I'm interested to buy a reconditioned upright (something like Yamaha U1 or U3). But I'm concerned whether it makes sense to buy one now since I live in an apartment.
I usually practice at night with my Yamaha P45, but because it's a digital piano, it's not an issue, just lower the volume.
On reddit I see a lot of people say it's a bad idea. But I want to ask here instead of because I know reddit is US demographic, and over there their apartment tend to use plasterboard.
I live in apartment with concrete walls (can't even use nails, need to use rotary hammer just to hang a picture lol), so maybe it's doable?

As to why I'm upgrading, I just want to splurge to a better piano with better action as I plan to play more classical music (like Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, etc).
I looked at the price of better digital pianos (like Yamaha CLP725-CLP745), but it's way more expensive that I can just buy a used upright with the same amount of money.

This post has been edited by imnotabot: Jul 12 2023, 03:29 PM

Should I look for a piano that have the practice pedal? I notice some only have 2 pedals. Would that help as well?

Yeah that's my concern. Due to my circumstances (full time job, have kids), I usually practice 11pm onwards haha. I though about upgrading to better digital piano like CLP series, but they cost almost RM8k upwards new, while recond Yamaha U1/U3 cost less than that.