POLL: Do you like Cul de Sacs?

knightstyle

Main problem we have is lots of children playing in the road during the day, most do not live in the cul-de-sac, plus noisy groups of youths cutting through and scrambling over the 6ft fence at the end late at night/early morning on their way home from a night out.

jaylee3

Hmmm, yes. I do like them and think they're a good idea, with the safety aspect, and no through traffic etc, but I prefer the bigger ones, and not the ones with only around 8 houses. One of my friends is living in one at the moment, and it has 10 four-bed detached houses, VERY close together, in a kind of horseshoe shape.

She often has around 20-25 kids playing in there, and running over her lawn, looking into the lounge window etc, and it's very claustrophobic, with the houses all kind of looking in at one another, and very little privacy. In addition, she has a shared drive with 3 other houses which causes big problems at times.

Personally, I don't know why she bought a big four bed house when she and her partner have no children and no grandchildren (not ever, because no children.) I mean, she complains about the kids, but as a 50 year old couple, why buy a four bed house in a cul de sac with 10 four bed houses?! Surely it's obvious that there would be big families in them???!!! (She can't even leave right now, because she has £25K negative equity on the property.)

Anyway, I think they're OK, but I also don't mind a through-road, as long as it's not a very busy one (like a side road off a 'main road.') Cul de sacs can have some negatives. Especially the little ones.

Like I said, lack of privacy, houses facing one another at close range, gardens almost over-lapping, and shared drives. But if it's a larger one, and it tends to go for a few hundred feet and has about 30 to 40 properties (eg; in a big 'S' shape like one I used to live in,) then it's not so bad.

Davesnave

We lived at the end of small cul de sacs for over 30 years, but chose our present property on a rural B class road for other reasons.

For one thing, we can sell stuff at the gate and generate income without actually running a business. Hard to do in a cu-de-sac.

Admittedly, we're set back 60' from the road, but I like seeing traffic going by, which is something that surprises me. It's great seeing the kids being bussed to school and knowing that I don't have to go to work any more! It's also mildly interesting noticing what crops are being harvested or who's about, having a delivery, walking their dog, heading into town etc. Because it's rural, there are similarities with living in the microcosm of a cul de sac or small estate.

We had the opportunity to switch our property round and put the kitchen/diner at the back, where it's just our garden and fields, but we both prefer to have a view of the road.

MoonJelly

I don't like them. Kids playing football right outside and deliveries from lorries and moving house a nightmare.

jaylee3

Davesnave wrote: »

We lived at the end of small cul de sacs for over 30 years, but chose our present property on a rural B class road for other reasons.

For one thing, we can sell stuff at the gate and generate income without actually running a business. Hard to do in a cu-de-sac.

Admittedly, we're set back 60' from the road, but I like seeing traffic going by, which is something that surprises me. It's great seeing the kids being bussed to school and knowing that I don't have to go to work any more! It's also mildly interesting noticing what crops are being harvested or who's about, having a delivery, walking their dog, heading into town etc. Because it's rural, there are similarities with living in the microcosm of a cul de sac or small estate.

We had the opportunity to switch our property round and put the kitchen/diner at the back, where it's just our garden and fields, but we both prefer to have a view of the road.

Hmmm, a lot of good points. I quite like non-busy through roads (like a side road, off a main road) where you see more life, and it isn't claustrophobic and so on.

What is a B class rural road Dave?

moneyistooshorttomention

vansboy wrote: »

Also the road ends with our row of gargaes, bit awkward for turning, if you've a large vehicle. Also a problem if you are driving a stolen 4x4 and being chased by the Police and cant brake fast enough.

VB

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:. Presumes that was an actual incident?:rotfl::rotfl: Like it...

Davesnave

jaylee3 wrote: »

What is a B class rural road Dave?

Any road which has a B number, like B3224, and runs through the countryside.

They still vary quite a bit. Some have white lines and even form part of double decker bus routes. Ours doesn't., but cars can pass without stopping, except in a few places. Catches a few people out, that does!

cloo

We like them, as long as houses are nice. Quite keen to buy on one at the moment, as we have kids and a cat and it's good to have the extra safety of not being somewhere cars dash through.

jaylee3

Davesnave wrote: »

Any road which has a B number, like B3224, and runs through the countryside.

They still vary quite a bit. Some have white lines and even form part of double decker bus routes. Ours doesn't., but cars can pass without stopping, except in a few places. Catches a few people out, that does!

Oh of course! What a muppet I am. :rotfl:

I guess a B road running through a rural area wouldn't be too bad.

BeansOnToast_2

I guess ours could be classed as a cul-de-sac in that it isn't a through road. But it isn't an estate. We live in the first house. There's a dozen or so houses,all different, a church, then about half a mile further on, the road ends at a farm. My last house was in a modern estate cul-de-sac.

I prefer the one I'm in now. Rural, but only 15 minutes from the town centre and work,