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...

Hi everyone,
I bought my primary residence 8 months ago. I intended to live here for 2 years and then keep it as a rental property. The issue is that a train track runs behind it and the vibration is horrible (litera...

Hi All-I have new tenants that moved in August 1st. They've been complaining that the AC unit in the 2nd bedroom is noisy. I used to live in the apartment, so I'm aware that AC unit is a little loud. However, I "house...

Hey all, located here in the heart of the South....Columbia, South Carolina!
We have a 100 year old triplex and we're re-flooring the upstairs unit. 
We're going to tighten the squeaky floorboards, add some insulati...

just readings one articles with tenants and tenant laws in NYS. In one of the Reddit post  in  a two family home , there is tenant with a 2 year old who who off and on jumps around and the neighbour downstairs is cons...

We we are trying to soundproof a basement apartment ceiling. We have torn down the previous drywall so that we have a clean slate. Our plans include searching for and filling small holes and cavities with acoustical c...

Hi,I have situation where tenant keeps ignoring my request not to use treadmill in the apartment. Even thgh apartment is the first floor apartment when they use treadmill and other exercise equipments it does shake th...

Over the weekend we had a plaster (not drywall) ceiling fall down in one of our units.  It was about a 10 x 15 foot section in a living room.  Fortunately the tenant was not sitting under it.  Our property manager has...

I have a quadraplex with two units up and two units down.  My downstairs tenants are complaining about the noise coming from the upstairs unit. The upstairs tenant has young kids that I am sure are contributing to the...

I own a two-story duplex that was originally built in 1938. One unit occupies the entire 2nd floor, and the other unit occupies the entire 1st floor. I'm househacking now. I try to be quiet for my tenants above me, an...