Would you buy a flat next to a tube and train line?

millycww

Viewed a 2 bed flat in North London today. The layout is good and I like the area but there's a problem: it's directly opposite a major tube and train line. In spite of double glazing it is still noisy (at least it doesn't shake!) but on the plus, both bedrooms are on the quiet side of the flat. I can't afford to buy a 2 bed in a better street in this area which has great transport links so I'm not sure how to proceed.

SailorSam

I think i'd rather live near a train station than a pub.

googler

Hinges on whether or not you'll be making much use of the trains, surely?

Mr_Moo_2

So you're very close to the line - how close are you to a station? Most people would confirm that once you're there you very soon learn to blank it out. But any future buyer will be having the same thoughts as you when you come to sell.

Does your need for space outweight the potential noise (that you will probably soon blank out)?

ognum

The price of this flat is reduced because of the train lines, as long as you are prepared to sell at a reduced price someone will buy. The price is the key.

Good transport links equal train lines, if it's a first time buy and you like the location go for it but factor in the a good reduction for noise. It is in London after all.

kidmugsy

Is the side facing the station equipped with widely-spaced double glazing? It can cut noise quite a bit: the narrowly-spaced dg is less effective with noise but more effective with heat.

yoyoegg

Depends on when the last train is! But then you have the maintainance crews working until dawn and during the winter the 'ghost' trains running all night to de-ice.

tim123456789

Mr_Moo wrote: »

So you're very close to the line - how close are you to a station? Most people would confirm that once you're there you very soon learn to blank it out. But any future buyer will be having the same thoughts as you when you come to sell.

Does your need for space outweight the potential noise (that you will probably soon blank out)?

and I will confirm that you don't

tim

dimbo61

NO
But I live in the countryside and sometimes hear the odd train or the sound of church bells on a sunday morning if there is no wind.
I can hear cows in the fields.
Now would I want to live in London ? Not for a Gold Clock

Lokolo

I have lived next to railway station for 6 months now. If the flat is silent then I can even sometimes hear the station announcements if I am listening!

However I quickly learned to blank it out and as I said above, I only hear if I am trying to listen and its silent.

The convenience outweighs the cost for me.

However I don't live in London and its a main railway line rather than tube,

chuckley

train yes but tube, oh hell no! noisy as hell and think of the engineering works after hours!

however you do get used to the sound to the point where you dont even hear it.