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I live in an apartment that is the middle floor of a 3 story brownstone. I recently switched the living room and the bedroom.

I like the layout much better now, but I can’t get any sleep in the new bedroom– upstairs neighbor, (landlord) is a night owl. Plays TV at normal volume or just walks across the floor makes too much noise.

Right now there is a drop ceiling covering a badly damaged plaster ceiling– many big areas of plaster missing, others peeling away. I think that the recent shedding of some large chunks of plaster has let more noise through.

I’m considering removing the drop ceiling, then framing the ceiling and sheetrocking it with Quietrock. Has anyone done this? Was it effective? What should it cost for one room?

Also, the apartment has double pane replacement windows which need replacement. Any ideas on replacements that are more soundproof?