Condo Association Management Blog

I just put in a hard wood floor in Pompano....first needed a $350 building permit and needed to put a cork sub base down.........did your neighbor put the floor in himself without a permit....as far as I know for at least the last 10 years a sub base of cork needed to be put in....prior to that our condo required carpeting

It would be best to check with your Association and see what is specified as an acceptable flooring underlayment for sound control. Also see if there is a minimum IIC (Impact Insulation Class) rating that is specified. The state of Florida Building Code Section 1207 Sound Transmission: requires a 50 IIC sound rating on a flooring system above occupied space.

I recently purchased a condo on the 6th floor in West Palm Beach. After receving approval from the board to put in hard wood floors with 8mm underlayment (costing $700 more than the standard 6mm) which is a requirement from the board, I moved in. On my very first day in the unit I noticed that I could clearly hear EVERYTHING going on in the unit above me including where their hyper active dog is in the condo! 
 
I decided to go up and introduce myself and after the door opened I saw the problem. They have concrete for a floor with nothing over it! Yes, nothing but the concrete slab. After contacting the association I was told that the concrete was approved by the developer and there was nothing they or I could do about it because it was approved prior to the board or association being in place.  
 
What legal rights (if any) do I have in a case like this?

My upstaris neighbors have always been noisy with the floor, they own and I own, I asked nicely to reduce lately noises due to their new baby hitting and rooling things on the floor, they reponded to me in a nasty way that I had to deal with it bc their son had to play and also to go and live somewhere else if I did not like it. I know thre are new laws about noise onthe floor, pls advise.