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Woodbury Square Apartments. Visited some recently for some relatives and I could not believe that lack of sound insulation between the units. Are all Irvine Apartments like this? They live in a unit with people above them and people below them. One night, when we were visiting, the upstairs and downstairs neighbors had their tvs/stereos on pretty loud. The place shook from all the bass. Also, there is pergo in the kitchen. The upstairs neighbors were leadfoots and my uncle's kitchen vibrated everytime the upstairs neighbors walked in their high heels. What a joke. Is there any cement between the units? My relatives live in the top of the line apartment in Woodbury Square. Also, the dumpsters are always full and people in that complex appear pretty trashy. I saw a sofa sitting out on the street next to one of the dumpsters. I could not imagine what it would be like to live on the 1st floor. No elevators, by the way. These apartments are built in the same fashion as those on Irvine Blvd at Jamboree Blvd. I think the third floor people get some silence. Also, the bedrooms, you hear your neighbors conversations, with your windows closed. In addition, the washer dryer are located in your unit. If a neighbor decides to do their laundry in the middle of the night, you hear the hum all night. My uncle has told the front office about this. He wants to move to his new home as soon as it is finished in construction. I would not recommend these places. I think all Irvine Company apartments are of the worst construction, anyway.
 
I used to live in Irvine Company Apartments. We had to move from one apartment because my son was going through this stage where he would bang doors. The neighbors below us complained. At the same apartment, we had a balcony over an enclosed courtyard. Some college students used to party late on the weekends and make a lot of noise which would echo through the courtyard. It made my wife so angry she got up and chewed them out at 2:00 AM one night. I don't know that these units are any more noisy than other apartments. Noise is something you live with in apartments in my experience.
 
I have lived in many apartments and in general, noise is something you have to live with. However, my wife and I currently live in an Archstone complex in South OC and it is amazing! We are on the 3rd floor and have get togethers that go late into the night (think drinking + taboo till 2am) and our downstairs neighbors don't even hear us. I am not sure if it was initially designed as a condo complex or what but it has to be the best built apt building I have ever lived in. Unfortunately, we are moving to Irvine to be closer to the wife's work and will most likely move into an IAC property :(
 
Wow, that is terrible WS24! I wonder if the newer apartments have a lower quality construction than those built earlier. I have heard that the new neighborhoods, like Woodbury and Portola Springs, came during the final push of the housing boom and quality was definitely sacraficed!





On a different note, I live in a townhome at Shadow Oaks, an Irvine Apartment Communities complex, and I cannot hear my neighbors at all. I used to live at Rancho San Joaquin and that was slightly noisy since our apartment was connected to the stairwell. We could always hear people pounding up the stairs and could sometimes hear people walking around, but we NEVER heard conversations or TVs! RSQ was built quite some time ago. I have no idea when, but my guess would be at least as far back as the 80's. Anyone know this for sure?
 
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