Bypass, good or bad?

Norfolk_boy_2

We're looking at a house for sale located about 300 metres from a proposed new dual carriage bypass. The road will probably be in a 30 metre cutting, so not visible from the house, but obviously there will be a reasonable amount of noise. On the plus point, the house is near an access point to the bypass, so could be a convenient time saver for some journeys. What effect could these factors have on the value of the house?

Dukesy

Its hard to say. Our front door of our old house was ten metres away from the A49. I hated that - the woman who bought the place thought it was great, perfect for her journey to work.

Basically, for a lot of people a big road will be a downside, but if you're getting the house for a knocked down price due to the proposals, you might be on to a good one.

mufi

Is it the NDR?

If so, as far as I know they're still arguing about it, and will be until long after we're all gone. The problem that will give you, if you buy, is that the property remains blighted.

giraffe69

We had a house near to the A1 (just a service road between us and the dual carriageway). When we bought it was affordable whereas equivalent houses a few streets away were not. When we sold we had no difficulty and got the asking price within two weeks. We did do things like go and sit in the garden on a summer evening before making an offer.

moneyistooshorttomention

Probably depends to some extent on the person looking to buy the house on from you.

If I were a car-owner myself then I could hardly complain.

But - as someone who doesnt have a car myself - then I wouldnt touch it with a bargepole.

The vast majority of people are car-owners themselves - so why would they complain then (as in being less willing to buy the house from you for a reasonable price)?

martinsurrey

we are talking of 300m here, thats 3 football pitches away... I rented a house about 100m away from the M3 and I slept with a window open no problem, at that sort of distance it was just a low hum, a bit like the sea (if the sea was a 2 litre petrol)

at 300m you'll not notice it at all.

the access point could be good or bad. if the traffic isnt too bad, its'll be a plus point, but if the 300m to it is solid with cars morning and night, a negative.

Dan-Dan

we are about a mile from the A5 in leighton buzzard (the road between London and Hinckley ) and we can hear traffic noise all night , not enough to stop you sleeping but enough to not have total silence in the middle of the night

newsgroup_monkey

I lived about half a mile or so from our bypass. It was horrendous on Sundays because the local motorcyclists used to race on it as well as the boy racers on a Saturday evening.

lincroft1710

So many factors can affect the noise level, prevailing wind direction, buildings between house and bypass, as well as the distance and height of cutting and of course traffic levels and type at various times during a 24 hour period.

Basically until the bypass is built and in use it will be very difficult to gauge the noise levels.

Richard_Webster

Make sure it is in a cutting all the way!

For years there was a proposal to build a major road/motorway (now the M27) through a posh suburb on the edge of Southampton. The area is relatively hilly, certainly not flat. All the locals in their very nice houses got the impression that the M27 would be in a cutting so they wouldn't hear it. Yes, it is in a cutting under the main A33 out of the City to the north, but just beyond it the ground falls away steeply so it quickly it is on an embankment.

When the locals found out they went ballistic and persuaded the City Council and the County Council to suggest an alternative line further to the north and nearer Eastleigh. Eastleigh Council didn't like that! So I spent most of the very hot summer of 1976 (as a solicitor working for the City) at a very long motorway enquiry about it all. The motorway ended up being built as originally proposed and the locals had to put up with it being partially on an embankment!

LandyAndy

martinsurrey wrote: »

we are talking of 300m here, thats 3 football pitches away... I rented a house about 100m away from the M3 and I slept with a window open no problem, at that sort of distance it was just a low hum, a bit like the sea (if the sea was a 2 litre petrol)

at 300m you'll not notice it at all.

the access point could be good or bad. if the traffic isnt too bad, its'll be a plus point, but if the 300m to it is solid with cars morning and night, a negative.

My previous house was about 3-400 metres from the M6/M62 junction(so a pretty busy bit of road). There was a constant very low hum of traffic that was there if you listened for it but caused no problems at all. We lived there 16 years.