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In Reply to: RE: I personally I can't see spending that kind of loot living in a condo posted by Green Lantern on September 12, 2020 at 21:10:39
I mean Magnepan, not you GL.
A condominium is a form of ownership, not an architectural style. Yes, they are often high rise apartment style buildings, townhomes, or duplexes. But they can also be typical single family detached units. And more to the point here, size has nothing to do with it. A condo could be anything from an 800 sq ft efficiency unit to a sprawling 3-4,000 sq ft home.
So the name seems pretty silly and misapplied to me.
"The only cats worth anything are the cats who take chances. Sometimes I play things I never heard myself." Thelonious Monk
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the difference between a condo and a townhouse is who cuts the grass and plows the driveway. I have a townhouse and am responsible for things like that.
We're in a 1600+ sq. ft. end unit. I play bass guitar and have had a couple of guitar players over to jam. I have my MGIII's set up in a small 2nd floor bedroom, biamped with a pair of 200W @ 4 ohms amps. While my wife can the hear the Maggie's outside, the neighbors don't hear a thing.
Attached units, done right, can be quiet.
Regards,
Steve
It's not really grass or snow. I moved into a new condo duplex (sometimes called zero lot line) last year and they do plow the snow. Many other condos in this area do not. It depends on how the CC&Rs are drawn up.
Most condos define ownership to the midpoint of the exterior walls and roof. The outside is owned by the condo association. Thus, the exterior maintenance is the responsibility of the association, to whom a monthly assessment is paid.
Also, depending on location and when constructed, there can be great variations with quality in either type. My condo has dual stud walls with insulation and air space between them for the walls between me and my common wall neighbor -- very quiet. But I've seen condos under construction with just a single stud wall between units, just like a cheaply built apartment unit. One thing to watch out for is an older apartment complex which was cheaply constructed but recently converted to condos with new paint and modest upgrades to the kitchen and bath room(s). You can count on noise between units with those.
"The only cats worth anything are the cats who take chances. Sometimes I play things I never heard myself." Thelonious Monk
GOOD ASSESSMENT! Oddly in NYC during the recent apart. boom, some builders actually took advantage of material technology to use carbonate and rubberized filler between floors and walls. You Can actually make living between neighbors civilized. However there are notorious builders like Jarrett Kushner who do the opposite in all their developments and Related Housing(their work being notoriously below standard in the numerous buildings they out up in the 70's-having lived in one. Glad to see the condo/coop owners having their asses handed to them for the moment. (BANkS CANNOT MARK MARKET TO MARKET OR THEIR leverage COLLATERAL WILL COLLAPSE) Buyers are looking for 25 to 30% from last years prices; They are getting it too with months months of free maintenance to create the illusion of price stability. Ha....
If your neighbors are complaining about chopped carrots, you have substandard building codes or the builders cheeped out, IMHO.
I live in a 790sq' duplex townhome, I have a shared wall with my neighbor. My old Monsoon's computer speakers and their conventional subwoofer would cause him to pound on the wall. When I switched to MiniMags with two DWM's the problem was solved. I wonder if the Condo Module would have a different effect ?
Interesting! But makes perfect sense.
from the complex website
Sorry not a condo but 'luxury' apt, the building is fairly new.
When we visit the place seems sound proof, well built but apparently they're not ...
She and her boy friend both compete in body building competitions and are constantly into health food preps which includes lots of blender and kitchen noise.
She told me the couple next door are students from out of country going to San Diego State. The last time they came to the door to complain her bf (John whom they've never met) opened the door. She says it was just like TV, the neighbor's head was at John's chest area and looks up to see nothing but muscles and veins. Neighbor says sorry, turns and walks away never to be heard from again.
But yeah they're looking to get out of there, the rent is almost double what my mortgage is but it has it's own weight room and fitness area in this COVID era so they're content for now, besides they both signed a 6 month lease so...
No one has asked what was used. There is a possibility, albeit slight, it was a Bat'leth. When you add in the war yells, it gets noisy.
/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
the place has stringent rules (anything placed on the balcony has to be approved), and although it has a significant college presence very little music was heard- and we're usually there on weekends.I never had problem in my condo with noise and it was built in the mid 80s., most of my neighbors played their TVs and stereos loud enough to notice, but not 'blasting'. But then again our condo president lived directly across from us. When we moved in we were told she was a mean, tough old ****! For example kids couldn't play in the grass, parents didn't like it and often confronted her about it, but it was in the bylaws so they had to go pack sand lol... But once she warmed up to us she was very friendly and cordial.
Edits: 09/13/20
she uses regular kitchen knives, nothing fancy.
I think the kids that come from overseas are under so much intense pressure to succeed they expect library conditions when they study. But guess what- that ain't gonna happen.
"...so much intense pressure to succeed..."
And therein lies our tale. Sigh. My best days are when a simple melody and coffee fills me up so there's scarcely room for worry.
Under Pressure!
"...insanity laughs under pressure we're break..."
/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
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