musicans and real estate

More about musicians, condo/two-family living, and pianos

Part I: Building the home music studio that won’t drive your neighbors crazy Email from M.R., a long-time reader: I'm a landlord in Somerville (I have two 2-family houses), I'm a long-time reader of the Globe RE blog, and finally, I'm a basement drummer. I've spent a few weekends' worth of time sound-proofing the basement

By Rona|2024-11-18T17:57:02-05:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: buying process, condo issues, Problems and repair|Tags: making a home music studio, moving with a grand piano, musicans and real estate, musician noise problems|

Is a musician persona non grata?

In 2012, I had two different clients who were looking for a home for themselves, and for their grand piano. The piano space was on their short list of "must haves." A lot of the housing I work with does not have living rooms that can happily house that big an instrument. Most two-family house