[Pecos]

I say he should sue the real estate agent, based on undisclosed facts regarding the condo, requiring the agent to buy the place from him.

[sbMKE]

So essentially this is like buying a place where a murder was committed, only the murder keeps getting committed every day in an adjoining room?

[Hodar]

Nothing was not undisclosed, the house was 'as presented'. When you buy a house, there is no disclosure that your neighbor is a morbidly obese nudist - nor should there be. This is like removing the curtains, and then suing because you don't like the view.

Carpets, pads are very good sound reducing materials. If you design a home theater system - one of the things you discover that what stops sound really well, are differing material densities. One such product is Quietrock, which is essentially drywall with a thin sheet of metal embedded in the plaster.

When you have a solid floor, then place a foam pad, and a carpet on top of it - you make a pretty effective sound barrier. Being a good neighbor means taking into consideration of not only what sounds are being masked by the existing flooring, but what shoulds you are muffling from going downstairs.

[longtermmemmory]

leatherphobic?

the perv can’t help being born with a leather spoon...