[simonebrunozzi]

> and you can hear the neighbors do everything.

I'm in a rental for this month, and I just woke up to this - noise of a baby playing with balls on the floor, above my bedroom.

I am surprised this is still a problem in the 21st century.

[wooger]

By the time you know this is the case in your flat, it's too late to do anything about it. Other than wait a year, then move into another flat which may have the same problem.

Market forces don't work for hidden features like this, so why would it ever change?

This is why people want to live in detached houses - after years of psychological torture from living in cheaply built or badly designed flats.