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Noises which appear to come from the flat upstairs may not originate there. Even the noises from next door can come from two doors away. This is because concrete floors conduct noise very well and can confuse us about their origins. For months we had thought that our neighbours upstairs were having regular sex at 5:30 every morning. One day we confronted one of the occupants and complained. He said he and his flatmate were not early risers and never woke up before 7am. We were sceptical but sometime later when a flat two doors away from us was undergoing repair we heard regular drilling sound which sounded as though they originated next door we realised that tracing the origin of noises was a futile effort. Now the 5:30 sex noise still comes through the ceiling but we just feel happy for our neighbours for having a healthy sex life, early in the morning.