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Nixie,
What you say is entirely logical, and a couple of years ago we in fact considered some degree of differentiation in the application of our Plan's Special By-Law (floating floors) to ground floor Units.
That differentiation was proven flawed after one “test case” in an E/C Member's Unit, because even though the floating floor involved was in a living area that didn't adjoin a common wall (with another Unit), the noise of young children moving about on that floor DID travel to adjoining Units.
OK – maybe you don't have young children, or if you do, you may properly manage their movements about on the floating floor, but that won't always be the case. Sooner or later you'll sell or tenant your Unit, and suddenly that noise will become a problem!
All things considered, the marginal costs of compliance with any reasonable standard for sound-proofing the hard-surface flooring in your ground floor Unit is very small in the context of the whole job cost.