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Do speed bumps affect house values?

Rambosmum
Rambosmum Posts: 2,447 Forumite
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The LA is proposing putting speed bumps on our road, I *think* I am all for it BUT one of the proposed speed bumps is outside our house and I was wondering if this would have an impact on the value of our house either negatively or positively?

Additional info:
*semi detached, small 3 bed semi.
*Front garden, no drive- we park on the pavement outside, the speed bump shouldn't cause an issue with this as it hasn't on other streets.
*Side street but longish and wide so people do drive down it quite quickly, though it isn't a cut through.

Thanks
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  • stator
    stator Posts: 7,441 Forumite
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    Might have an effect, but I doubt it would be noticable. As long as parking is ok.
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  • MacMickster
    MacMickster Posts: 3,645 Forumite
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    Personally, I see speed bumps and immediately regard the neighbourhood as a bad area, plagued by car crime and anti-social behaviour. Add to that impression the annoyance of people who actually slow down for these, and then accelerate away from them. With one outside the house then you will have to live with the noise of cars accelerating and added exhaust pollutants in the air.

    I don't think that having a speed bump outside of your home will lower the value of your home, but it would put some people (ie me) off viewing.
    "When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson
  • dc197
    dc197 Posts: 812 Forumite
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    Not sure about effect on value.
    But it will create noise for you - one, the sound of the cars hitting it and their suspension compressing etc; two - the cars accelerating away from your bump.
    A future buyer extremely sensitive to noise could be deterred, but a future buyer particularly opposed to speed to could attracted.
  • DragonQ
    DragonQ Posts: 2,198 Forumite
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    The only thing I think when I see a road with speed bumps is "I hope there's an alternative route". A road with a 30 mph limit and speeds bumps that make you slow down to 10 mph...lots of sense in that!
  • Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays
    Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays Posts: 2,859 Forumite
    MacMickster wrote: »
    Personally, I see speed bumps and immediately regard the neighbourhood as a bad area, plagued by car crime and anti-social behaviour

    I shouldn't be, but I always end up surprised at what I read on the internet!
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    MacMickster wrote: »
    Personally, I see speed bumps and immediately regard the neighbourhood as a bad area, plagued by car crime and anti-social behaviour.

    I would say this only applies if by "car crime and anti-social behaviour" you mean "drivers going too fast". I've certainly never noticed any correlation with other crime.
  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Hearing cars accelerating and braking would drive me mad.

    At a guess, I would think out of 100 people 50 people would see it as a negative, 40 wouldn't care, and 10 would say it is a positive.
    Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.
  • Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays
    Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays Posts: 2,859 Forumite
    thesaint wrote: »
    Hearing cars accelerating and braking would drive me mad.

    At a guess, I would think out of 100 people 50 people would see it as a negative, 40 wouldn't care, and 10 would say it is a positive.
    Christ, now we have someone who has done a poll on their opinions of speedbumps!
  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »
    Christ, now we have someone who has done a poll on their opinions of speedbumps!

    Really? Where?
    (p.s, I am thesaint, not christ)
    Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.
  • Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays
    Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays Posts: 2,859 Forumite
    thesaint wrote: »
    Really? Where?
    (p.s, I am thesaint, not christ)
    Why would you think there is a 5:4:1 split on speedbumps? Have you ever actually asked a person in real life?!
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