The first night you may not sleep well, as they make the usual drinking and eating noises. Hopefully after that you will sleep the nights through.
You might be a better and less materialistic person than I am. I get quite stressed by damaged stuff and couldn't live with what you describe.Mine are free range in my bedroom... They're absolutly awful! They jump on me in the night, they trash my bedroom, they attack my pillows/quilts/bed, they try to break into the food, they break into my wardrobe, they rip up the carpet and pull off wallpaper. They wake me a few times per night at least.
But, I can't sleep if I can't hear them I love seeing them happy too much to cage them or move them!
And digging noises! I have given them a round willow basket as a second hay rack. Ada is sitting in it like queen of the castle, alternately eating and digging
Now Beatrix has just started chewing the handle...
You might be a better and less materialistic person than I am. I get quite stressed by damaged stuff and couldn't live with what you describe.
It pulls at my heartstrings though whenever I see a bun with her paws up to cage bars, looking out, and I hope that once they are settled and lre-litter trained after their spays they can be free in a room or two permanently, not just during the day. Thankfully they are not very destructive chewers, except for telephone cables and house plants. (touch wood) They are doing far less of this plaintive gazing from the cage, now that they are in the pen, interestingly.