{"id":544,"date":"2015-01-22T09:32:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourwalls.rentler.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T16:40:59","slug":"soundproof-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentler.com\/blog\/tenants\/apartment-life\/soundproof-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Soundproof Your Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing can make you despise your rental quicker than excessive\u00a0noise. Like when you discover you have the\u00a0kind of neighbors who do intense cardio at 6:30 am or\u00a0that your apartment is on a\u00a0direct ambulance route. Instead of\u00a0laying awake at 2 a.m. dreaming of a house in the country where the silence is almost deafening, combat loud neighbors and city traffic with real-life solutions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>First, communicate<\/h3>\n<p>If the noise problem is your neighbors, sometimes communicating is the first and only step you&#8217;ll need. Personal anecdote alert on this one: I once lived\u00a0on the top floor of an old apartment building. Eventually I found out that the person living below me was actually an acquaintance.\u00a0We saw each other frequently\u00a0and once I asked her if she ever heard me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yes,&#8221; she answered bluntly, &#8220;a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the worst being on the other side of the problem; you feel horrible and now you can&#8217;t\u00a0hold onto your smug annoyance when other people are loud.\u00a0As we talked, she said that she didn&#8217;t care about music or people walking around BUT she did admit\u00a0that the sound of my drawers slamming shut woke her up every morning.<\/p>\n<p>Once I knew that, it was obviously not a huge deal to fix the problem by leaving them open or taking things out the night before.<\/p>\n<h3>Block it out<\/h3>\n<p>Ear plugs are the most basic solution here, and there are plenty of cheap ones that will do the trick. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/shopping\/2005\/05\/the_sound_of_silence.html\">Slate tested the best<\/a> ones out for you already and came up with a winner for comfort and effectiveness. Pop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001EPQ86A\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001EPQ86A&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rentler-20&amp;linkId=57E5UTGVP34H43RB\">these<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rentler-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001EPQ86A\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> in when you need to get some work done or want to concentrate on a good book.<\/p>\n<p>The downside to earplugs is that\u00a0sometimes sleeping in them can be equally annoying as the noise.\u00a0That&#8217;s when it&#8217;s time to get a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A2JBMRE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00A2JBMRE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rentler-20&amp;linkId=G7HOOFJPVU6GAZRQ\">white noise machine<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rentler-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00A2JBMRE\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nor a fan.<\/p>\n<p>The machine that works best for you might depend on your environment. For example, \u00a0I live in the desert so I like to be lulled to sleep by the gentle gurgle of a humidifier in winter and a really strong window A\/C unit in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Another small thing that can help is hanging heavy insulated curtains up to block sound or moving plants in front of your window to absorb some of the noise pollution.<\/p>\n<h3>Rearrange your furniture<\/h3>\n<p>If the noise is coming from next door or a street-facing window, change your habitat around to accompany that. Move the bed to a wall with nothing next to it (if possible) or put heavy bookcases against walls that you share with noisy neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>One caveat: do not do this late at night or you will become the hated neighbor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing can make you despise your rental quicker than excessive\u00a0noise. 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