Notification that bus stop is to be moved outside my house

Torry_Quine

pitkin2020 wrote: »

Thats once a day though, and i'm sure if you phoned the local paper to inform them they would move the point somewhere else.

The papers are distributed from someone's home so it's where they live that they have to go to.

It is once a day for a relatively short time I know but I was just trying to show that this is the kind of thing that happens in neighbourhoods.

I don't see that bus users would be a nuisance, when I wait for a bus I don't throw litter or disturb people

Rockporkchop

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I don't have a bus-stop, unfortunately! However a nearby house is the local distribution point for the evening paper so I have the paper-boys (not the girls strangely enough) sitting on my wall, throwing litter in my garden and leaving various drink bottles in my hedge. It's a nuisance but not something worth getting overly worked up about.

That does sound annoying but it's not something that would impact on the value of your house and put the majority of buyers off like a permanent bus stop would.

And I know you said you don't make a nuisance of yourself at bus stops, presumably because you are a mature adult, but the teenagers at our local stop are a real nightmare at times.

Torry_Quine

Rockporkchop wrote: »

That does sound annoying but it's not something that would impact on the value of your house and put the majority of buyers off like a permanent bus stop would.

And I know you said you don't make a nuisance of yourself at bus stops, presumably because you are a mature adult, but the teenagers at our local stop are a real nightmare at times.

It really isn't something that bothers me.

The thought that a bus stop would decrease a house's value or put buyers off is something that seems ridiculous to me and smacks of being a NIMBY. (Not aimed at the OP as the bus stop wasn't there)
Personally when we bought our first house being close to the bus stop was a bonus but obviously we are the exception who actually use a bus.

spiro

You say their property is closer to the pavement/road. To give us an idea why it may disrupt you less/more/the same, roughly how far from the front of their house to the pavement and kerb and ditto for your house.

Also you obviously have a dropped kerb/drive to park your car, does/will the neighbour have the same when they have finished converting the property?

Limey

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I wouldn't object to a bus-stop outside my house, it would be very handy.

Handy for listening to old ladies gossip at the top of their voices, handy for being woken up at 6 am by the crappily maintained bus crunching to a halt. My front wall (and sometimes car) are used as a seat and front garden as a litterbin and ashtray.

OP fight it! There's a bus stop outside my house and I hate it. When I moved to the house I didn't think it'd be an issue but since they extended it into the road (removing space for parking in the process) it's been used more and seems to have become a local meeting place. :mad:

casper_g

Torry_Quine wrote: »

It really isn't something that bothers me.

The thought that a bus stop would decrease a house's value or put buyers off is something that seems ridiculous to me and smacks of being a NIMBY. (Not aimed at the OP as the bus stop wasn't there)
Personally when we bought our first house being close to the bus stop was a bonus but obviously we are the exception who actually use a bus.

For me, it would depend on the bus stop. There are some on minor routes which wouldn't be a problem at all. I wouldn't want one on a major bus "corridor" right outside my window though, especially if there would be a crowd of school kids there every morning.

It might also depend on how far back the house was set -- if I had a big garden between me and the bus stop it'd be OK, but if it was a terraced house straight off the pavement I wouldn't like it. I've seen houses with people sitting on the living room window-sill waiting for a bus before now, and I wouldn't like that!

sezzybear

We've got a bus stop outside our house (it was there when we moved in) and the bus is often in the way when we want to leave or drive in and some bus drivers are nice and move straight away and others are less nice and just sit there.

And people waiting at the bus stop use our garden as a bin for old bottles, cigarette stubs, pizza boxes etc and as a toilet.

Not fun at all (but handy for the kids (mine) when they are travelling about).

bosseyed

I would object. I wouldn't want a bus stop outside my house, not only due to potential access issues but also due to the fact that its asking people to congregate outside your front garden and guaranteed there will be some undesirables in that group who drop litter in the garden, sit on the wall, grafitti, smash the bus stop glass at 4am etc etc.

And what kind of bus stop? Is it just a post with a bus stop sign, or will it then be upgraded to a full on shelter at some stage sullying the view from your house?

So yeah, I'd object - I fail to see how the bus company can just shuffle it up the road thanks to one request from one resident.

vikingaero

Nice of the new neighbour to want it moved to disrupt someone else. I would definitely object. If the posters who disagree think it's case of NIMBYism then what about the NIMBYism of the neighbour who wants it moved?

Gordon_Hose

It depends how busy the bus route is, but I'd be objecting if it was me.