Underground car parks: do residents suffer with noise?

Dilisk

Many apartment blocks have underground car parks. Does this
create a noise problem for the residents on the ground
floor?

Victor

I haven't lived in such a property, but I can't imagine it being a particular problem - you would mostly be dealing with airborne noise (which tends not to transmit through the structure), not impact noise.

If the property was immediately next to / above the entrance it would be of more of an issue, especially with automated gates.

mvt

I'd say it would be a nuisance.

You have drains with grates that I can hear from the 5th floor when a car goes over them.

And don't get me started on the wheelie bin collection

More fairly I think it would just depend where the ground floor apt would be located & that you would probably get used to it over time.

suds1984

I lived in a ground floor apartment in college over an underground car park and it never caused me any bother and I'd be the type that would be sensitive to loud noises at night!

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I lived on a ground floor apartment for a year above an underground car park and never once heard a sound

Black_Knight

Not in my experience. Though in my experience, ground floor apartments with underground parking are freezing. Waking up in the morning and putting your feet onto the icy cold floor.... back to bed so.

Chris_5339762

I have a top floor but know a friend with a ground floor, above the carpark. The cars don't cause much noise themselves, but the shutter on the carpark entrance opening and closing drives them nuts.

tharmor

Dilisk wrote:

Many apartment blocks have underground car parks. Does this create a noise problem for the residents on the ground floor?

Never...living on ground floor with parking below....no such noise issues !!

helimachoptor

lived in a groundfloor apartment with car park underneath, no issues with noise OP

on_my_oe

We didn't have noise issues, but when we had our balcony doors open, we could hear other people's conversations echoing through the Carpark and up the grates... Some folk didn't realise how far their voices carried.

I'd second the line about heating; our heating bill almost doubled, and it still didn't feel warm.

Dandelion6

I'm a couple floors up and I find it noisy when the ventilation system starts up in the morning.

pinkypinky

Occasional problem with people playing music loudly in their car while working on it, I can hear the base.