u/klinquist

I recently posted that I made my own noise monitor, and several thought it was an invasion of privacy. I’d like to understand more people’s thoughts on them.

The county next to mine is now requiring them in order to obtain your vacation rental permit. They do bi-annual fire inspections and that’s one of the things they check for. My county does fire inspections as well, but luckily decided not to implement the noise monitor restriction.

My Airbnb is in the same county as S. Lake Tahoe, but is nearly an hour away in the wilderness. Unfortunately, S. Lake Tahoe has become such a shitshow, most of these vacation rental rules have been put in place to combat issues there…. But I still have to obey.

If I decide to deploy my DIY unit, I’d do so on the patio. Many others put them inside, and there are commercial solutions (Minut, Noiseaware).

For those that have them, have you seen any success? When it goes off, what happens? Do you get notified or do you find a way to automatically notify the guest?