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Would you buy a house this close to the trainline (see pic inside)?
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It would put me off but I'm extremely sensitive to noise. DH, otoh, probably wouldn't notice after a few minutes.
We used to own a lovely rambling Georgian three storey thatched house on the A30. We spent a small fortune restoring it to its former glory, but I knew from the first night we slept there that we'd be selling it as soon as we'd finished the work.
Every time a large vehicle went past, the whole house shook from top to bottom and even after we installed double glazing with acoustic glass the noise could be heard indoors. We couldn't keep the front windows open at all. The garden at the back was large and far from the road so only the largest hgvs were an issue out there.
When we sold in 2014, after three years our buyers (who adored the house) admitted they couldn't have afforded it had it been in a quieter location
Mortgage-free for fourteen years!
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Lived fairly close to a major dual carriageway A road once. You do get used to the noise and don't really notice it that much during the day and while you can hear it at night after the first few nights it doesn't stop you getting off to sleep . Waking up in the middle of the night you never need to look at a clock to know the time - you can tell to a high degree of accuracy by how busy the road sounds.1
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I live near a major route into London - long distance and commuter lines. The station is 400 yards from me and this fact, I'm told, increases the value of my house against identical houses 2 miles away.
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I used to live a similar distance from one, after a few weeks barely noticed as the double glazing was good and just get used to the noise.
Where I live now is quiet, but has the faint hum of a major road in the distance. Again, after a few weeks just blended in and don't notice it now. Just depends how sensitive to noise you are. But agree, sensible thing to go spend an hour or two parked nearby to get an idea.0 -
My house is closer to a train line than that but there is only one train per hour.I soon get used to the sound of the trains, although the automated voice reading out the stations the train will be stopping at got some getting used to.0
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No it wouldn't bother me at all. My Mom has a train line at the back of her bungalow and you cannot hear them, you just see the tops of the trains as they go past. I have lived on a main road before and like a previous poster said, the house would shake when HGV's went past. Also, now I live quite close to the Motorway and you can hear the faint hum of that in the background, coupled with hearing the nearby dual carriageway rat runners go up and down. Given the choice, I would take a quieter location, with a train line! Go and check out the noise if you are unsure.Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £19,575.020
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I would consider renting but not buying.
When you rent, you only have to worry if it works for you.
When you buy, you have to worry if it works for you and if it works for potential buyers - otherwise it will be very tough to resell (unless you are sure you want to die in that house, but you can never be sure!).
The truth is, selling a property near a track is always harder. That it might not bother you is irrelevant because you are not the market. The thing is, you don't only sell it for less (which is OK because you also buy it for less), there are fewer interested buyers so selling it will take longer. Also, in a booming market anything sells, but in other periods people are more wary and cautious about buying properties with some 'issues', like being next to a track.1 -
It wouldn't be the railway line that put me off so much s the north facing garden.
Also, is the line electrified? That will make the trains much quieter than the diesel engines which are really noisy."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
Electrified main lines will tend to have lots of diesel trains passing through them though.pimento said:It wouldn't be the railway line that put me off so much s the north facing garden.
Also, is the line electrified? That will make the trains much quieter than the diesel engines which are really noisy.1
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