House on busy road?

w00519772

I am in the process of buying a house. It is on an estate but is on the main road. I sat outside the house between 18:40 and 19:00 this evening and 101 cars drove past. This is obviously prime time as people are returning from work.

This doesn't bother me particularly. I am more concerned about selling the house in the future. Is this likely to be a turn of for future buyers? It is a three bedroom house.

There is a school being built closeby which I believe will open in September 2015. It is a primary school. Is this likely to turn off future buyers? Again it does not really bother me.

AnnieO1234

I personally wouldn't buy it unless there was nothing else at all and I needed to be in that area. Busy roads and kids don't mix. Traffic noise. Drunks after closing. HGVs and buses in day too?

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ConfusedofYorkshire

It will bother some buyers. But it doesn't bother you- therefore it is likely that it will bother everyone!

I think if you are buying it purely as an investment it may not be a good idea, but if you see it as somewhere you will be happy to live for some years and don't mind if it takes some time to sell it then it shouldn't be a problem.

how long has it been on the market? I don't think being on a busy road in itself will make it impossible to sell. After all, lots of London houses are on very busy roads and sell like hotcakes.

go_cat

Have you thought of what the parking will be like when the school opens ...

phill99

If it doesn't bother you, then there are thousands of other people who it won't bother.

Having a primary school nearby will make it popular with families with young children.

DRP

i've discounted a house because of traffic noise at rear of the garden (30mph A road).

If the noise was at the front , but the main living area and garden at the back were quiet i'd be less concerned.

bagpussbear

Just thinking that the school opening might be a plus in the future, for families wanting to move within the catchment area?

Are there pubs on the main road near you? where is the nearest bus stop? Those 2 factors might put me off, but being on the main road itself wouldn't.

phoebe1989seb

Three years ago we bought a house on a fairly busy main road through a village. It's an old stone/thatched Georgian house with two/three receptions at the front and one at the back. The plot size is around 1/3 acre with a stream and when you're in the lawned area (furthest from house and road) the road noise is not discernible.

In addition we have views of open fields to the front (across the road) which are unlikely to be built on because of the extremely steep gradient and similar beyond our garden at the back.....this more than compensates for any main road imho.

We do get a fair amount of reasonably heavy traffic noise - tractors and the like - passing through and we are planning to fit timber double-glazed sash windows in an attempt to combat this next month. We are also intending to sell later this year - when the project is complete - but the road hasn't been a factor in this decision.

I guess it's 'cos we're in a village setting (more of a hamlet really ) that we have no issues with people making a noise when leaving the pub just over the road.......

Our house is a one-off character property and our thinking is that if we bought it (as a complete un-mortgageable wreck) and weren't put off by the road, someone else will fall in love with it and our high-end renovations (and slightly lower price to allow for its position) will compensate for any scruples they may have

The school otoh, would put me off - we previously owned a house next door to a private nursery school where the maximum number of kids in the garden at any one time was 12, but the noise was still awful and mum's dropping off kids with no regard to the permitted parking was also a pita!

Building_Surveyor

Yes it will turn off some buyers but on the other hand it would encourage other buyers.

Me personally I would never live on a main road, never have and never will. Nor would I move within 5 minutes walking distance of a primary school.

Fraise

Building_Surveyor wrote: »

Yes it will turn off some buyers but on the other hand it would encourage other buyers.

Me personally I would never live on a main road, never have and never will. Nor would I move within 5 minutes walking distance of a primary school.

What sort of people would a busy road encourage?

I personally would not live on a main road, not just due to the constant noise of traffic horns, emergency sirens speeding by, but also fumes from traffic, dust send grime etc.

My friend is currently putting her house on the market, and it's gorgeous. A six bed 4 bathroom, 3 reception house, spacious, 200 foot garden leading into a park....gorgeous kitchen...dream home really. Parking in driveway for up to 5 cars, Area is very nice too. But because it's on a secondary main road (not even that busy) the estate agent has valued it 100k less than similar houses on quieter roads.

Such a shame as the house is gorgeous and the road is certainly not ugly.

Building_Surveyor

Fraise wrote: »

What sort of people would a busy road encourage?

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I was referring to the school aspect... But the again some people aren't bothered by traffic noise