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Originally Posted by Bifta
Absolutely! I was living in a 3 storey, brand new semi-detached townhouse, I could hear the next door neighbours walking up and down the stairs, flushing the loo, talking, open and closing doors etc, even above any music I was playing. I've since moved into a 30 year old brick, solid as you like terraced house and I can hear absolutely nothing from either neighbour (and vice versa)
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it depends on how your house and Richard's flat is contructed - if it uses traditional breeseblock inner and brick outer construction you'll hear sound. It doesnt just travel through walls - it goes through the floors.
if it uses the new timber frame construction then you're connecting walls with your neighboors are likely to be just plaster board which in my opinion is shocking. I'd expect that you'd get even more sound travelling!
Wilcon (aka Wilson Connolly) pioneered timber frame construction in the UK but have been taken over by
http://bryanthomes.co.uk
If you want to see "modern" house building methods in progress - go and watch a timber frame block of flats being built and see how each flat is seperated from each other.
Good job Richard's renting - which means he has a quick escape route!