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When you visit an apartment, visit it later in the day when other tenants are likely to be home from work.

Choosing also an outside wall can reduce what you hear from your neighbors on the sides. Choosing to live on the top floor so that you only have neighbors below or on a basement level so you only have people above you may be a better option than a middle floor apartment where you hear tenants above and below. If it is beside a laundry room, ventilation system or some other mechanical structure you might be picking up noise from these areas. The location of the unit will also be a large factor. Apartments with cement blocks between the units will definitely be quieter than wood structures, so don't be afraid to ask that question when viewing an apartment for the first time. That said, the first step in dealing with apartment noise should be to choose your apartment wisely. So when it comes to apartment noise, none of us is immune to creating and enduring it. Embarrassed, we broke up the party guessing that the complaint came from downstairs. Around midnight the police showed up at the door and politely told us to keep it down. We Were Sometimes Guilty, TooĪs quiet as I try to be, one night the family came over and we were quite riotous with games and singing and didn't realize it had gotten late. I'm not sure it made it any better, but at least they knew someone was living and listening below. One night, my frustrated daughter decided to handle this one herself and knocked a stool on the ceiling so hard that I found myself repairing two perfect holes where the impact landed. to such antics.įinally, we came to realize that these were not ogres at all, but a rowdy, young couple who probably had no idea how much we could hear. UGH! There were nights I was jarred awake at 2 and 3 a.m. This was followed by loud video games, fighting, and. Our expectations were that these active folks were a bit on the heavy side which is why we could hear every footstep as they traveled around their apartment. On the floor above me lived what we called affectionately called, "the ogres".