Hello all,
seeking 2bed apt in Central Maryland in Howard County. Walking distance to some stores and some transportation.We currently have a housing voucher, and transferring from out of state. (No evictions, no criminal aspect, no drama). Looking to move asap. Any positive feedback would be appreciated. Regards
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I've been posting this in a few subbreddits.
>Hi, I'm a fairly new resident in Maryland, and I'm looking to buy my first house. I'm interested in townhomes, but terrified I will be locking myself into something where I will hear my neighbors through the walls.
When looking at a Townhome built in 83, someone I know in person commented that townhomes built in this time have Cinderblocks inbetween per firecode.
>at some point in the city of Columbia MD Howard County, someone started a fire and it burned down a ton of townhouses. After that townhomes were forced to have a Cinderblock firewall between each unit. As a result it also helped with neighbor noise.
However, I have not been able to find any evidence of this fire. I can find fire codes for today but not anything that goes over the history.
Story goes on...
>However, later, developers overturned this by promising to install fire control systems instead (sprinklers).
What I am trying to ascertain is, what years were the Cinderblock firewalls required in? I'm not super worried about dying in a fire, I just want the actual firewall to help with neighbor noise. I also just want to know what actually went on with this.
She thought that 83 was probably a good year to be in the time after the fire.
