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Checking noise from neighbours before buying?

lastusername · 2020-06-17 14:11:51

Hi folks, We are sale agreed on a semi-d in a recally nice location and one thing I want to check out are the neighbours and how much noise there might be in terms of TV volume, people talking / arguing, etc! I am wondering how many of you are looking at this before buying, or did so in the past? I've already done some…

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#92 28-06-2020 10:06AM

CandyButcher

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Yellow_Fern wrote: »

I am not sure if anyone mentioned but just hire a sound pollution tester to come and test.

Never knew these existed must look into it cheers

*Dont think they do exist in Ireland atleast

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#93 02-07-2020 11:49PM

Steveire

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There's been talk of sound-proofing walls and work on joists, but in my experience, the ony solutions that work are:

* Wax earplugs, not foam
* White noise - eg Sleep Sounds app on Android.

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