Next time you hear your neighbour’s music pumping through the walls, consider the Harvard study that found that every five decibel increase in the average noise level at home is associated with a 34 per cent increase in heart attacks and strokes.
Olga Turner, a chartered surveyor turned healthy building consultant, rattles off sobering statistics with ease — like the effects on adolescents who live in a cold home, or the billions spent by the NHS each year to treat respiratory diseases linked with poor quality housing.
