Has anyone successfully soundproofed their apartment? Was it worth the cost and effort? If yes, please pass on the name of the company you hired.

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installing cityproof windows is absolutely 100% worth it if you can.

further interior soundproofing is generally only worth the time/money/effort if you’re trying to contain loud sound in courtesy to your neighbors, not to keep their noises out.

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How much do soundproofing windows cost?

I’d also love to soundproof my apartment. Watching this space for recommendations.

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"Sound proofing " is a sliding scale on exactly what you want. Theres cheap options and then there's expensive options. You need to clarify how far you're looking to go and how much you're willing to spend.

So its a condo and not an apartment? Your bylaws should make it very clear anything "walls in" and not common space is yours to modify. Your condo association can say no until they are blue in the face but have zero legal authority to dictate what you do within your condo unit. I would never ask a condo association for permission, but to be friendly with your neighbors you might want to inform them of the dates & times that renovation and noises produced by the renovation will happen.

Repeating my original question…has anyone in this bowl successfully soundproof their apartments?

I have a rental and added Felt padding to the walls, soundproof calk to the corners and edges and even felt to the outlets. It got better, but it was not perfect.
Since you own the apartment you can actually knock your side of the wall add padding, soundproof glue and soundproof wall sheetrock and special tape, this will make it much better.
Start with the Felt padding which is inexpensive and go from there.

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