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Would you buy a house that backs onto a railway line?

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  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    nollag2006 wrote: »
    Even if the trains aren't a problem now - there is a risk that the line may get much busier in the years to come.

    It will be incredibly difficult to sell on. Why buy someone else's headache?

    There a risks attached to all house purchases you never known what’s going to happen to the land at the bottom of your garden. Why do you think in will be incredibly difficult to sell the property in my road normally sell ok.
  • why not take a train ride and see how this house looks from the train.
    Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. - Alex Supertramp
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    ukcarper wrote: »
    There a risks attached to all house purchases you never known what’s going to happen to the land at the bottom of your garden.

    Quite

    However, having a great big existing train line there is a problem that is already "happened to the land at the bottom of your garden".

    Why invite trouble?

    Buying near a railway line will make resale far more problematic
    ukcarper wrote: »
    Why do you think in will be incredibly difficult to sell the property in my road normally sell ok.

    ???
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    nollag2006 wrote: »
    Quite

    However, having a great big existing train line there is a problem that is already "happened to the land at the bottom of your garden".

    Why invite trouble?

    Buying near a railway line will make resale far more problematic



    ???

    Than what a main road an airport nearby a sewage farm down the road.
  • Do houses on the otherside of the street sell for more? If so, then the railway line may already be 'priced in' to the houses on your side of the street. You may end up selling for less than the house across the street and may have to wait a little bit longer for a buyer, but you may end up getting it for less than the house across the street..
  • ukcarper
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    Do houses on the otherside of the street sell for more? If so, then the railway line may already be 'priced in' to the houses on your side of the street. You may end up selling for less than the house across the street and may have to wait a little bit longer for a buyer, but you may end up getting it for less than the house across the street..

    The houses in the road vary there are a few the same on both sides of the road but they haven’t sold for a long time. But as you say the house should be priced according to its situation and similar properties could be priced higher or lower depending on where they are.
  • mrsp80
    mrsp80 Posts: 44 Forumite
    Plenty of houses sell that back onto railways, main roads, and worse... Have you seen the houses loitering right beside major motorways? Yes, people live in those too. Of course it would deter some buyers, but many (like the OP) will do their research and then decide it is worth buying. Sometimes, such deterrants mean you can buy the property a little more cheaply than others in the area without that feature.

    For us, having a bigger back garden, not being overlooked, and being able to get the house for a good few grand less, were all massive bonuses.
  • If it doesn't bother you, then great. I take it you don't have pets...
  • mrsp80
    mrsp80 Posts: 44 Forumite
    Funny you should say that - yes we do! Cats have a knack of getting out of the way when a train comes along. There are loads of them in our area. Not sure how dogs react?
  • ukcarper
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    Van1971 wrote: »
    If it doesn't bother you, then great. I take it you don't have pets...

    I've live next to two different railways I had cats initially and many of my neighbours have cats I have never known one killed on the railway unlike roads.
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