new build flats?

cinek

I'm considering buying a new build flat however I've heard that the walls are paper thin and you can hear everything your neighbor is doing. Is this still the case?

hazyjo

Depends on the developer/builder I would expect. People say Victorian houses have thick walls and you don't hear a thing, but I heard FAR more through my last Vic house than I did through my last one which was 8 years old when I bought it. Was very well insulated - for heat and sound.


If it's literally a new build, see if you can take someone with you and access the flat above, below and/or to the side and stomp around or shout/sing - then see what you hear


Jx

Bardo_Pond

I'm not buying a flat but a new build terrace house with Redrow. They're still being built and I can see the construction of the internal walls - to be fair they look pretty decent: double breeze blocks with insulation between.

Redrow also gave me info on the materials they use for noise/heat insulation - I'd ask your developer to do the same then you can make an informed decision.

elverson

We recently moved from a recent newbuild to a Victorian conversion and we can hear more of the neighbours walking around in the new (old) place than the old (newbuild) place.

If there is already a phase of the development completed, try to get a viewing in the evening (if some are available for rent, you could go to view as a tenant) and see what the noise is like then.

To be honest it depends on the neighbours as much as the construction!