Soundproofing

[Sorka]

I live in a terraced house and can hear everything my neighbours are up to. It wasn’t so bad when I first moved in, but I have since replastered, removing many layers of woodchip and paint in the process. It turns out they were acting as soundproofing.

I have been looking into soundproofing but I’m finding it impossible to find something feasible. The challenge is that the worst side has the front door right up against the party wall, along with all the radiators. Something really thick isn’t feasible, but I can’t find anything that won’t result in living space being lost.

Does anyone have any ideas?? It’s driving me mad. I have no peace

No advice sorry but I feel for you and soundproofing is hideously expensive. I feel like I'm living in a flat because I can hear my neighbours activity on the stairs constantly, and I mean constantly. It's a house of like 7 students and they are pounding up and downstairs 24/7 and it sounds like it's next to me, above me. Really bizarre.

What sort of soundproofing have you looked into?

We have had two kinds installed - downstairs is the 'false wall' type. We lost 5cm of room space which we haven't noticed at all.

Upstairs we have had panels installed (as the adjoining wall isn't at right angles at both ends as there's a fireplace).

Both are very effective in muffling voices/tv type noise but less so at banging doors type.
No it wasn't cheap but we're really glad we did it as its been effective. Our (lovely) neighbours say they never hear us, which given dd (6) sometimes lacks volume control, is amazing!

You could try installing shelves with lots of books? Can you move the radiators and put tall furniture on that side?

Thanks both

@dameofdilemma I have just looked online. I can’t put bookcases along the wall as the front door a large radiator and then the door to the next room are all in a line. At some point in the past it would have been a hallway but a previous owner has knocked through.

I don’t mind banging doors. I don’t hear them that often and the neighbours house is open plan. It’s the voices that bother me. I think they must have their sofa against the party wall.

I will see about a false wall. It might be expensive, but it would be cheaper than moving