Taig Blum
Need advice for sound proofing a duplex
I plan on moving into a duplex and renting the other side out. When owning a duplex is there anything you can do to help cancel sound between the two units?
Christopher Daniels
Highway is 350 yards from potential flip. Peruse or stay away?
Looking for my first deal, have a motivated seller with a house that needs a full rehab BUT it sits approximately 350 yards from a highway. Should I peruse or stay away. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Brian Kehoe
Treadmill shaking house and making noise
Can I tell a tenant to stop using a treadmill or that they're not allowed to have the treadmill? This just started I'm assuming the treadmill was a Christmas gift. I live below them and own the house and find the tre...
Craig Curelop
Noise in Bottom unit of up/down duplex
Hey everyone,So I am house hacking the bottom unit of an up/down duplex in Denver. Overall, things have been good, but my biggest problem is that the ceilings are paper thin. I can hear EVERYTHING the upstairs tenants...
Kamran Rahman
House Hacking - My Flea Problem Diary
The purpose of this post is to share my ongoing experience with dealing with fleas in a condo I am househacking. There are two things I am looking for from this thread. 1. A documentation of my experiences so that oth...
Marshall Magnus
Building Science, basement suite soundproofing
Hi all,
I wanted to talk about soundproofing and see what the community thinks about noise separation between units.I am currently developing a legal basement suite in a single-family house in Edmonton Alberta, the h...
Dell Schlabach
Granite repairs possible?
I just bought a house, the kitchens are in good condition has granite countertops.
They seamed the granite at the sink, about an inch to the right of the seam, is a significant visible break, 16th of an inch gap runn...
Peter Morgan
Tenant got a treadmilll
HelloMy tenant upstairs briefly mentioned about getting a treadmill recently but today he got one delivered home. I wasn’t too sure what to say when he mentioned about treadmill but indirectly hinted an elliptical or ...
Brandon Turner
THIS is how you apply for a loan (Brandon's 1st GIF!)
I'm always harping on folks to take their loan application process more seriously and present something professional to the banker, as it will increase your chance of your loan being approved exponentially. Just to le...
Austin Haynes
Putting down carpet
I plan on putting carpet in the upstairs unit of a up & down duplex. I am worried about the noise level because you can hear everything that happens in the upstairs unit if you are downstairs. Is there any type of...