How much do you hear from your neighbours?

purple1972

Have read this post with intrest have had some noisy neighbours in past houses in my little flat which is a counicel one above a shop myself and my oh can hear the next shop ( butchers) earlymorning chopping meat constant scrapping of chairs from the cafe directly below plus radio to the left single male not to bad but the other side another single male who likes a drink we get the who at diff times of the eveing and night when he comes home from the pub his banjo playing worse in summer as windows open plus his new toy a set of drums !!!! Plus how bedroom the warmest of thevtwo is next to his bathroom so hear go to the loo even can hear him tap the shaver on the basin and hear the the shower normaly i dive my head under the pillows not forgetting the binmen three times a week for the diff bins out back for the shops both myself and fella work nights though not set patterns so when its bad it has been known for me to wear earplugs plus on days not working in the summer the noise from passing customers make us close the windows as they stop and chatter by the windows but i dont mind that so much now

david69_2

I live in a 1930's semi
The first neighbour we had you couldn't tell if anyone lived there or not,then a ypung couple bought the house had a baby ,2 dogs and never been taught how to shut the front door quietly.
Apart from that they are great

Noctu

Well after being kept up til 3am yet again by our neighbours having a blazing row between themselves and the 6 guests they had round when they got back from being on the lash after midnight, we've decided to move to a detached house ASAP.

Unfortunately this isn't possible for at least 2 years (when I qualify and hopefully get a job ) ...

abicat

I live in a late 60s end terrace with ultra thin walls. It makes mine and most of my neighbours lives difficult and stressful. The property next to mine is now rented and the occupants (a couple who work shift work with a 4 year old who stays up most nights until 10 or 11pm) only mix with their own nationality and never acknowledge me if I see them outside. They used Skype all over the Christmas break speaking in their own language until I was forced to move my tv onto the party wall to try and cover up the sound of their voices and the echo from their relatives overseas. They are now retaliating by playing bass sounds on a keyboard/computer game very loudly every time I put the tv on. Speaking to their landlord has only made them worse! Although I could hear previous tenants, it was never a problem and their little girl used to speak to me in Urdu (despite her mother telling her i couldn't understand a word she said lol and the mother would come and help me in the front garden if I was out there.
The walls are so thin that you can hear every time someone pulls a plug, turns over in bed or visits the bathroom. One of my neighbours says she knows every time her neighbour has carrots as she can hear them being cut up. I had a survey done before I moved in but in my opinion it was a waste of money as they never commented on the lack of insulation between the properties. Thank goodness I am an end terrace as heaven knows what it would be like with two lots of neighbours. Having lived overseas, it never occurred to me to wonder if the walls were thick enough...wish I could go back to my detached house!