Buying a house next to a dual carriageway

ShelleyC_2

I looked at a house close to a dual carriage way. It was a lovely house but I decided I wouldn't be happy with the noise / sirens etc.

I second the person who said go and spend an afternoon there. My friend & I used it as an excuse to sit in the beer garden one field further away from the road. Nice place for few beers but not my forever house

wymondham

I'd be more concerned with the fumes.....

CarineG

I don't live near a dual carriageway or motorway but on a main road in London.

The noise is easy to get used to, I don't think it would be an issue however you may get a lot of dust and need to clean your windows regularly.
You mentioned that the house has air conditioning. That is good as you probably won't want to open the windows in the summer when it is hot.

To find out what it is really like living in this house, it could be worth having a chat with the neighbours and ask them what they think.

Markie72

We had been looking to buy a bigger house for over a year, and we explored every option available from price, bedrooms, semi or detached garage no garage, near a road, in quite area. We eventually found a house 4 bed detached double garage, good price in a quiet village, you never find exactly would your looking you always have to compromise, but for us the most important thing is location as we have two kids we would never even dream of buying next to duel carriageway! I don't want to be gloomy but if you ever wanted to sell up you would be limiting the potential buyers. but that's just my opinion.

forgot to mention, there is a similar house for sale were we live 4 bed detached, nice looking house up for £230,000 right next to duel carriageway it's still up for sale that is well over a year ago. but that could just be down to other factors but I feel the road is one of them.

Cyril

halfone wrote: »

Have you tried your sound tests in wet weather?

I live near a motorway, and the only time I ever notice the motorway's even there it is when the road is wet = noisier, or occasionally if someone goes along with a faulty silencer/emergency vehicle with sirens.
Most of the time, I just automatically tune it out; never hear it all.

You do get used to it, yes. In fact, I find it harder to sleep at friends' houses if they live on a quiet road with the occasional car going past, rather than my continual background 'hum'.

Ditto this. I'd rather live close to a regular hum than an intermittent train / plane etc. Unless you are exceptionally wealthy I think everyone has noise around them where they live.

Mexas

I've just moved in to a house which is close to a dual carriage way, when I viewed the house even at rush hour the sound didn't seem that bad. Then when i moved in and I tried to sleep on the first night, the traffic "hum" was really noticeable right up until about midnight.

I've already got double glazing and blinds, is there anything else I can do to improve it?