townhouse/apartment dwellers and others with shared walls

HelloAnnie! · May 2011

We just moved into a townhouse and since we're the end unit we only share one wall that isn't a garage with our neighbors. Unfortunately that wall includes LO's nursery. I worry a lot about the baby crying and disturbing the neighbors. DH says I'm borrowing trouble and that sometimes babies just cry.

Thoughts?

nbbride06 · May 2011

Cross that bridge if you get to it.

Jay_Cee · May 2011

Do you hear your neighbors a lot? If you have a decent firewall between the houses (which you should), then it shouldn't be a big deal.

I can sometimes hear our neighbors dog barking in the house, but that's about it. It isn't loud enough to be annoying.

I agree with your DH. All will be fine!

LynnInLove1007 · May 2011

We live in a two family and owned a condo when DS was born. Our neighbors didn't hear a thing. No worries :-)

starz57182 · May 2011

We have a town home as well, but I'm not too worried. We have people on either side of us, one is a single lady, and the other side is a couple with two kids. We never hear them at all. In fact, it was a good couple months before we even knew they HAD kids over there and we only found out because the kids were outside. They aren't crying infants by any means, but I'm sure they yell and cry sometimes

Also, we own our town home, and so does everyone else. I figure that our neighbors knew there was a possibility of babies being next door at some point when they bought it. It just goes with the territory of sharing walls, I wouldn't worry about it

anakalia10 · May 2011

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Shared walls mean shared noise- it happens. It isn't like you are going to do a tap dance routine on their ceilings.

Unless (or until) you start doing hard-core CIO, it isn't likely that they would hear the baby that much- and if you are friendly with them, you could always give them a head's up beforehand.

caraleeb · May 2011

I hate my neighbour i plan on taking LO into the kitchen everytime he crys just to annoy her...

JennV514 · May 2011

I'm not concerned about this at all. Babies cry, such is life.

lacey321 · May 2011

JennV514:
I'm not concerned about this at all. Babies cry, such is life.

This exactly.

KendraJoette · May 2011

I wouldnt worry about it too much, it isnt like it is a dog that they can complain about... and your baby might not cry much. Our daughter hardly ever cries, and was that way from day one.

tarajerry01 · May 2011

Townhomes should have a decent firewall. I have an end unit, and only hear noise from the one wall and it is only when she gallops on the stairs. I have never heard voices, tv or anything like that. I wouldn't worry about that dear! Wink

Heather&Ben · May 2011

We rent a condo & share a wall - honestly our current neighbors are loud themselves & annoy us b/c they slam their front door so badly it rattles our wall!! ugh! Needless to say, I'm not worried about bothering them Stick out tongue

I wouldn't worry!!

lisamoe · May 2011

Our neighbors (we live in a condo) have a loud barking dog, wind chimes hanging right out the front door, which is right by my door, and are constantly slamming the front door. The way I look at it, if they hear the baby cry, oh well. I don't hear them talking or TV/stereo but if I hear their dog, Im sure they are gonna hear my baby lol

lissiealkie · May 2011

When DS was born we were on the 2nd floor of an apartment with cheap walls/floors. I heard every step from upstairs and the downstairs neighbors heard it all from my apartment. The downstairs neighbors had kids that I heard all the time and both of them blasted their TV and radio. Honestly, with as much noise as I put up with from every which way, I didn't care if DS's cries did anything.

The apartment complex I live in now is much quieter and much more sound proof, so I'm not worried.

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