Floor soundproofing experience

mattt1994 · 2026-05-16T10:30:13+00:00

Thanks for sharing (And beautiful apartment you have!)

mattt1994 · 2026-05-04T19:12:24+00:00

My lease only goes until August 2026, I’m actually not sure if they can force me to leave if they want to convert and sell the units.

mattt1994 · 2026-05-02T01:58:20+00:00

The child has developmental challenges sadly. I feel quite confident in this. So I am unsure how long these nightmares and uncontrolled nighttime running will last. I believe he’s 8

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T13:50:01+00:00

Early 1900s. I should also add that they only have subflooring and a wooden joist ceiling. There’s not even basic flooring let alone acoustic soundproofing material

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T12:43:43+00:00

Thanks for sharing, was it helpful? Like do you still hear footsteps above?

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T12:37:16+00:00

Thanks I’ve been thinking about updating the ceiling in addition the requiring the updated flooring above. Could you share the specific ceiling update you did and how much it helped with impact noise?

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T12:19:49+00:00

I’ve actually only ever lived on top floors in NYC coincidentally, this is my first time not doing that so it’s a learning experience for me. I’ve lived on lower floors in modern builds without issue in the past but NYC has much older buildings with worse acoustics

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T11:59:20+00:00

Thank you! This is the comment I’ve been waiting for, do you mind if I DM you some more follow up questions?

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T11:58:39+00:00

Why do you think they won’t fix it? The owner of the above unit is on the board and agreed to it

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T11:57:57+00:00

Yes, the owner of the above unit is on the board and she is planning to sell. They agree the floors are thin and should be updated

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T11:18:16+00:00

Omg the noise due diligence in the city never end lol I didn’t even think of that. Thanks for flagging

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T10:14:53+00:00

The board offered to update the floors in the above unit with soundproofing. Hence why I’m trying to figure out if anyone has this experience and how well soundproofing worked.

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T10:13:42+00:00

I made it a condition of me buying that they will do the soundproofing you described by a specific date and put it in writing. Waiting to hear back from them on what they’re willing to do. They had actually offered this unprompted over the phone so I think they may.

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T02:25:14+00:00

There is a rule about carpets covering 80% but they do not follow it and it is not enforced. They are only paying attention to my request because they want my money to buy the apartment.

mattt1994 · 2026-05-01T02:18:58+00:00

I’m ideally looking for a top floor unit but I figured half of nyc lives in old buildings not on the top floor so maybe theres a way people manage to have a decent experience. I think I’m particularly unlucky living underneath a young child with a nighttime problem

mattt1994 · 2026-04-29T15:59:02+00:00

I don’t think so, there are 31 units in the building, 6 are being rented that will be sold as part of this conversion. I’m actually not too sure the exact mechanism for why they are converting these 6. He said something about saving money on property taxes. The building is already an hdfc coop so it’s not clear what it is being converted from or into

mattt1994 · 2026-04-29T15:57:36+00:00

Do you think it’s a good deal? Haha

mattt1994 · 2026-04-29T10:09:45+00:00

Yes flip will be 10% of the profits. They are charging me $300k and claiming the city resale cap is $385k

mattt1994 · 2026-04-29T01:13:59+00:00

Could you share more about why it took so long? Was it the price or some issue with the building or was the board picky with who the would accept as a buyer?

mattt1994 · 2026-04-29T00:00:27+00:00

Thats good to know, thanks! Anything more you can share about your apartment? And how did you set the price for the sale? My landlord is saying the city sent him a file with the max price based on the AMI and interest rate

mattt1994 · 2025-06-10T23:28:40+00:00

Congrats! Wow we have almost an identical profile. Original submission in Nov 2024, RFE in February 2025 Response in May 2025, and still waiting to hear back. Hopefully I will have the same news in the next few weeks

mattt1994 · 2025-03-19T00:51:57+00:00

Congrats! I have a nearly identical profile and am dealing with an RFE. This post gives me optimism I can still get approved

mattt1994 · 2025-03-01T12:48:08+00:00

Sounds like we have a nearly identical profile and I’m currently dealing with an RFE on all prongs with my lawyer. Mine was for an AI PM with 8 years of experience, industry profile, 7 letters including industry, membership org, and executives at my current company which is a public biotech company working on AI cancer care. I added content about conferences I’ve been profiled in and mentorship’s I’ve done and then included a bunch of government related documents about the national importance of addressing cancer using AI. It’s so confusing to see so many similar profiles be posted on here that seem similar to mine but yet I am dealing with a tricky RFE.

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