Experiences of living near a landfill site please

jimbog

More difficult to sell on

Fosterdog

I don't live that close to one but do there is one around 10 miles away that I pass regularly and sometimes work near, there is roughly a 1/2 mile radius that gets the worst of the smell and gulls and further away get little to nothing. The smell isn't so strong that it's stomach churning, say as bad as if you walked right next to an ash cart, but there is just a slight whiff of it in the air. This isn't one with an incinerator though so don't know if that would make the smell better or worse. I wouldn't move within the 1/2 mile zone but would consider further out.

robber22

most of the wind on most days comes from the South West in the UK. If the house in question is upwind of the site I wouldnt be too worried.  If its to the North or East I'd walk away without a backward glance.

Rob

Cakeguts

You also need to consider the fact that if you are asking this question about this house then it isn't really the house for you. 

Here is a question.  Does it appear to be good value for money as in bigger or with a bigger garden or more modern and in an area of nice houses that you would not have expected that you could afford?  If so that is because the landfil site is a problem and people are put off buying in that area. 

There are no bargains in houses. All "good value for money" houses have a problem that makes them difficult to sell.

Pink-Angel

Thanks everyone, all useful comments. 

rach_k

Where I live, there used to be a landfill site, plus there are water treatment works and now an incinerator.  The fuss the locals make about the occasional smell drifting across is ridiculous - they even have a name for it!  It's actually far less frequent and far less smelly than living in the countryside with occasional muck spreading.  People who've never seen a 'field' larger than a playground have no idea!!!

My point is that it is completely subjective so you'd have to go and sniff around for yourself to see what you think.

ShipleyGlen

I'm about 1.5 miles away from a recycling plant, and it's fine. Within 1/2 miles radius is horrendous not just because of the occasional smell but it's just a really grim area with terrible things happening all the time - crime, really disturbing accidents etc. I think 1 mile is borderline so I'd be cautious and if you can afford a house further away, I would.

Here's an article about our recycling plant:
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15137483.shipley-waste-management-company-in-valley-road-fined-125000-after-allowing-odours-to-cause-misery-to-local-residents/

zagubov

Cakeguts said:

You also need to consider the fact that if you are asking this question about this house then it isn't really the house for you. 

Here is a question.  Does it appear to be good value for money as in bigger or with a bigger garden or more modern and in an area of nice houses that you would not have expected that you could afford?  If so that is because the landfil site is a problem and people are put off buying in that area. 

There are no bargains in houses. All "good value for money" houses have a problem that makes them difficult to sell.

Precisely so. There's an area in a good borough in SW London where there are not-too-pricey big houses with big gardens and wide streets with a very open feel to them, just next to high-density housing and good facilities (top-rated state schools, fast links to London city centre, close to really good shopping centre.
It always felt like a real find, till you visit on a hot day and the local sewage farm announces its presence.

rach_k

zagubov said:

Cakeguts said:

You also need to consider the fact that if you are asking this question about this house then it isn't really the house for you. 

Here is a question.  Does it appear to be good value for money as in bigger or with a bigger garden or more modern and in an area of nice houses that you would not have expected that you could afford?  If so that is because the landfil site is a problem and people are put off buying in that area. 

There are no bargains in houses. All "good value for money" houses have a problem that makes them difficult to sell.

Precisely so. There's an area in a good borough in SW London where there are not-too-pricey big houses with big gardens and wide streets with a very open feel to them, just next to high-density housing and good facilities (top-rated state schools, fast links to London city centre, close to really good shopping centre.
It always felt like a real find, till you visit on a hot day and the local sewage farm announces its presence.

That would be 'my' sewage farm!  Londoners have no idea what a bad smell really is 

Pink-Angel

most of the wind on most days comes from the South West in the UK. If the house in question is upwind of the site I wouldnt be too worried.  If its to the North or East I'd walk away without a backward glance.

The property is upwind so that is a positive.