I'm thinking about buying a first-floor condo unit, and want to make sure that the unit above mine does not have a hardwood floor...is there any way to find out this information without knocking on their front door?
2007-06-25 09:03:58 · 4 answers · asked by tarasdsu 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Not really. While it is true that you could get the blueprints from the county in many places, changing the floor covering does not require a change to be filed with the county. It's even possible that the change was made during construction. Instead, ask about the insulation between the upstairs floor and your ceiling. My upstairs neighbor has hard wood floors, but we don't hear then because of the insulation.
2007-06-25 09:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try this; Why not knock on the front door of the condo unit above the one you're interested in. By doing so, you take care of 2 issues at once. 1) You can see for yourself if there are hardwood floors or not, and 2) You can see what your neighbors are like. Just knock on the door, introduce yourself and let them know that you are interested in buying the condo downstairs. If the person is friendly and willing to answers some questions about the building, neighborhood etc. then that will be a bonus and they will more likely to respect your ceiling. =) A friend of mine did this once. Now they own a home and have been married for 10+ years.
2007-06-25 09:17:56 · answer #2 · answered by jimmyweda 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please please stay away from ANY ground floor unit. Even if they have the best carpet down you will still hear noise. While it may be muffled you will still hear them moving around.
Also , things change over time ...While there might be carpet down now that may change in the future. I am sure there are rules in the bylaws regarding how much of the floor must be carpeted it won't matter much. They could replace old carpet with a thinner kind or less padding or decide to have wood floors and use area rugs to get around the rules!
PLease please DO NOT BUY A DOWNSTAIRS UNIT !!!!!
I know your thinking of the noise but there are other issues.
* Say they have a water leak, bathroom overflow, washer hose burst, dishwasher leak guess whose unit is going to be damaged ???? Yes they will have to pay for the damages but trust me it's a long and messy process to take care of.
I have my condo 5 years it is my BIGGEST regret that I did not wait for a upstairs unit. Please save yourself the problems and you will have problems and get a upstairs unit.
Did you ever notice there more down stairs units for sale? Guess why??? In my complex they command much less money too when selling.
I did a search on yahoo answers for you about upstairs neighbors and you will see it's a big problem ! --->>>> look here
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AnwvlNus7ky9OTAjlX9oAubpy6IX?p=upstairs+neighbors
2007-06-27 05:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by yeah , yeah whatever 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your probabilities of winning in such a in shape are rather low. First you will could supply evidence that the former proprietor became into attentive to this occasion and intentionally withheld the thoughts on a disclosure. besides, if the maintenance became into approved previous on your purchase, you had purely as plenty hazard to evaluation of it as did the former proprietor. you may touch an lawyer for added preparation, yet do not anticipate plenty encouragement from one.
2016-11-07 10:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋