Awhile ago I started a thread about condo's and townhomes. I wound up buying a townhome 6 months ago. Seems many people here have bought a few homes in their time. https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=74401
My main concern was sound. Well all my fears about it happened. The renting neighbors behind me bang things on walls the sound of throwing a basketball on it or something, cabinet doors slamming(they do not understand to put new bumpers on them), low murmer of tv running in master bedroom until midnight or later. Startling sound on the floor of what sounds like atleast 100 pounds was dropped on it from feet in the air. It is ridiculous, like they intentionally try to be jerks. They are renters, not owners. And to top it all off the association will do nothing about it other then send a few letters to the owner, not renter, then tell me to #$% off if it still continues. So word of advice if you buy a townhome make sure they do not allow renting. Or take extra advice and never take the chance or make sure there is concrete walls separating the neighbors. Do extra extra homework.
So when the market goes up hopefully next year I am going to sell and look for a high rise condo with cement walls. After some research high rise condo's, 4+ levels, are the only kind that are made with cement and after researching more not all have cement walls, some have only cement ceilings/floors then steel beams to hold everything together. For example here is one that was just recently built near me.
So trying to figure out how to spot out a condo that is made entirely of cement and not just cement floors/ceiling and metal framing to hold the structure up. I know they are made because I read google reviews on some buildings, just need to figure out how to spot them out rather then taking a stud finder on a ton of showings to see which has them and which doesn't, lol.
Anyone lived in a high rise building? If I could just find a place that is quite, and I know neighbors will never bother me, I could be happy for the rest of my life.
My main concern was sound. Well all my fears about it happened. The renting neighbors behind me bang things on walls the sound of throwing a basketball on it or something, cabinet doors slamming(they do not understand to put new bumpers on them), low murmer of tv running in master bedroom until midnight or later. Startling sound on the floor of what sounds like atleast 100 pounds was dropped on it from feet in the air. It is ridiculous, like they intentionally try to be jerks. They are renters, not owners. And to top it all off the association will do nothing about it other then send a few letters to the owner, not renter, then tell me to #$% off if it still continues. So word of advice if you buy a townhome make sure they do not allow renting. Or take extra advice and never take the chance or make sure there is concrete walls separating the neighbors. Do extra extra homework.
So when the market goes up hopefully next year I am going to sell and look for a high rise condo with cement walls. After some research high rise condo's, 4+ levels, are the only kind that are made with cement and after researching more not all have cement walls, some have only cement ceilings/floors then steel beams to hold everything together. For example here is one that was just recently built near me.
So trying to figure out how to spot out a condo that is made entirely of cement and not just cement floors/ceiling and metal framing to hold the structure up. I know they are made because I read google reviews on some buildings, just need to figure out how to spot them out rather then taking a stud finder on a ton of showings to see which has them and which doesn't, lol.
Anyone lived in a high rise building? If I could just find a place that is quite, and I know neighbors will never bother me, I could be happy for the rest of my life.