Bedroom soundproofing

Try putting in thicker carpeting. It helps. Also look into heat insulation. There are grants for that and it muffles sound.

Try putting in thicker carpeting. It helps. Also look into heat insulation. There are grants for that and it muffles sound.

Unfortunately I think it depends more on what carpets your neighbour has than what you have.

I didn't used to hear any noise from next door, until a young man bought the property and completely gutted it, removed all the carpets, curtains and soft furnishings and put hardwood floors in and he has very little in the way of furniture. I hear everything from there now, every footstep, every word he says, every cough, every laugh, even when he goes to the toilet I can hear it. He can't hear me at all apparently, but I have carpets and lots of furniture to absorb and reflect sounds.

He also has a flimsy metal bed frame so that every time he moves in bed it creates knocking and banging sounds, which "serenade" me all night. It's incredibly annoying and keeps me awake. I hate it so much but there's nothing I can do about it. I can't exactly tell him to undo all the modernisation he spent tens of thousands doing, or force him to buy a different bed.

I would aim to replace carpets throughout and for my bedroom and the living room I’d save up first so I could get a nice thick underlay.  What exactly do you mean about heat insulation?