I live in a block of six flats and my bedroom is next to my neighbours. My neighbour and her partner are absolutely lovely, however, the women has knocked on my door tonight to ask if I can be quieter in a morning as my footsteps are waking her OH up and he's ill so needs his sleep. They've helped me out when I've needed it so I do want to be quieter for them but I don't know how to go about this. I get up around 6am and neither of them work so I can see why they think that's early (esp whilst its dark) but I'm only awake for around 30 minutes before I leave and I'm only in my bedroom whilst I get dressed. I asked if anything else bothered them, such as me using the hairdryer in the hallway, but its just my footsteps. I'm going to buy a rug to go over the bedroom carpet but other than that I don't think there's anything else I can do. Do you think that's enough of a goodwill gesture?