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Would you buy a house close to a dual carriageway?

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  • Mickygg
    Mickygg Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    onix22 wrote: »
    It's literally 50 m next to the busy road behind a small grass patch.

    We are renting in London for the moment, very busy area as well. We are worried more about the re-sale of the house in the future than the noise, really.

    How much would a house lose from its value just being next to a busy road?

    There is no set amount, purely down to who is prepared to buy it.

    However it would almost certainly be lower than the same property not by a motorway.

    You have these doubts, so other people will as well.
  • pickles13
    pickles13 Posts: 157 Forumite
    Sue_S wrote: »
    It all depends on how desperate you are to live in a certain area, or how affordable the other properties are...


    Look at this http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-49552633.html you probably couldn't live on a busier road! Wonder if it will achieve anywhere near that price!

    This is so funny, I drive past these houses every day and when the OP said the house was on a dual carriageway, this is exactly where I was imagining the house to be!
  • Lord_Baltimore
    Lord_Baltimore Posts: 1,348 Forumite
    Old_Git wrote: »
    it depends on the amount of traffic on the dual carriageway .
    The local motorway runs past the end of the cul de sac I live in .
    Apart from rush hour I rarely hear the traffic.

    BUT YOU'RE AS DEAF AS A POST YOU OLD GIT :D.

    (Apologies for the shouting readers :))
    Mornië utulië
  • makeyourdaddyproud
    makeyourdaddyproud Posts: 1,294 Forumite
    Old_Git wrote: »
    it depends on the amount of traffic on the dual carriageway .
    The local motorway runs past the end of the cul de sac I live in .
    Apart from rush hour I rarely hear the traffic.

    If it's the M25 then the reverse is true!
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