Buying a house next to busy road

[PurpleGorilla]

Once stayed in a cheap hotel near Notting hill. Very pretty area, whole place shook with the underground. It was horrific!

[SueEllen]

Once stayed in a cheap hotel near Notting hill. Very pretty area, whole place shook with the underground. It was horrific!

The hotel was cheap for a reason.

[bobspud]

Surely they accidentally shoot you first and only then report firearms incident? Otherwise it looks like premeditaded murder...

No its much more simple than that if you wander round to someones house with as much as a chair leg, they only have to call the police and report that you were wandering around with what they thought was a sawn off shotgun threatening them and a totally different Police unit will turn up to make friends with you. They don't tend to mess about either, so while they might be the next-door neighbour from hell, wandering around to moan at them while holding a long object would probably not end well for you.

[SantaClaus]

Suggestions on buying a house that is on an "A" road separated by a slip road and green. So the house is about 10-15 feet away from the main (busy) A road (with the slip road and be green in between the house and the " A" road) The house itself is awesome. The compromise is on the road. How noisy will it be? is it worth the buy? Value of the house is £550,000. Thanks

Don't do it. I once bought a house on a busy road.. took me fecking ages to sell it.
Plus I felt like we were living in a zoo, 'cause passing motorists would peer in when the traffic lights were on red.

Never again.

[MrMarkyMark]

No its much more simple than that if you wander round to someones house with as much as a chair leg, they only have to call the police and report that you were wandering around with what they thought was a sawn off shotgun threatening them and a totally different Police unit will turn up to make friends with you. They don't tend to mess about either, so while they might be the next-door neighbour from hell, wandering around to moan at them while holding a long object would probably not end well for you.

Sounds like the embittered voice of experience, Bob.

How would you deal with the issue, I see you know at least one "alternative" method.

Ah but they don't tend to last very long if someone spills diesel on the road.

Thanks!

[Chuck]

I used to live right next to a mainline railway. The 125s would either come rushing by or be pulling into or out of the station. You do get used to it.

My house in London is not far from the Heathrow flight path. Depending on the wind direction, some days are worse than others, but again, you get used to it.

My house in the country is free from roads, trains, planes etc. There, it's the birds that make all the noise. I hope I never get used to that, it's lovely.

I wouldn't want to live by a busy road as the "shape" of the noise is always changing. Planes and trains are fairly constant in their sounds. All the different road traffic, at different speeds and times of day would bother me.

[DimPrawn]

I wouldn't want to live by a busy road as the "shape" of the noise is always changing. Planes and trains are fairly constant in their sounds. All the different road traffic, at different speeds and times of day would bother me.

ES sirens, Chavs in Scoobys and Evos with 100db exhausts, Mr Biker man hitting 14,000 RPM redline with aftermarket exhaust, giant lorries rattling and bumping over lumps, potholes and drain covers...lots of variety to enjoy at every hour of the night.

[FatLazyContractor]

Don't do it. I once bought a house on a busy road.. took me fecking ages to sell it.
Plus I felt like we were living in a zoo, 'cause passing motorists would peer in when the traffic lights were on red.

Never again.

Zoo? Would you be usually seen "doing" your Mrs on the dining table?

[bobspud]

Sounds like the embittered voice of experience, Bob.

How would you deal with the issue, I see you know at least one "alternative" method.


Thanks!

Bit of inside knowledge from a few years ago. Police control units have a duty of care not to send un-armed officers near known firearm holders or situations likely to contain threat to life. So a quick brutal cross fence explanation can turn nasty as several high profile cases have shown.

Sorry that diesel comment reads quite sinister. I meant that spills happen quiet a lot especially when its a truck route. So the chances of Billy the knob on a Sunday thrash finding one it if its there is very high and if they are going for a PB then its likely that they won't be getting a return run.

As for dealing with noise issues. I think the answer is not expecting your house to be free of noise pollution especially in places where you have families or bike/sports car nuts.

I think the key to buying a house near a road is knowing that your eventual sales market is much smaller and so whatever you buy has to have some potential for a wow factor so that future buyers will see a way past the road. I have had my office doors open most of the morning and have sauntered in and out mixing outside jobs with work all morning I couldn't tell you if the road has had much traffic I hadn't noticed.

[AtW]

I don't think Waitrose tend to build in the countryside, they prefer towns.

Got Waitrose in my leafy "village"