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Originally Posted by sowat
thanks Leo. I did sound tests in Clinton Condos and you can still faintly hear people walking above. In 937 you can hear people above if they very deliberately stomp around. It sounds like the 'acoustical underlayment' between the wood floor and concrete is not really sufficient or a true floating floor. If developers expect people to give up their houses and move to cites they need to improve sound insulation.
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I’ve always wished that there was a forum available for people to document noise issues for particular buildings. That way, prospective residents would have a warning about what they were getting themselves into before they commit.
There’s a bit of an incentive problem, though. Condo owners don’t have much of an incentive to talk about their noise issues, since it would become more difficult for them to sell their unit and get out if their building is perceived as noisy. Developers also don’t have much of an incentive to make sure their buildings are very quiet. Once the unit is sold, they have no interest in how satisfied their customer is; unlike renters, condo owners can’t just move out if they find it too noisy. Maybe the developer’s reputation suffers a bit, but in a boom-and-bust business, you make more money being a bad product during good times than making a good product during bad times.