Buying new house 500 meters from dual carriageway - A65 Burley-in-Wharfedale Bypass

dazleeds1978

Hi All,

We have found a nice house in village called Burley-in-Wharfedale but the house is close to dual carriageway (A65 Burley-in-Wharfedale Bypass)

When we went the first time to view i didnt hear that much noise the windows were closed. But when i went the second time the windows were open you can hear the noise. and the garden you can hear the cars.

The house prices in the area not effected if the houses close to the dual carriageway or not.

I hope to get some help and opinion what people think. Is it healthy as we thinking to settle for quite long time in the area.

Thank very much.

Newly_retired

Lovely area to live, just on the edge of the Dales.
Hard for anyone else to say whether the noise will bother you.
I probably wouldn't mind, myself, but others would.

dazleeds1978

Thanks very much.

Newly_retired wrote: »

Lovely area to live, just on the edge of the Dales.
Hard for anyone else to say whether the noise will bother you.
I probably wouldn't mind, myself, but others would.

moneyistooshorttomention

I wouldn't have thought any discount would be due on houses near busy roads because most people have cars themselves and therefore obviously regard a degree of car noise and fumes as acceptable.

Those of us who don't have cars ourselves will probably not even look at houses in those locations and a discount wouldn't tempt us to buy in such a location anyway.

hazyjo

I wouldn't buy on or near a main or fast road, but then I have a cat. Not worth the risk. I saw two hit by cars in the last three months!

You only have to watch several episodes of Escape to the Country to see how important road noise is! They stand there straining their ears for any vehicles in the distance and then write it off immediately if they hear so much as a slight whoosh in the distance.

Personally I do think it affects value and writes off a portion of the market. But then every house is going to write off a certain percentage for one reason or another so if you like it and can live with it, go for it!

Compare the prices in that road with other similar ones in the vicinity not so near the dual carriageway.

Jx

phoebe1989seb

I agree it definitely affects prices in most areas - London and the like being the exception

Our current house - bought in 2011 - is quite close to an A road although we're in a village with most traffic being farm vehicles. We chose to make this compromise as the house ticked all our other boxes

Btw, we have three cats (two are house cats though) and our outdoor boy doesn't venture out of the front at all - but then we do have a huge garden with open countryside at the rear. We have previously had two cats knocked over and killed when we lived in a much quieter location - one right outside our door on a very quiet road

cattie

I have a friend who has a house on a very busy dual carriageway just on the outskirts of London, which is the main route to Dover. Prices along her road tend to be far cheaper than comparable houses in quiet side streets, or even busy roads. Usually the difference can be up to £60k or even more, depending on condition of house.

You can't hear the traffic when you're in my friends house, though have never been there in summer when windows are open, & it always stikes me as weird to think that cars & lorries are whizzing past just a few metres away & that you don't really hear much noise.

I think because the traffic speed is constant it makes a difference. If you're on just a main road with stopping & starting because of jams or traffic lights etc then the noise is much more intrusive & there seem to be more problems with smelling fumes from the traffic.

Propertyfan

Do not buy the house under any circumstances. As you've thought it was an issue and needed to mention it in a thread...

But when i went the second time the windows were open you can hear the noise. and the garden you can hear the cars.

... you will be crazy to buy the house and then spend the rest of your lives - well, until you try to sell it - thinking "why didn't we buy a house with less outside noise?"

Some people don't mind the noise from nearby busy roads but it seems clear you do have a problem with it - hence why you wanted feedback. I would avoid the property and find one in a quieter area. Why start out buying a place with something you don't want, a negative? Avoid the property at all cost!

Traffic noise will never go away. It's not like buying a house with some need of renovation. You can't renovate traffic, you can't improve it. You'll be stuck with the noise for as long as you live in the home - could be decades. You got to think about that. Don't let your love for the property blind you to the fact the noise will NEVER go away.

If that doesn't convince you, just buy some ear plugs.

Dan-Dan

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I wouldn't have thought any discount would be due on houses near busy roads because most people have cars themselves and therefore obviously regard a degree of car noise and fumes as acceptable.

Another absolute gold nugget from money

moonwitch

Hi there,
We have just bought a house in the same village! We moved in end of june ours is nearer centre of village.
I lived in the villagewhen I was a child with my parents in a house that was less than 5m from a65, lived there from being 5 and my sister 2 years old and we never had any issues with anything, this was before bypass was built.
To be honest the bypass itself is not that busy and certainly not in the evenings
Burley is a lovely place to live good community and schood, if the only thing you are concerned about is the noise then I would go for it as everything else about the village and area for me would counter that.
If you want any info about anything in the village or area let me know and I will try and help.
Good luck moonwitch x

rich11

We are just about to complete in the same village.Small world

Ours is also on a main road but not the the A65.Our current house is near the railway line.When we first moved in we heard the trains all the time but now we don't notice them at all.Maybe it will be the same with the traffic from the A65?