Our neighbours call it magic. It is a screen, a switch and a sensor.
At Villa Kiku the neighbours tell us the noise seems to stop at eleven. Nobody asks the guests to go inside, and the neighbours never have to pick up the phone. The villa is simply set up so that being quiet is the easy choice, and we can set yours up the same way before the 2027 season.
What is at stake
The first party costs a fine. The second can cost the licence.
Since Ley 1/2025, Balearic law asks every owner the same question after a complaint: what did you do about it? Failing to take adequate measures against guests disturbing the neighbours is a serious infringement. A second serious one within twelve months of a final sanction can cost the villa its DRIAT, and in Ibiza a lost licence is very hard to get back.
The full legal picture is in our owner guide, How do I stop neighbour complaints costing my Ibiza villa its licence?
Why we know it works
One of our own villas was fined three times for noise in 2021. We did not hire security or start knocking on doors. We changed the villa: what guests see on the terrace, when the garden goes dark, and who picks up the phone at two in the morning. It has not had a complaint or a fine in any season since.
The three nudges
None of them confronts a guest, which is why they work. Each also leaves you with something you can show an inspector: what was in place, since when and how it runs.
A noise display on the terrace
A large-screen decibel meter guests can see from the terrace. It comes on at sunset and goes off at sunrise, following the sunset time all year. Guests see how loud they are and turn it down without being asked.
It logs the level against date and time and downloads to a computer, so you have a dated record to set against any complaint. It measures volume, not words: nothing anyone says is recorded.
Outdoor lights and sockets that go off by the hour, and on your command
Smart circuit breakers switch the outdoor lights on at sunset and off area by area from midnight, following the real sunset time all year rather than a fixed clock. By about one in the morning the terraces are dark. Nobody is told to go inside. The garden simply stops being the place to be.
They also put the outdoor power in your hands, from your phone. That means the outside sockets as well as the lights, which matters because the loudspeaker is usually plugged in outside. If a group is loud, we message them first. If that is not enough, part or all of the outside goes dark and the speaker goes quiet. Most groups then get in touch, and that call is the moment to walk them through the house rules.
A connected sensor that speaks to the guest
A sensor mounted outside and linked to your booking system. If the level goes over your limit in the hours you choose, it flashes and the guest gets a message or a call, before a neighbour has a reason to pick up theirs. It records no sound.
You buy the sensor and its subscription from the provider we recommend in your report. We mount it, connect it to your wifi and enter our standard settings, which you can change any time.
The paperwork behind it
The equipment nudges the guest. The paperwork is what you show if a complaint is ever filed. Your review checks all six:
- The party ban in the contract of every booking, on every channel (art. 50.12, Ley 8/2012).
- House rules the guest reads before booking, again before arrival and again inside the villa.
- A named person who answers at night, and whose number the nearest neighbours have.
- A written procedure for a 24-hour departure: who tells the guest, how, and what the contract allows on the deposit.
- A dated incident log: date, time, who called, who answered, how fast, what happened.
- Every noise device disclosed on the listing and in the house rules, and none in a bedroom, bathroom or sleeping area.
How the noise review works
- We visitWe walk the villa at the hours that matter, read your contracts and house rules on every channel, and look at what the neighbours hear.
- You get a written reportWhat the villa already does well, what is missing, and exactly what to fit, with prices.
- We supply, your electrician fitsWe supply the display and the breakers. Your electrician wires them; we set up the connected sensor.
- Ready before the seasonSettings tested, devices disclosed on your listings, paperwork in order before the first guest of 2027.
| Noise review and written reportCredited in full against our commission if you list your villa with us | 350 € IVA incl. |
| Noise display with level loggingSupplied by Wingman | 99 € + IVA |
| Smart circuit breaker, per unitSupplied by Wingman, fitted by your electrician. One for each outdoor lighting or socket circuit you want to control, plus one for the noise display | 25 € + IVA |
| Connected sensor set-up, per sensorMounting, wifi and standard settings. Sensor and subscription bought from the provider | 75 € + IVA |
The review price includes IVA. Your electrician's time is quoted and paid directly to them.
Key facts
- Service
- Noise review and set-up for licensed holiday villas
- Area
- Villas across Ibiza
- Review
- 350 € IVA included: a visit and a written report, credited in full against our commission if you list with us
- Noise display
- 99 € + IVA, logs the sound level with date and time, records no audio
- Smart circuit breaker
- 25 € + IVA per unit, switches outdoor lights and sockets by schedule or from a phone
- Connected sensor set-up
- 75 € + IVA per sensor; sensor and subscription bought from the provider
- Installation
- Your electrician wires the breakers and display; we set up the sensor
- Best time
- The low season, ready before the 2027 season
- Proof
- One of our own villas was fined three times for noise in 2021 and has had no complaint or fine since
Wingman Ibiza reviews holiday villas in Ibiza for guest noise and fits an outdoor noise display, timed outdoor lights and sockets and a connected sensor, so owners can show the adequate measures Balearic law asks for.
Questions owners ask
Does the display or the sensor record what guests say?
No. Both measure the sound level only. Nothing anyone says is recorded or transmitted.
Will guests mind?
Guests are told in the listing and the house rules, as Airbnb requires. In our experience a display on the terrace reads as information, not surveillance, and most groups simply adjust.
Do I need an electrician?
Yes, for the circuit breakers and the display's power. We supply the equipment and tell your electrician exactly what goes where. The connected sensor needs no wiring: we set it up ourselves.
My villa is detached, with no neighbours close by. Is this worth it?
The rules apply to detached villas as well as flats, and sound carries further at night in the countryside than most owners expect. The review tells you what your villa actually needs, which may be less than all three.
Do I have to list my villa with Wingman?
No. The review stands on its own. If you do list with us, its 350 € comes off our commission in full.
Get your villa ready before the 2027 season.
The low season is the time to fit it. Book a noise review and you will have a written report, the equipment and the paperwork in place before your first guest arrives.
Book a noise review for your villaThis page describes how we set up villas and what the rules say as we understand them. It is not legal advice and it assesses no particular property. Take legal questions to your own abogado.