Rear garden backing onto an 'A' road - how much of a negative?

DRP

Hi , I would like to poll a bit of opinion about a house we viewed a few weeks back and are considering offering on.

A 3-bed family house in a very quiet cul-de-sac and it is a nice area. However, the rear garden does back onto an A-road (40mph limit, going to 30mph a couple of hundreds yards further up and down the road), which has a fairly constant traffic loads but runs between residential areas, so only the occasional lorry-sized vehicle.

The rear garden is about 7m (~20ft+) deep with tall conifers and fencing at the boundary. However the sound of the road is very obvious in the garden and my wife noticed it within the (double-glazed) house.

It doesn't bother me particularly, but I'd like to guage opinion for purposes of selling on the place: would this be a deal-breaker for you? :money:

amr547

I'd be worried about it if I had children or pets personally. Noise doesn't bother me too much but my OH would go mad! We are near the railway line and that's noisy enough

gazter

It very much depends on getting it for a good price

the noise would be a big issue. You might get some quite serious vibration through the house when large trucks and tractors pass. My wife would be put off. The point of a garden is to relax.

Errata

has a fairly constant traffic

Fairly constant traffic means fairly constant air pollution.

Dan-Dan

Absolutely wouldn't buy

Hi DRP

I think with anything of this nature , as in Housebuying , there are always compromises but also there are always some `must have`s and some `must not haves`

Constant traffic noise , for us , comes under must not have , and the price wouldnt make any difference to us

It`s a no thanks , if it was us , saying that , if its a grey area for a buyer it may be better to have that road at the front..in a way

There was a house we went to view , the front looked out onto one the towns busiest roads , it is a road that leads to the towns largest industrial areas with a large housing estate on it as well , though it does have a weight restriction in place , so very busy between 7-7pm , the owners were very clever though , they made the house work from the back instead , and their back , entered onto a cul-de-sac with retired peoples bungalows lining it , so they really made the garden lovely and kid friendly , and they have sold it now , i really beleive they achieved that by how they had worked the house

Good luck!

Southend1

Absolutely wouldn't buy

Railway lines fine, trains can be quite reassuring. Roads a big no no, traffic noise makes the garden an unpleasant place to spend time

DRP

Errata wrote: »

Fairly constant traffic means fairly constant air pollution.

Yes i agree.

Perhaps I should have said 'regular' traffic. It isn't a very busy road at all.