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I just moved into a townhouse that has brick wall in between the units... but I can still hear loud thuds and even a loud tv on a common wall. I assume that means it was built so that the common walls are not decoupled from each other. I don't know if any places you'll find will have this decoupling construction?
I have an unfinished basement, and found that it's the worst place for sound isolation in the house - I can hear my neighbor's baby crying like it's in the next room when I'm in the basement, but can't hear it at all when I'm upstairs in the same location relative to the unit next door (kitchen). I had originally planned to have band practice w/ acoustic drums in the basement, but now I'll probably have to finish the basement with double walls and floating floors/ceilings. Bummer :(
If I had a chance to do it again, I'd find a single house.
Good luck.
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