Property: Duplex - wife and I live in upstairs apartment, tenants renting downstairs apartmentIssue: Noise – we can hear the TV downstairs, the tenants talking, and the noise/vibration of them walkingConcerns: future tenants complaining about the noise & tenant retention (breaking leases early) in the future once we move out and rent both apartments, also concerned about noisier tenants moving in downstairs if the current tenants leave (they are relatively quiet tenants)Details about the property: Located south of Boston (20 minute drive), 5 minute walk to a few restaurants and the commuter train into the cityPurchase price in July 2017: $536kUpdates: New roof ($7k), waterproof basement ($3k), tiling, painting, other cosmetic improvementsPITI: $2,700Unit 1 Rent: $2,100, Unit 2 Rent Potential: $1,800What would you do if you were in my shoes?

That said, they have to exit through the backyard into the alley while the new ones are being poured/finished too, so a couple days of inconvenience, but the noise was the biggest concern for me sine my whole building was vibrating.

Not only noise from the whistle but the house can vibrate.

Anything above 20%, I tend to vibrate.

We are looking to BRRR a home in Norfolk with an FHA loan and need some quotes. Anyone have a contractor they love and owe some business to? (we are doing this once in this area before moving where Uncle Sam tells us....

I walk in and she has a crew who started painting and thr floor is VIBRATING HARD.  

You can still feel the vibration from the trains, however. 

Sound will literally vibrate directly through drywall, a stud, and then through the opposing drywall.

I also have a degree in ME and work in the industrial industry doing vibration diagnostics, which has nothing to do with REI but allows me the means to get in the game.Start home hacking, live like some kind of transient-well educated hobo for five years.

He called yesterday stating the AC unit was vibrating and making lots of noise(Packaged Unit on the roof).