It has new carpets for the 2 bedrooms and new laminated hardwood floor for the living and dining room areas.

I don't have expertise but have previously found great articles online which discuss adding a 2nd layer of drywall to mitigate sound from above apts. (3) Likely the easiest/cheapest thing to do: place in your lease that living and dining room requires carpet coverage (rug) over 75% of the area to "protect" the wood floors Hope this helps!

@Joseph Ali Sure, the spreadsheet I am working on doesn't yet have the elegance & visual simplicity that I am striving for but it will do for now.

My monthly expenses: Monthly Expenses Item Name Budgeted Charity $120.00 $120.00 Debt Repayment Debt $1,300.95 $1,450.95 Housing House Warrenty $49.99 Mortgage $2,409.00 $2,458.99 Utilities Electricity $150.00 Gas $40.00 Internet $39.99 Cell Phone $120.00 ADT Alarm $47.99 Trash $50.00 Water $50.00 $497.98 *Food Grocery $800.00 Dog Food $100.00 $900.00 *Transportation Car insurance $245.00 Gas & Oil $240.00 Car Lease 1 $256.04 Car Lease 2 $391.17 Car Wash $15.95 $1,148.16 *Clothing Adults $25.00 Children $25.00 Cleaning/Laundry $0.00 $50.00 Medical/Health Dentist $54.00 Dog Insurance $36.48 Prescription Drugs $200.00 Health Insurance $0.00 Co-pays $25.00 $315.48 *Personal School Supplies $35.00 School Tuition $166.00 $201.00 Dining out / Recreation Entertainment $160.00 Spotify / Audible / Netflix / Hulu / Amazon $57.44 Dining out $140.00 $357.44Total expenses including debt repayment $7500

The house is all carpet except a bedroom, bath and kitchen/dining.

THAT eviction was no fun since we're talking July in Georgia with NO air conditioning.I finally fibbed to the Marshall and told him we had supplied the tenant with the couches and the dining room table and chairs as well as the bedroom chest of drawers. 

If anyone is interested, a few of us will be meeting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday Oct 25th at Wegmans in Woodbridge, VA located at 14801 Dining Way, Woodbridge, VA 22191 (second floor). 

I would also have to say that the allure was not the first floor that we used in the dining rooms, we have used commercial tile, as well as sheet goods.

I found it 4 plus years ago and got in before it really took off I now have very developed teams there I get inside off market deals brought to me I have established banking there for 6% construction loans the whole 9.. its an awesome place.and of course fine dining is fabulous.. and if nothing else I like that..

I'm thinking I could put a door on it and have a third bedroom, then move the existing counters etc out to the large living space for an open living/dining room.