo?What if i was a musician and had a guitar and amplifier?what about air hockey?How long is the list of things i need to ask about?it seems there is a bias against pool tables and must ask for that but anything else i mentioned no 1 would think about.
It is obvious you want the answere to be 'Yeah, no problem. Go for it!', and it may well be the case that there are no issues about it. In my experience, the real world does not often consider the needs of the individual...and the people who 'have' get to make the rules. The property owner is the 'have' here and you will get screwed if you force yourself to be by violating a contract.
You are gonna be one sad if you spend the $ and sign that lease and then get faced with the choice between a pool table and supplies that you can;'t use or forfeiting a security deposit and finding a new place to live.
I would likely approach the situation like this: walking around the place or on phone, say 'does the contract prohibit any things I might bring or acquire while I live here, like a hot tub or a pool table or a piano?'. Pool table in the middle is crucial IMO. people are inclined to focus on the first or last things they hear.
Wouldn't this be a case of dead load?
i asked the question because i wanted to see if anyone on hear had a pool table in their apartment and what the reaction was to it,its not really a common thing to have in there.So far 2 people said they have one and neither said it was a problem,one guy said he had a 10 footer.Now if i got 3 or 4 responses saying they got noise complaints and the landlord made him stop using it i would reconsider.But what else do i have to go on other than the responses from people who actually have tables in their apartment.
i asked the question to see if any one here had a pool table in their apartment,its not like its a common thing to have.So far 2 people said they do and neither said it was a problem,one guy had a 10 footer.If i got 3 or 4 responses saying they got noise complaints or the landlord made them stop using it i would reconsider.But what else do i have to go on other than responses from people who actually have one in their apartment.
Just to add, I've had my table I think since last September. I talk all the time to my neighbor above me, and she never heard it. The other neighbors I rarely ever see and I don't know them.
I absolutely love having the table. I use it every day. Sometimes just for 30 seconds, sometimes for 3 or 4 hours.
I absolutely love having the table. I use it every day. Sometimes just for 30 seconds, sometimes for 3 or 4 hours.