If you don't want to much noise and " never going to jam with others",( never say never, once you've played together with others it's kind of addicting ) then look for an amp with just one speaker, I have a Fender Hotrod Deville 410 MK I, it's only 60 watts but it will blow out your ears until they hurt if you crank it open, a 15 to 25 watt will do nice for you but it all depends on the sound you are looking for, if you like more of a bluesy sound then go for a Fender type amp, if you are more into rock and metal then go for a Marshall type of amp, one importend thing; if you want to use stomp boxes then make sure the clean channel of the amp can handle that, many amps start to distort from the moment you connect a stomp box to them and that is not what you want.

Herman