Dispute with neighbor

“Noise from the heat pump robs us of sleep”

Heat pumps are springing up everywhere. But some of them cause trouble. In one community in Flachgau in particular, it is now boiling over.(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

"We're getting sick," says an outraged pensioner in Neumarkt in Salzburg. She has been fighting for more peace and quiet for years. She has her neighbor and his heating system in her sights. Now the court is to resolve the expensive dispute. But the matter is complicated. 

"We're at the limit," says Helga Ramsauer from Neumarkt am Wallersee. She suffers from insomnia and her partner already has a heart condition, says the retired secondary school teacher. This is why the two pensioners have even moved out of Ramsauer's house. The noise from the neighbor's heat pump was to blame.