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When I looked in to it, ages ago and not very thoroughly, a false ceiling hung from the walls + insulation was the best bet. Never did it though. Looking back I wish I'd done some work to the underside of the creaky-ass stairs. Recently battoned, glued and screwed my current victorian staircase from below and they're virtually silent now. The upstairs neighbor coming in at one and going up those things would always wake me up.
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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.