Condo Rules Carpeting

Obvious goal is to provide noise insulation for their neighbors below.

Condo rules carpeting.

Rules are made to be broken. Here is the story i bought a 2 level condo but is 3 stories with a unit below mine. It s usually included in rental agreements however as a matter of course. The 80 carpet rule is typical of all standard co op condo and even rental rules.

A clause in lease agreements. A general fact of being in the city the transmission of sound from one apartment to another is sometimes difficult to predict and what might sound like heavy stomping to the person living. Just so happens my neighbors below me have complained of excessive noise due to dragging of chairs and even walking on it with hard soles shoes while i m working this out. Some people break the rules because they don t know any better and some people just plain don t care.

The primary purpose of this 80 carpet requirement is noise abatement. Many on the condo s board of directors didn t want carpeting installed in the building even the hallways because the existing 10 year old carpet was heavily spotted and soiled and most of the spots returned after cleaning. The ubiquity of the rule in nyc tenements apartments and condos suggests that 80 carpet requirements is a municipal law but it isn t. I installed tile flooring on my first floor and ripped up the existing carpet and pergo.