Mel Yuan for Brunswick

Whether it’s an 8-storey tower with an excavated carpark or simple renovation to an existing home, construction brings noise.

Regardless of your view on development, amenity of existing residents must be preserved through strong enforcement of laws relating to noise and ensuring building permits carry strict conditions, which are enforced.

Noise complaints are a waste of police time but residents need protection. A friend had to escape from her own home so her toddler could sleep, when a neighbour renovated. I can vividly recall heavy machinery being unloaded on the street at 5am in the morning.