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Originally Posted by sonick

As an alternate viewpoint, I bought and have lived in a wood framed building the past 5 years or so, and am very fortunate that either the building is well built and well-designed to isolate from noise, or that I have very quiet neighbours. The developer is Adera, and I can tell some thought was put into the design of it for noise transmission.

I am on a corner unit on third floor (out of four). Once in awhile I will hear stomping from my upstairs neighbours during football season, and once in awhile will hear voices from above/below, but total is probably less than a handful of times a year I am disturbed by it.

Although it was a bummer at first but now appreciate it, is the fact that our strata does not allow hardwood floors to be installed to avoid noise issues, although some units have been grandfathered in when they had them installed prior to the bylaw.

Considering at the time the price I paid for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1200+ sqft unit, I am very happy with the decision.

Speaking of, does anyone have any experience with the newer Ledingham Mcallister's low rise condos? Seems like most of them have that thin layer of concrete as part of the subfloor. Does that make a difference in sound transmission?