JaehwanC (California)
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I live 2nd floor condo with my wife and 2 and 4 years old kids. I have been living there almost 2 years now. Before we moved into this condo we remodeled the floor to wood floor with 1/2 inch cork soundproof barrier as HOA required. The neighbor under my unit filed noise complains about 3 month after we moved in through HOA. We bought extra heavy form mattress about one and 1/2 inch thick and covered the bedroom floor to lower the possible noise since we have little kids and they make extra noise such as running and jumping. We try hard to keep them to be quiet and not running and jumping as much as we can. We have not heard any complains since then from the neighbor or HOA. About 2 month ago we had another letter from the HOA regarding the noise again. This second notice was about one year after the first notice. First, I wondered why the neighbor complains again this time. Anyway, we purchased more form floor mattress and covered other areas. We almost covered all the hardwood areas now. I wrote a letter to the HOA regarding what I have done to lower the noise level. I also wrote that I hear noise such as foot steps from the unit above my unit when I was alone at home in a quiet condition. The point is that my neighbor under my unit stay at home all the time. They are retired couples. My family with two kids also spend great amount of time at home with normal kids activities. I had another letter from HOA saying that they will have hearings for this issue. I plan to put my unit on sale because I do not want to hear more complains from my neighbor. What should I say when I go to the hearing? The letter from HOA sounds like that they want me to remove the hardwood floor or they will do something for me not to sell my unit without resolve this noise problem. I think that the hardwood floor is installed with 1/2 inch cork soundproofing barrier according to HOA regulation, and not the cause of the noise. The cause of noise is that we have 2 kids who make extra noise. My point is that if we move out the unit as selling it, the problem is resolved. As reading this discussion board about noise issue, I found some tips to say in the hearing meeting, such as requesting the complaining neighbor to have documented report from a licensed acoustical engineer about the noise since the level of noise they complain is very subjective and also ask them to put soundproofing on their ceiling. What is your advices? I asked my wife to take the kids to her homeland for next couple month because the complains also bother us a lot.