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I've never had any noise complaints (in fact my closest neighbor never knew we had birds until I mentioned it) but when I moved in i took preemptive measures.

Since I rent the house, there was a limit to what i could do and spend. Essentially, i wanted to be able to take anything with me when I left and re use it.

I started with putting noise reducing curtains on the windows in the bird room. There is a brand called eclipse, but they have limited colors. Our approach was to buy black out fabric from the craft store and attach it to the back of regular heavy curtains.

The next approach was to fill the room with stuff. So we put in an area rug and indoor plants, along with using it as a sort of storage area.

Another thing that had nothing to do with soundproofing, but happened to help was to put an old mattress in the room. Since we bought a new bed and didn't want to get rid of the old mattress, it was wrapped in plastic and set against the wall in the bird room (we never have guests.) Obviously, this may not work for you if you don't have an unused mattress, or if your birds are overly curious (our birds pay it no attention) but the idea is to fill the room with STUFF.

If I owned the house, and didn't plan on leaving, I would:

1. Make sure the walls and ceiling were insulated, blowing in insulation if necessary.

2. Install a "false" wall and ceiling using thin strips of wood and another layer of drywall, with soundproof batting in between.

3. Install soundproof windows.

4. Install a high pile carpet with the thickest carpet pad available. (using area rugs to help contain mess)

5. Install a tight fitting , insulated door.