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In my experience, it's usually people that live above/below you that you are more likely to hear! Since you won't have that issue, I think you'll probably be fine, especially since 10 years old is actually fairly new! I bet they have pretty good soundproofing between the adjoining walls. I think you'll be fine!

I can hear my neighbors dachshund that barks constantly but it hasn't been a problem for LO. My neighbors have commented on how they never hear us.

It really depends on how the noise dampening used during construction. I've lived in other buildings that really leaked sounds.

I really really really would not worry about it. I have ONLY ever lived in an apt, for the last 28 years, and I have never had an issue with noise. Yes, you sometimes hear your neighbors upstairs, or hear screaming or fighting next door, or loud music, but I have NEVER had those things impact my sleep/work/life. As for your LO, we sleep trained using CIO and our neighbors said they never heard a thing from us. Granted we're in a new building, but I really would not worry about it. We also have never heard their baby who is a month younger than LO. Especially if you're in a town home and odn't have other people above you, and don't live in a hallway with other apts, you'll be fine! I think the noise you make seems MUCH louder to you than it does to others.

I wouldn't worry about it. I do hear my neighbors, in my apartment and at our previous townhouse. However, it is what it is - and everyone expects it. If there was some type of noise ordinance or policy over getting evicted for noise, it would have been brought up by now. I think apartment-dwellers realize noise comes with the territory.

@Adira: yea totally, good point! Usually people above me that I am bothered by!

Before we had LO, we heard our neighbour's kid crying every single night. His bedroom shared a wall with our bedroom. It was pretty bad some nights. He would cry for hours (and he was 2.5-3, so not a newborn). Their second child we didn't hear at all — her bedroom must have been further away. We can hear them in their dining room, but not all that often. We've gotten used to it. Because they had kids first, I don't feel so bad about our LO being noisy

Our townhouse is 20+ years old though, so that could be the issue!

We live in a townhouse with just one neighbor, and we've never heard them. We have the same set up, where our stairs and one great room wall are adjoining. I sing super loud and off key to Sadie all day, and I'm never worried.

We are in a townhome and don't hear noise that often. We have an end unit, but are also stacked on top of our neighbors. We never hear the people next to us (it's really just one guy), and sometimes hear the neighbors below us when we are in the stairway. It's really negligible

I just hate being below people. Since that's not an issue I wouldn't worry about it.

I live in a condo, and we can hear some stuff through the walls, but it has to be pretty loud, and we can hear the upstairs people walking around. It's part of living with shared walls! I don't even worry about the dog or baby noise anymore.

DH and I are a couple of quiet DINKs that live in a townhouse so we are ultra sensitive to noise. I almost always hear something like dresser drawers being slammed and occasionally hear heavy heel walkers. (No one is above or below; just on the sides.) Low dog barks or big guard dog barks never bother me. But yappy dogs left out on patios is just plain obnoxious and rude. Crying babies... meh. I live in townhome and can't complain and I don't think anyone has the right to. Best of luck lady! Low maintenance housing is amazing.

Our current place is 120+ years old and we hear a lot of noise, which is one of the reasons we are moving.

In the US, our last two apartments were new constructions in big condos and we rarely heard anything. It sounds like your new place won't be so bad with the noise.

We live in a condo with people above and below us. We can hear our upstairs neighbor a lot and people in the hallway. I'm assuming they can hear the baby and dog too, but we've never had a real issue with them. There was one day where our dog barked all day because he had an upset stomach and the guy below complained to us about it. We apologized and explained and he was cool with it. Other than that people are pretty understanding about noise...I mean you live in a shared space.

People are kinda assholes in the hallway though. They are super loud! They make our dog bark all the time. I don't feel bad when he barks at them though. If they weren't so loud he wouldn't bark so much!

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. I lived in an apartment before we bought our house, and while we could hear the baby crying upstairs sometimes and things in the hall, it was never loud enough to be a nuisance.

We live in a condo with shared walls and rarely hear our neighbors or their dogs/kids - if we do, I just chalk it up to them having a rough night and it isn't the norm. I wouldn't worry about it too much. I agree you should try to establish a relationship with them where you can send a text if you think they are being a little too loud (or if you think your dogs/baby are being a little too loud - an apology goes a long way!) Don't get anxious, it will be great!

We can hear our neighbors above us because they are playing basketball or something equally strange at the most ungodly hours. We use white noise to mask it so it doesn't bother LO. Honestly I don't care if her crying bothers them. Our neighbors to the side we hear nothing from and I don't think they hear us. Our walls are concrete tho. Good luck!