Would you buy a house with a pedestrian crossing outside?

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canaldumidi said:

'beeps'? Pedestrian crossings do not beep.

Is it a pelican crossing?

Some do. 

cantswimwontswim

canaldumidi said:

'beeps'? Pedestrian crossings do not beep.

Is it a pelican crossing?

Not sure but suspect a pelican or toucan, the LA chap just calls it a controlled crossing and the description fits either of those.

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I would avoid such a house. You will get extra pollution from idling cars, and people waiting there.

Has the LA offered to add covers to deal with the light?

elsien

School kids using the alley would probably be more annoying than the crossing. 

cantswimwontswim

rigolith - They will try shrouds but said often these do not work due to the angle of the lights to the road and driver's not seeing them. 
elsien - No noise from the children, it's a very small primary school with just a handful using this route. The alley leads to a row of 7 or 8 houses in a dead end. It's a nice place to live really, or was. 

onylon

My last place had a pedestrian crossing outside and it didn't really bother me but we were on a very busy road so it was very noisy in general.

74jax

I wouldn't, the lights outside my bedroom would be a huge no for me. I wouldn't buy so close to a busy road though and a crossing straight outside would make me not view. 

ProDave

I would not buy a house on a road that was busy enough to need a crossing, even if the crossing was not  right outside my house.

As a child I lived in a house on a busy road with a bus stop outside, and remember all the windows rattling in the house when a bus was stopped outside.  I could never ever again go back to such a noisy place.

lookstraightahead

ProDave said:

I would not buy a house on a road that was busy enough to need a crossing, even if the crossing was not  right outside my house.

As a child I lived in a house on a busy road with a bus stop outside, and remember all the windows rattling in the house when a bus was stopped outside.  I could never ever again go back to such a noisy place.

I rented on a main road, it was a route through to the motorway. Beautiful village and the house was valued at 750k.

so glad I was only renting at the time - this house too rattled continually to the point that I was obsessed by the noise. On the other hand, my OH didn't even hear it feel it.

I love planes and trains though.

Gavin83

I grew up on a very busy road with a pedestrian crossing and a 24 hour bus stop directly outside with buses every 5 to 10 mins. To be honest I barely noticed the crossing but the buses were annoying at times. I grew used to it and maybe partially as a result of this I’m a very heavy sleeper now.

The most annoying thing was it was a bus from
a town with a large nightlife so I’d often get shouting drunks outside in the early hours. The police cars were annoying too.

My parents still managed to sell it for a large sum though with a number of other offers so it clearly didn’t put many off.