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This is something Im really worried about with buying a flat in London. Noise doesnt bother me, I live in a 30s arc deco block creaky floors, can hear every car in the courtyard, get brought into reality every morning by the guy above me taking a piss.
My girlfriend however gets hugely stressed by it and is dying to get our arses into gear buying.
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This is something Im really worried about with buying a flat in London.
Would you like to buy ours? It's brilliant in this respect. Top floor, L shape, lovely quiet neighbors and there's a canal on the other side of the road.
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Lol you don't live in my block do you? Identical experience, lea bridge road.
Howard
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So... after splitting up and selling my house, and spending time between a friend's sofa and my mam's house in Teesside, I bought a flat. (The one where I had to wait an exrta day to complete 'cos of max £20k a day bank transfer).
2 years I thought. I'll stop about 2 years max. Spend a bit of cash moving kitchen and getting new bathroom. Probably meet a moneyed woman, then move out into her place and sell it.
Nope. 2 days.
I'm selling it.
In every viewing I did, there was zero noise in the flat. But after just one night in the flat, it's a pure noise trap and unlivable for me (working from home as a writer). I know, I know. I should have expected some noise...but not this much. I'm pretty sure the people above and next door are frickin' students. Basically, it's like everyone is wearing rollerskates and never sit down. And when they talk, they talk into huge megaphones which they hold to my walls.
Gutted. last thing I needed.
Now. Contacted mgt company about putting carpet in above. But still selling. Have painted, wallpapered, new electrical sockets, painted skirting, new flooring in bathroom and kitchen. Get it back on market next week and hope to bloody hell that I just make a few grand on it.