Sound from neighbours in semi-detached and terraced houses

[Kosmin]

How do these compare to detached houses, in your experience?

I'm in a 1930's semi, summer is awful as either side love a get together, it feels like I'm in a noise sandwich some weekends and I can't sit in my garden
On the adjoining house I can hear her on the phone, doors slamming, music etc. It's not unbearable but it's irritating
Looking to move to a detached so hopefully less noisy
And I hate people

Victorian semi and hear everything

I’m in a 1930s terrace. Only hear our neighbours very, very occasionally - e.g. if they were drilling into the wall - fairly standard neighbours: a small family in one side and a couple on the other who often have their grandkids etc there. Thick walls I think. And warmer than our previous end of terrace Victorian maisonette due to less external walls (and we heard our neighbours much more there due to the way the sound travelled). I’d say it is very dependent on build and acoustics (and, of course, neighbours being normal rather than throwing massive parties etc).

Also our houses are in fours that have opposite layouts which helps. So the middle terraces have their halls adjoin rather than the living rooms, which reduces noise carrying over.

I have spent most of my life in 1900s terraced houses. My last house had several different neighbours whilst I was there. Two families were loud and I could hear them, mostly the children, and two others were quiet and I heard nothing. I have never heard TV or standard daily living noises.
My DB moved to a detached house due to neighbour noise in a 1960s house. I think older houses are more solid.

My last house was a 1970's semi and it was terrible. Party wall was 2-layer breezeblock with cavity and the noise just came through all the time.
Currently in my parents old house for a few months (as a step between selling our house and moving into a newbuild), this is the house I grew up in (1950's semi) and has a solid party wall which means we can't hear the neighbours at all.
Newbuild is a detached as we promised ourselves that we would never have to put up with noises through the walls again. Of course the neighbours may be people who have a BBQ or garden party every weekend but we can close a window on that!