I found living here to be a pleasure. I havent heard any noise other than our upstairs neighbor, but thats to be expected living with others. Others around you have other habits, and you learn to cope. So, he vaccuums twice a day. He's OCD. I found the staff to be plesant, the matinence is prompt, they went out of our way to insure we could move in earlier than we specified due to living trouble... just excellent.