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Congrats.
I have never been in an upstairs noise scenario, but wonder if you might be better offering new flooring / carpets for the person upstairs? You would be committing to an expense you can't recover, but the same is true for anything you did with the ceiling in your own place.
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Yeah I have been thinking about that, it feels wrong, but if the costs are comparable or even less then it makes sense to do the more effective option.
Then of course, even if I offer to cover costs, there's little reason for them to oblige given the upheaval for my benefit.
I'll have to broach the subject with them and see how it goes. It's a floor issue rather than a them issue.
neu
Just completed on my first flat. I'm over the moon after saving for ~6 years.
The only big drawback for me is that it's an old building and I have an upstairs neighbour, so I get a lot of footsteps noise (I knew this going in). Anyone have any experience of sound proofing from upstairs impact noise? I don't get any airborne noise. I get the impression that it's largely pointless or expensive, compared to getting the neighbour to dampen noise at source, but I have over 3.5m high ceilings so plenty of space for sub ceiling if needed.