Can you hear the problem with Australian homes?

By Alex Brooks
Updated October 24 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 3:03pm

What's easy on the eye in a property, isn't always easy on the ear. Many of the features we've grown to covet - open plan living spaces, floor-to-ceiling glass doors, stone benchtops and shiny timber floors - can wreak havoc on a peaceful soundscape once you get behind closed doors.

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