Is a mid terraced house noisier than a flat?

[Invisiblewoman1]

I am looking to move from a one bed flat. For 3 reasons - parking, more space and noise.
My neighbours are not loud people so I am very lucky but I am on ground floor and I hear every footstep, every sneeze, every phone call from upstairs. When they wake up for a wee overnight... so do I. When they get up for work at 5am I’m awake too.
I don’t get disturbed by the people next door nearly as much, I hear them but they don’t wake me up. All I can afford is a mid terraced house but will it be just as noisy as my flat?

Depends on your neighbours!

It’ll depend on your neighbours to a certain extent, but it’s a different type of noise in my experience. You don’t tend to hear them waking up or walking around like you do in a flat, but you might still hear them watching TV or listening to music or something.

It depends on the terrace tbh - some were built with really flimsy walls and you can hear everything, but some are much more soundproofed.

I’ve lived in a terraced house where I could literally hear every word the neighbours spoke, hear it when they put the kettle on, hear every step. I’ve also lived in a terrace where I never heard anything from next door, and they had young kids so there must have been noise sometimes .

So you’d have to visit when you’re sure the neighbours are home and just see what it’s like.

So we live in a mid terraced . If really depends on the neighbours you have. One side here is lovely but the other side not as good 😞

All depends on neighbours. Currently I barely hear mine. Previously heard them all the time.

Well built mid-terrace here. I never hear my neighbours unless they're outside. I have 2 young DDs, so worried when we moved in that we might be the ones making the noise, but I've checked a few times and my neighbours swear they can't hear us at all unless we're in the garden.

Last flat I lived in (pre DC) I could hear every argument, and all the music, from upstairs.

If it's your own home you can insulate walls and ceilings to reduce noise.

I'm in a Victorian mid terrace. One side we don't hear much at all, our stairs / hall are next to theirs so there is a barrier between the main living areas. The other side we are joined on the living room and we do sometimes hear them but nothing major.

We here little in our Victorian terrace lots of noise through the front of the house from the street but we don’t here the neighbours much. I used to live in a 1990s terrace and I heard every fart from next door

Hear damn it

Personally I'd say terraced is nowhere near as noisy as a flat. I had very noisy neighbours nextdoor in a mid terrace, the kids were very loud when they argued or played or ran up and down the stairs and they did argue a loooot. BUT I never heard them at night ever, and I found that I only heard footsteps when they used the stairs, and I never heard phone calls. I did hear the bathroom light and sneezes though.

It's really will depend on when the terrace was built, I lived in a 1900s mid terrace and very rarely heard anything from either side.

Terraced house here. We can't hear anything from either side and they insist they can't hear me when I go full on fishwife with my kids.
We do hear stuff in the gardens in the summer. We're actually in a really nice neighbourhood though.

Depends massively on your neighbours.

I lived in a flat once and hated the noise.

My old terraced house I could hear every screechy word of their arguments.

My new terraced house I hear nothing as my neighbours are ace.

Forgot to say, it's quite a new build so walls aren't that thick either.

No, mine definitely isn't. I've lived in both purpose built and converted flats and there was always noise from the communal hallways and in general too, from people running and loud music etc.

I'm in a mid terrace now and only rarely hear my neighbours, mostly the one whose living room is right next to mine. It feels different though, especially without the hallway noise and all the coming and going, doors being slammed etc.

Yup. It depends on a terrace.
In one I could hear neighbours pooping when I was in a bath. In another, nothing unless they went super loud.
Typical houses here carry at least some noise so you will always hear someone.

It depends on your neighbours. I used to live in a flat (Victorian conversion) used to hear everything from upstairs, they were very loud and there was lots of shouting (sometimes quite aggressive). Didn’t enjoy living there.

Now live in a mid terrace (again Victorian) I can hear both my neighbours. I can hear talking but not clear enough to be able to hear the conversation. Also if I’m in the bathroom I can hear when they are in the shower. In the kitchen I can hear the microwave and recently I’ve been hearing a popping sound, we think they’ve got a popcorn maker. It’s normal neighbourly noise and luckily we all get on with each other.

If it's an old terrace with chumney breasts in situ, you'll hear very little as the chimneys absorb sound. If it's a modern terrace without chimneys you'll hear more but it shouldn't be obtrusive.
I live in a 115yo mid terrace and the only sounds I hear from my neighbours are his very loud snoring and that's only in summer when we all have windows open. My parents hear nearly their semi-detached neighbour's TV in their 1970s bungalow, but their other neighbours' 1990s detached house leeches sound as you can hear their normal house noise clear as day from outside. They do not know this and think they are rather grand for having a big, detached property but their passers-by can clearly hear their toilet flushing and them yelling at each other to get their shoes on in the morning.

My terraced house was built in the 1800s and I don’t hear any noise from neighbours. They are generally quite quiet people though. I suspect they might be able to hear my noisy kids!

I never hear my neighbours but am sure if you asked them the same question they would say differently neighbour lives alone and is in 50s i have 2 very hypo children so am certain he can hear us.

Depends on the house tbh! My mid terrace I barely hear my neighbours, occasionally their 3 year old having a tantrum, or them hoovering the stairs but that's it. Never hear the other side.

My mum on the other hand lives in a semi detached and can hear what next door are watching on the TV. Drives her mad.

And my terrace was built early 70s, so certainly not old style.

I used to live in a mid terrace house, and loved it. Depends on the quality of the build obvs, but it was fab. Also means you have max two sets of neighbours, whereas in a flat, four lots can impact on your life (esp the ones upstairs - sigh)

It very much depends on how they are built. Mine was built in the 90's by an independent builder and he put in super insulation.
I can't hear anything next door at all, They can't hear me hoovering or anything unless the windows are open.