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If you really want to avoid hearing neighbors you need to build a double wall staggered so that the studs are not touching. Fill the wall with foam insulation and use the drywall underayment that is made for soundproofing. Any of these things will help. Of course sound can still come through the attic or the space between the floors.
The best solution is an acre or two of woods between you and the neighbors.
No, a single wall will allow plenty of sound through. A double wall with staggered studs as suggested above is the minimum required to isolate living spaces.
My opinion is that might be enough to keep a normal level conversation from being overheard, but it is not nearly enough. You will be able to hear a baby crying, loud tvs, families yelling, things like pots and pans dropping on the floor, possibly even doors slamming and lots more.
In fact, I would not touch a unit that had such cheap and insufficient sound proofing. Hell, I won't even stay at a hotel with such poor soundproofing.
I would also check and make sure the doors are not hollow core, and the windows are double, or preferably, triple glazed with thick glass, not thin.
The problem is that once you buy a place with sound problems, you can't just move out if you don't like it. You end up at war with your neighbors.
Hire a sound expert to go in and do a diagnostic. But the others are right. Any residence connected to another will have sound problems of some degree or another.
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