Terraced/semi - how thin are your walls?

[Trulyatraditionalman]

I rent a very small 2 Victorian terrace. The walls are so thin, you can hear talking from next door and the occasional clear word (if the voice is raised). I know his is all part and parcel of living in a period terraced house. HOWEVER. New neighbour has just moved in (guy in his mid 30s) and was obviously keen to "christen" the house with his girlfriend this morning, so I just woke up to them having rather loud sex! Off to purchase some earplugs...

Just wondering, is this standard of most Victorian terraced houses? If you live in a terraceded/semi, how much can you hear your neighbours?

YABU - Can't hear much
YANBU - Can hear conversations and more

400 year old semi here. We can hear a lot more upstairs than down and their stairs are right next to the party wall so we hear them most when they’re going up or down. I’ve never heard a conversation or a Hoover.

Mid-terraced, 60s built. Walls are paper thin. If you want to keep your privacy, keep your carpets. Since our neighbours removed theres, we hear everything.

I'm in a 1940's terraced. I hear absolutely nothing from the neighbours and one side is a family with young children and the other side is 6 guys housesharing so they must make noise. The house is cold and draughty and all of the rooms are crooked but God bless those thick stone walls.

Victorian house, built when people were more considerate to their neighbours. It's awful at times, you hear people straining on the toilet, playing sex games, shouting at their kids, domestic violence, arguments about drugs, the lot. Nothing you can do except wait for them to be kicked out, then you get a couple of months peace before the next lot are moved in.

Early 90's end terrace bungalow. I hear nothing unless next door slams a window or front door I'll hear a bit of a thud. It's bliss.

I moved here away from a prefab concrete house from ww1 which was terrible. I knew exactly what room up or down the neighbours were in. It was like living with strangers. Every word heard as if they were in the room with me, even in a quiet voice. Every burp, fart etc. I had to sleep on their schedule. They were eccentric with a strange lifestyle. It was hell.

We used to live in a new build end of terrace (built 2013) the only time we heard our neighbours is when they were drilling into the adjoining wall.
And people say the walls on new builds are paper thin!

@BigPaperBag

We live in an ex-LA semi. The walls are too thin 😥 Next door are a couple with a 2.5 year old and a 9 month old. They cry all the time. The parents shout at the kids all the time. Last week it was ‘shut the fuck up’ We’ve also heard them shagging so maybe they’ll be another one. This is part of the reason we’re moving next year and the only properties we’re looking at will be detached 😂

This is sad

First house - 1980s end terrace. Could hear hoovering, going up and down stairs and if they played the piano but that was it.

Current house is a duplex apartment in a converted house. Can hear footsteps / noise from the communal hallway. Good point is our bedroom is lower ground floor and there’s is attic so zero noise at night.