Ground floor would also be important from the point of view of noise. There are small children in the apartments to either side of me and I never hear a sound through the walls. However, guy living above me had a couple over with their kids one evening and I felt as if the ceiling was going to come down on top of me. I don't know if my apartment block is typical but, while the walls seem to be quite thick, the soundproofing between floor and ceiling is absolutely abysmal.
IMHO, apartments are not suitable places to rear children. I just think of Ballymun and shudder...
Consider the lack of play room/quality space an apartment offers, the lack of fresh air, the noise, the stairs and buggies, the fear of them falling out a window, the lack of social interaction with other kids etc, etc.
If you have an option, go for a house.
IMHO, apartments are not suitable places to rear children. I just think of Ballymun and shudder...
Consider the lack of play room/quality space an apartment offers, the lack of fresh air, the noise, the stairs and buggies, the fear of them falling out a window, the lack of social interaction with other kids etc, etc.
If you have an option, go for a house.
i grew up in apartments and have reared children in them,as long as its a loving home there is no problems.
Dunno about that. I've been in many German Altbau apatments with wooden floors and wooden staircases and you can hear everything above and a lot from below as well as people trundling up and down the stairs. Many german familes have been raised in small apartments such as this. More modern german apartments (post war) have been built with mass poured concrete throughout, so sound is barely an issue in those (in my experience anyway) alright but I'd hazard a guess that most german housing stock is still pre-war.If apartments in Europe were built like the new Irish apartments the concept of 'apartment living' would never have been born.
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