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As others have said... you may get used to it... my flat is pretty loud but I have totally got used to it and its a non issue.
I'd say give it some time, you are obvs not feeling top spec atm due to your whole situation and there is nothing worse than being in a place that doesn't feel like home, but give it some time, settle in, make it yours, I bet the noises fade into the background... get some soft furnishings (I had one place that had ZERO so thats not as daft as it sounds, and yeah, ZERO, all architect minimal design shit) as they dampen sounds and see how you feel in a few months...
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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.