every plane taking off or landing, you'll hear. the people upstairs watching tv, clattering about, you'll hear. the garden is shared amongst everyone who lives there so the tons of windows suddenly mean you see people walking about around you. there is a racist tenant(?) who makes it her business to watch your comings and goings and then confront you if you have an "unregistered guest". in my case, she actually let herself into the unit to do so without me inviting her and while I was on a virtual meeting