Soundproof apartments?
So, I’m in the process of moving and I recently started a new job that affords me the opportunity to get my dream apartment: I’m looking for something either completely soundproof or a place where people don’t give a shit if I’m playing my drums at night, producing or bumping music very loud. Maybe a loft downtown or something at the Brewery in the Arts District? Does anyone have any good leads for me?
Can afford anything $3000/month or under. Prefer something near DTLA or central LA.
EDIT: consensus seems to be “get a lockout”, I suppose I wasn’t aware of how many there seem to be in DTLA. Thank you everyone I will look into it!
Posted Mar 18, 2022, 5:20 PM UTC · edited
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THIS DOES NOT EXIST!! I doubt that very much. People complain about noisy neighbors here all the time and you would be a nightmare. I tried old buildings or brand new buildings, concrete… all are not soundproof (enough) for drums. You can rent a house if you make a lot of money.
It definitely does exist. My building is extremely soundproof. You close my front door and the music pretty much disappears. I live on a main road and when I close the windows, traffic is silenced. It’s one of the things we always test when moving into a new place as my boyfriend is an audiophile and enjoys music.
And there are lots of things OP can do like look for corner units on top floors that share minimal or no walls with neighbors. It definitely makes the search for a place much longer, but it does exist.
Yeah!! I tried many things. I am in a very soundproof apartment right now and I don’t hear a beep from outside and my neighbors but the floor is a nightmare and I can hear loud music from the apartment below. Drums would be a nightmare. And unless you can spend a day in an apartment listening… you will never know for sure if it’s soundproof enough and once you moved in it’s too late. If you know a way to check in advance… I would love to learn how cause I will be moving sometime this year.
How we checked our current place was testing what happened when we closed windows and doors in the unit. We then applied for the apartment and got approved. But before we signed the lease we asked to come back at a different time to check it out again and plan our furniture layout. More times than not, the manager will leave you alone and let you do your thing. And then we brought our portable Bose speaker and plugged it in to test.
In terms of sound through the floor, yeah you’ll never know unless you live there.
I tried. I spent an hour in the apartment listening to any noise and it was dead silent. Then a new guy moved in above and it was a nightmare for a year.