I might suggest putting it in the bedroom--few people are in their bedrooms in the early evening, so you'd probably cut down on the problem. And it would certainly make you look as though you're willing to try to do something. One thing I've found: people who get used to lots of quiet find themselves really shocked when noise does arrive. So if she's home all day when you're at work, ANY noise you make is going to seem as though you're extra loud. Dreamgarden mentioned vacuuming--but I had a situation in which my downstairs neighbor went BALLISTIC when I vacuumed. We had a toddler, and we were almost never home, and I hadn't vacuumed in literally months. We left for work before 8am (her in tow). We came home about 7pm, immediately ate, and put her directly in to bed. So I had very little time to vacuum (our place is small enough, I couldn't vacuum when she was sleeping. Then, we were away on the weekends a LOT, so I didn't vacuum. One Friday night we got home at 7:30, and had already eaten. I grabbed my opportunity to vacuum, sand suddenly he was banging on the ceiling (using his oars, since the ceilings are 9.5 feet). Because it had been SO long since we'd vacuumed, he felt we were too loud. Then, the lady upstairs from me was very old and ill. And then she died and the place sat empty. After about a year, someone started taking care of the place, vacuuming weekly. It sounded so loud, and it was really intrusive. I realized that was because the upstairs neighbor had seldom (or never) vacuumed, or if she did, she did it midday when we weren't around. So if you can do something conciliatory, then you maybe can just give her time to get used to it. There are pads for exercise equipment. i think that would be good if you can afford it. http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/vibrationpads.htm http://www.customrubbercorp.com/l_pads.htm?referrer=adwords&keyword=vibration_pad

My fabricator picks up the slabs as part of his service. The fabricators have the equipment and expertise to move slabs. Just make sure that there is enough material in the slabs for what you need - in case the slab breaks or is damaged along the way.

Yes, I have rehomed a number of tame cats that ended up in my last neighborhood, and some less tame that also probably once had homes. Have learned not to rehome any to people who are planning a move though, because some of the cats escaped during the moving process in their new homes and were not found/recaptured successfully. Terrible. In my current neighborhood my duplex neighbor family moved and left their dog and 3 cats behind. It fell to the landlady and me to rehome them, which we did and they are better off now than with their original owners, (who had already abandoned their unspayed female cat - one of the 3 - and neighbors felt sorry for her and were feeding her) but it was a stressful process and took time. Wish people were better educated about how to treat animals and that they have feelings too.

Thanks for your suggestions! Yes the fireplace is working and unfortunately I think the TV is too big to put on the fireplace (it sticks out at the end, is that okay?). As for the dining table, there is no real space behind the bar stools. That is the entrance to our home and it's just a narrow hallway. The other thing I'm worried about with putting the TV where it is now is that the space behind the couch feels under-utilized... I was thinking of getting this TV stand, is this too high up do you think?: [https://www.houzz.com/products/tv-stand-milano-200-black-body-modern-90-tv-stand-led-gray-black-prvw-vr~104115228[(https://www.houzz.com/products/tv-stand-milano-200-black-body-modern-90-tv-stand-led-gray-black-prvw-vr~104115228)