Indicators as to likely level of sound-proofing in a semi?

davidmcn

I doubt there's any way of determining this without experiencing it or carrying out tests. My last place was a conversion in a terrace of Victorian townhouses - never heard a thing through the wall. My current place is a conversion in a terrace of Victorian townhouses - can hear every clonk (or argument) through the wall from the kitchen next door.

jimbog

You can specifically ask your solicitor to ask the question to the vendors if at any time there was disputes with neighbours over noise.

Durham_andrew

We live in a detached house and our neighbor Complained that he could hear my disabled son kicking my walls,doors and windows. That made me angry

staffie1

Davesnave wrote: »

The short answer to your question is 'No.' It's also the long answer.


Even if the structure is physically good and the current neighbour is respectful and quiet, there's no way to be sure that someone else with a completely different lifestyle won't be living there a year from now.


That said, we lived in semis for 30 years without any neighbour noise issues and I'm willing to believe millions of others do too.


Staffie isn't technically correct either, in the sense that not all annoying neighbour noise may be internal and arriving via the walls. One can be considerably inconvenienced by 'noises off' in a detached house too.

Very true.

quotememiserable

You can check which rooms are on the party wall. Normally its the stair wall, and not the living room wall, so you get that extra buffer in most rooms.

Slithery

BossyFlossy wrote: »

I’m not sure I’d be brasion enough to know on neighbours doors though......

Hang on a second, are you really telling me that you don't knock on all of your potential new neighbours doors and speak to them before offering on a property?

Bossypants

Slithery wrote: »

Hang on a second, are you really telling me that you don't knock on all of your potential new neighbours doors and speak to them before offering on a property?

Huh, I missed that one. I don't think it's weird, I'm not going to hunt them all down and interrogate them, just say hi and ask them what they think of the houses and neighbourhood, if they have time for a quick chat.