House on busy road?

bouicca21

As already said some people (me included) will be put off by a main road. I rather like the sound of happy children playing but it is amazing just how noisy break time can be and some will hate it. Of course if they are out at work all day, they won't be bothered.

Katgrit

Fraise wrote: »

What sort of people would a busy road encourage?

People who are sick to death of little oiks playing football right outside their house. I live on a main road would choose it over an estate any day.

katejo

w00519772 wrote: »

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.

My house is opposite a primary school but that doesn't bother me at all. It might be a positive for someone with children/planning to start a family. A secondary school wouldn't be as good. I wouldn't be keen on a house on the busy main road.

treecol

We are on a main road - a shock to the system when we moved from the country to live with my Dad to look after him. We sold it the 1st day it went on the market last week, but we would have to pay an extra £70k to live 2 miles up the road in peace & quiet. So we've chosen a house that needs renovating to we can add the money in stages. Fortunately, everyone has different tastes - or all the houses on main roads would be empty!!!

Fraise

Katgrit wrote: »

People who are sick to death of little oiks playing football right outside their house. I live on a main road would choose it over an estate any day.

I live on a very very quiet residential road, and there are never little oiiks playing football in the street. I could imagine that happening on an estate with lots of families, but you don't see it on the average quiet road

Fraise

treecol wrote: »

We are on a main road - a shock to the system when we moved from the country to live with my Dad to look after him. We sold it the 1st day it went on the market last week, but we would have to pay an extra £70k to live 2 miles up the road in peace & quiet. So we've chosen a house that needs renovating to we can add the money in stages. Fortunately, everyone has different tastes - or all the houses on main roads would be empty!!!

That's true that all the houses on main roads would be empty if people didn't live in them, but I would say the reason people do choose to live in them is through financial necessity as they are so much cheaper than houses on quiet streets.

Check the property websites and you'll see the almost identical house will be massively cheaper on the main road, than the same one round the corner on a quiet street.

yorkshire_terrier_owner

I moved last year from a house on a main road. When I first bought it, the noise of the road didn't bother me and even when I sold it, the traffic noise still didn't bother me. However, over time the things that did bother me were:
Antisocial behaviour - at all times of the day, not just the drunks at night.
The litter
Boy racers
Sirens
Car crashes (too many to count)
1 car crash where the car actually crashed into my neighbours house
Couldn't have the windows open at night in the summer

The house was on a B road.

I have now moved to a very quiet cul-de-sac where about 75% of the residents are retired. By 9 o'clock at night the road is silent. I moved from one end of the extreme to the other and it's bliss.

movilogo

This weekend I viewed a house on a main road (busy A road with 40 MPH limit).

The noise of traffic is audible even with all windows closed (double grazing). With windows open, it is very noisy!

Driving out to main road is also bit odd (especially if you reverse out of driveway it is dangerous).

However, I rejected the house not just because of noise but also it didn't receive any sunshine inside the house due to orientation.

paulsad

It didn't put us off and we live on a very busy road although set back a bit
so we do have room to turn around vehicles rather than reversing out as some on the road have to. You do get used to the noise etc. I am always extra careful if the grandchildren visit but more often than not we go visit them so not a major issue.
Similar house next door is up for sale due to the elderly lady passing away so we'll be interested to see how quick it sells.

KatieDee

I was brought up on a very busy main road so I am fortunate enough to be able to completely block out external road noise...I can't really say living on a main road now would bother me much at all, especially if the house and price was right!

As others have said, if it's a nice property in a decent area and is selling at the right price, I cannot see it putting that many people off. I know some people have mentioned their prices being dropped due to a busy road but I'm sure this would be reflected in your buying price anyway.

If you love the property, the area and you can afford it, I don't see a problem here. Of course, it also depends whether you want to buy as an investment or buy as a home. If it's the latter, I wouldn't even worry about how you'll sell it!