Houses on main road

Rebob

Ours is on a busy A road. It is the longest one in britain. The noise does not bother us too much really. It is good to be here as the Doctors is across from me, the Dentist is 8 houses away, plenty of take aways, local off license, mini supermarket, aldi 5 minutes walk, on the main bus routes.........

I too echo Gems thoughts!

Rimo2021

My parents live in a lovely house in a village location but on the main road which has fairly heavy traffic. The same house on a side road would be worth around 25% - 30% more. My parents bought it 'cheap' because it is on a main road and will sell it 'cheap' for the same reason (when/if they decide to move).

If you don't mind the noise etc (which many people just get used to and stop noticing) then it's a good way of affording a bigger/better house than you could otherwise afford.

It's just a simple trade off/compromise - location/quality of house

summerday

Our house is in a quiet cul de sac....but has the train line running at the end of our (small) garden. The line isn't constantly busy and TBH we've got used to it so much that we don't really hear the trains now, we still open the windows and eat outside in summer. Out of interest how many of you would never consider living in my house?

pboae

We live on a fairly busy A road in South Yorkshire, the noise, fumes, etc are nothing compared with what we put up with living in a supposedly quiet side street in London. Police sirens carry a long way, and you could still hear them in our London flat, even though they were a couple of streets away.

tanith

Apart from it being cheaper can anyone tell me one advantage to living on a main road? I have not and never in my wildest imagination would I buy a house on a main road.....
But I guess its horses for courses...:rotfl:

sarahlouise210

We live on main road - it is constantly busy and is very noisy ..to an extent you do get used to it. What I hate the most is the boom boom boom from car music and the revving at the lights - argggggggghhh! On a plus side ..we were able to afford a larger house ..detached with a garage and a large garden..the bedrooms are of equal size - I thought this was important as it seemed so unfair for one child to live in a box room. We are near to town, on a bus route with good schools. We never have gangs outside.The houses in our road do seem to sell quite quickly, about 25,000 cheaper though than an equal sized house in a quiet road - would I rather live here than in a much smaller house...I think I would.

jules-2005

saraht wrote:

Our house is in a quiet cul de sac....but has the train line running at the end of our (small) garden. The line isn't constantly busy and TBH we've got used to it so much that we don't really hear the trains now, we still open the windows and eat outside in summer. Out of interest how many of you would never consider living in my house?

I wouldn't because you said you had a small garden (no good for me with 3 kids and a carpenter hubby who loves to build them huge wooden playgrounds, play houses and the like) and you live in a cul de sac, (reasons mentioned in my previous post). I've lived beside the railway line before and yes you get used to it but the trains always went past at a critical bit of a film or tv programme and I couldn't hear what was being said LOL

tomstickland

It depends on personal sensitivities. I abhor traffic noise, so I'm very happy living in a quiet cul de sac. I'm about 800m from a railway line, but that doesn't bother me at all.

aurora_borealis_2

We lived on a main road in a fantastic house with a 200' rear garden.

The traffic noise bothered me too much though, there was always a constant hum, even at the bottom of the garden. We moved after a few years.

mattyha

The current flat I live in is on one of the main through roads for my town so get a fair bit of traffic and lorries.

But out flat is at the back so we can hear virtually nothing (only got single glazing), have all the windows open fine.

Guess it depends on the distance from the road, also being a 30 zone people are generally not going too quick which would be another thing to look out for.