Buying a ground floor flat?

Torry_Quine

..... and less light than upstairs To be honest I don’t mind a little bit of noise as I do find it oddly comforting since I’ll be living alone. 

I am alone in a ground floor flat and don't have any issues.  Sometimes can hear my upstairs neighbour but as you say it can be a reassurance that I'm not alone in the building. 

Jonboy_1984

As mentioned upthread we were in our flat for 15 years and the flat above was rented for a good proportion of that time.

During that time we had in the flat above:

•  a couple that kept the noise down.
• A couple that kept the noise down.
• followed by a couple that kept the noise down until they split up upon which she bought in a new boyfriend with whom she liked to have very loud drunken arguments 11pm to 2am Fridays and Saturdays, typically followed by very loud make up sex 3am to 5am.
• a couple who had a new bed delivered one day one of their tenancy and then went travelling for two years, staying for three nights during their entire two year tenancy.
• a couple (owners)that kept the noise down but had friends over late night once a month or so.

We also had one adjoining bedsit (combined living room bedroom with fold down bed) and that was always ok when it was occupied by single people, when couples took tenancy they always seemed to get into regular arguments, simply because the smaller space afforded no privacy and it always seemed to get on top of them in the end.

The rest of our internal wall was corridor space.

KxMx

I currently live in a ground floor flat (block of 4, 2 up & 2 down).
I have lived in mid terrace, end terrace, flat above a shop with adjoining neighbours but none above, and a 3 bed semi.

Hands down the latter was the worst for noise, non adjoining walls would vibrate, there was a couple with 4 boys and none of them knew how to talk at a normal volume, use stairs or close a door without considerable force. 

Currently I live below a lady who works from home three days a week, when she isn't working she isn't there and I don't think has been in residence overnight all year. So hearing her handle work calls really isn't a bother, even at summer volume when we both have windows open. 

hildasmuriel

We lived in a ground floor flat  for 22 years and didn't regret the purchase for a moment.

We had 2 children during that time and I was enormously grateful that I wasn't trying to bump a pushchair up and down the stairs each time I went out. Followed by a couple of years of trying to persuade a toddler to climb the stairs/stop them falling down!

Always felt really warm in winter and we never had to worry about the roof leaking or anything like that.

We always had windows open all summer, including little ones during the night.

Our flat was snapped up within one week (STC) when we moved and I always assumed it was because ground floor was more popular. 

gentlecleanser

luvchocolate said:

My biggest problem with living in a ground floor flat was the noise from above 

YES! no problem with privacy ( frosted the windows as OP says) and love that the flat looks out onto the garden but dealing with noise/ nuisance from above constantly. 
In terms of selling, our GF flat sold in 5 days, aso that doesn't seem to be an issue as it means it has the access to the garden but i guess that all depends on the type of GF flat you are looking at.