Impact noise from neighbours

Reesespieces92

Reesespieces92

Reesespieces92

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hi everyone!

Long time lurker… first time poster.

So we bought a new build house back in 2021 which we have lived in for almost 3 years.

We love the house in general, however we have a few noise issues which we are hoping we can get solved.

So we have a detached house, with a 3 foot path down the side. Next to this is the fence and on the other side of this is the neighbours 3 foot wide path.

However when in our house we can hear next doors kid running up and down the side of the house. Well, when I say hear it is actually more the feel of it. This is the same with their door which is down the side of our house. When they shut it we can feel it vibrate through the house. It is driving me insane! Tbh this isn’t something I expected, and the reason we bought a detached was so we didn’t have to hear the neighbours.

We have had a soundproofing company out to look at the house and give us a quote, but we don’t want to spend thousands of pounds to be disappointed with the results.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can make this any better?
We have been suggested to have a muteclip system on the wall with tecsound and furring channels. As well as filling the ceiling with rock wool. Essentially adding more mass and decoupling the ceiling and walls facing the side of the house. The house is brick construction, with insulation, then thermalite blocks and then dot and dab plasterboard.

We have been told that the dot and dab and hollow voids/ ceiling are amplifying the impact noise. Does anyone have any insight into if we can expect decent improvement on the noise issue.

I apologise for the long post. We are really struggling to decide what is best to do.

Thank you :)
 
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Their child will eventually grow up and stop running around, you could wait it out or buy the child a tablet leave it outside as a mystery package.

Would it be cheaper and easier to have a word with them about the door and see if there is a way to dampen the noise when it's closed.

If you're this sensitive to noise how will you cope with all the potential building work :)
 
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Mujja said:
Their child will eventually grow up and stop running around, you could wait it out or buy the child a tablet leave it outside as a mystery package.

Would it be cheaper and easier to have a word with them about the door and see if there is a way to dampen the noise when it's closed.

If you're this sensitive to noise how will you cope with all the potential building work :)
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I’ll be the first to admit I’m more sensitive to the noise than my partner. Doesn’t really bother them as much as me.

I know what you are saying about having a word. However, as they aren’t doing anything unreasonable we would feel awful asking them to try and sort something when they are just going about their lives.
 
Sneak round in the night and superglue some gym mats to the offending path :D

Awkward situation and I’m not sure anything you can do on your side will really help
 
How is the sound being transmitted, through the air or through the ground concrete? Presumably the kid is running on a concrete path, and the sound is also getting reflected from their house wall? So I'm guessing it's getting transmitted through the air, over to your wall, and then amplified when going through your wall because it's hollow cavity?

Personally, I don't think you should say anything to your neighbours, because the kid is not doing anything unreasonable.

How loud is the noise when in your house? Is it louder than someone whispering or talking? Are you being super sensitive??

Would a cheap solution not be a pair of noise cancelling headphones?
 
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