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Have lived in single houses, to woodframe condos, to 100 year old concrete builing, to 60 floor concrete apartments that can withstand a typhoon and godzilla attack.
Anything other than a single house is going to have to deal with some level of sound transmission. I'd say, the unit layout is so much more relevant vs IS IT WOOD?
Things to note off the top of my head:
The most important room to note in a floorplan is the bedroom of course. If your kitchen is adjoining another units kitchen, who cares. If your bedroom is adjoining their living room where most would put their TV and 8-subwoofer soundsystem then that's something no concrete is going to save you from.
Is the unit next to an elevator shaft? Is it next to stairs? Is it next to emergency stairs that will never get used? All of these can be both positive and negative.
Is your unit in-between other units? or is it a corner unit? What about hallway noise, if its close to the elevators you're going to have to deal with constant foot traffic.
So, if you have get access to the floorplan you can have a much better idea of what you're getting into. I mean, building floor-plan, including individual unit floorplans if possible. If in a pinch, I guess the fire-escape plan could help in a jiffy?
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