Legal adviser on neighbours’ smoking
Legal assessment when tobacco smoke from neighbours enters an apartment, shared entrance or stair landing, or comes through ventilation, a window or a balcony.
from 5 000 ₽
Legal services concerning neighbours’ smoking
Complaints, formal demands, evidence, claims, non-pecuniary harm and litigation assistance concerning tobacco smoke from neighbours.
Neighbour smokes on the balcony
Help if smoke from a balcony or loggia regularly enters your apartment, interferes with using your home and infringes your right to a favourable environment.
from ₽7,000
Neighbours’ smoke enters the apartment
Evidence collection, a formal demand, complaints and preparation of a claim if tobacco smoke enters through a window, ventilation, gaps, the shared entrance or a balcony.
from RUB 10,000
Smoking in the shared entrance
Complaint about smoking in the shared entrance, lift, lobby, corridor, stair landing and other shared indoor areas of an apartment building.
from 5 000 ₽
Smoking on the stair landing
Reports to the local police officer and property management organisation, documenting violations and preparing materials about smoking in the building’s communal areas.
from 5 000 ₽
Tobacco smoke through ventilation
Legal help if cigarette smell and smoke come through ventilation, a shaft, bathroom, kitchen, communal building services or service openings.
from RUB 10,000
Complaint about smoking neighbours
Preparation of complaints to the local police officer, police, property management company, homeowners’ association or housing cooperative, Russian consumer protection authority, prosecutor’s office and other bodies, depending on the situation.
from 5 000 ₽
Formal demand to a neighbour about smoking
Pre-action demand to a neighbour: require an end to tobacco smoke entering the apartment, document violations and propose an amicable settlement.
from ₽7,000
Claim against a neighbour over smoking
Preparation of a statement of claim seeking an end to the violation, non-pecuniary damages and recovery of legal costs.
from RUB 25,000
Non-pecuniary harm from tobacco smoke
Preparing a position on non-pecuniary damages where regular tobacco smoke disrupts normal use of the apartment and affects health or daily life.
from RUB 20,000
Evidence of neighbours’ smoking
Evidence collection plan: photos, video, inspection records, witnesses, reports, measurements, correspondence, police call-outs, medical documents and expert materials.
from RUB 10,000
Assistance with smoke expert examination
Help framing questions for the specialist, preparing materials for expert examination of smells, smoke or ventilation, and using the report in the dispute.
from RUB 15,000
Inquiry
Describe where neighbours smoke and how smoke reaches you
The legal adviser will assess where to complain, what evidence to gather, whether a formal demand or court claim is worthwhile, and which costs may be recoverable.
- smoking on balconies, in shared entrances or by lifts;
- tobacco smoke entering through ventilation or a window;
- complaints to the local police officer, property manager and Rospotrebnadzor;
- a claim to stop the infringement and obtain non-pecuniary damages;
- support with smoke or ventilation examinations.