Anyone managed to sell a flat with poor soundproofing?

nickyg2000

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brightontraveller

nickyg2000 wrote: »

I wondered if anyone has managed to sell a flat with poor soundproofing?

How do estate agents deal with this? Do they tell buyers older properties have poor sound proofing and you may well hear walking and talking? or do they pretend there is no issue and try and get veiwings in the day when they know the people above will be out?

I know a lot of London flats are conversions and have awful noise problems from everyday living sounds. (two of my friends own flats like this) but they seem to sell at very high prices and at the moment many are going above asking price.

So has anyone managed to sell a flat with noise issues without knocking money off? does it just come down to viewings happening when the neighbours are out?

Really its down to location, demand also buyer perception, were they live at present, and hardest to find accommodating estate agent...? Sold plenty in London sometimes they’ll walk in from a noisy street to a well soundproofed property that’s actually “quite” but with the noise still reverbing in there ears and the bussle of the road they think the perceived noise is a problem,

Others the estate agent arranges a viewing time when the roads at its quietest neighbors are at work to places with no soundproofing at all they walk in think is fine don’t realise the other 6 days a week 24 hr a day it noisy as hell.... You can also add things that hide sound curtains plants carpets etc to empty places stops sound reverbing inside etc, Some buyer will ask about soundproofing but if there’s demand in the area you’ll still get the same price from one that hasn’t thought of it at all,,,,