Trainline parallel to garden. Privacy?

prezzacc

Hi all,


Purchasing a house with a railway line parallel to the garden. We visited the house a couple times, waiting outside, inside, up the road etc etc to hear trains. We think its manageable.


I found every train time passing the house , did a lot of research and found an average of 2-3 trains an hour. What I didn't really worry about was the fact the train runs parralell to the garden and looks down into our garden. Only about 15 foot length between hedges, ive decided to ride the train this weekend but wondered..


Does anyone have this situation? Do you feel a lack of privacy etc? Have searched but found noise issues not the privacy issue?!


Thanks in advance.

davidmcn

Have you been past it on a train yet? Chances are you'll only catch a glimpse. Seems much more private than a road or footpath where anyone can stop and stare if they want to.

molerat

Unless you have the urge to sunbathe naked in the garden do you really think that trains passing at a reasonable speed are going to affect your privacy.

Guest101

molerat wrote: »

Unless you have the urge to sunbathe naked in the garden do you really think that trains passing at a reasonable speed are going to affect your privacy.

Even then the train will be travelling in the region of (or excess of) 100 mph.


It would be a split second, blink and you missed it glance.

looknohands

I must admit I always look into peoples gardens from the train, it's interesting but never done in a nosey way, just enjoy watching things go by from the train, nothing of memory has every caught my eye and it will all merge into one, particularly if it is surrounded by other properties, they will all blend into one suburban sequence. The noise would be my main worry.

theGrinch

if you are an exhibitionist then its a positive and only then if the train crawls through. seems quite private provided its secure track for a fair distance. I cant recall one of the millions of gardens I have passed on a train.

As said, noise is the main issue. How far is it from the house?

DaftyDuck

On the whole, trains can't stop, the way cars can. People on them are likely not going three doors down, but five miles, maybe a couple of hundred. If you were to stop a hypothetical trainload of commuters, march them through garden and house, then turf them out on your pavement, and shout "walk home, you lazy beggars", half would walk off in the wrong direction, a quarter would not know what street they were in - let alone which town, and the rest would fall asleep where they stood.

Sure, you peer out of the train window occasionally, say to yourself "nicegarden nicegarden dump nicegarden bridge nicegarden dump", then you fall asleep, and get a penalty ticket for having gone too far. Or you are trying to work out if that's mud obscuring your view, or has someone sneezed on the inside of the window... then you try very hard not to think about it, and concentrate on you knuckles, or the end of your nose. Just... do...not...look...at...the...seat... nicegarden nicegarden dump zzzzzz

I'd be willing to bet a curley wurley that, this weekend, you'll ride the train with your partner, and end up having a blistering row over whether you have even passed the house yet. You won't be sure. (S)He will be... big argument, then divorce will sure as eggs is eggs follow, and you, alone, will buy a house bordering a road, where a "friend" will cheerily wave and shout greetings each time they pass, and comment on how you need a new lawnmower when you next meet, or ask where you buy the underpants you had on your line last Tuesday, as they always look so cheery... Your partner will be happily ensconced in a converted railway station with the ticket collector who was on that train. (S)he will be blissfully happy, watching trains slide gracefully past, lights ablazing, windows fogged with warm breath, like a cruise ship at night heading to a romantic destination.... You will, meanwhile, have a row with the neighbour at the foot of your garden over fence heights, barbecues, trampolines and cat mess... (S)he will have no such problem.

Railway lines over roads for me, any day.

My apologies for a ramble. It is, again, a slow day at work, despite spending a bored morning with my conveyancing solicitor, who had a hangover. A real hangover. I thought he was going to need a sickbag a few times. Apparently, there's a vodka called Grey Goose. It gives one such faith in the legal profession. Just sayin'...

Oh well....

TBeckett100

The only Garden I ever remember from my train journeys was when we took the scenic leighton buzzard train and it goes past peoples back gardens. Someone along there had horrendous astroturf that needed pulling at all edges to get rid of the creases.

There was also a naked woman changing in her window, but by the time I got off at the next station to catch a train going back the other way, she had managed to get her knickers on.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

Guest101 wrote: »

Even then the train will be travelling in the region of (or excess of) 100 mph.

Have you ever been on a train in the United Kingdom?

chris_m

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

Even then the train will be travelling in the region of (or excess of) 100 mph.

Have you ever been on a train in the United Kingdom?

Didn't you know? Their speedometers are made by Volkswagen.
:rotfl:

Dan-Dan

TBeckett100 wrote: »

The only Garden I ever remember from my train journeys was when we took the scenic leighton buzzard train and it goes past peoples back gardens. Someone along there had horrendous astroturf that needed pulling at all edges to get rid of the creases.

There was also a naked woman changing in her window, but by the time I got off at the next station to catch a train going back the other way, she had managed to get her knickers on.

The famous narrow gauge railway , I believe its about £9 a pop these days , for the pleasure of travelling through two of LB`s worst estates