Buying a hour near hs2

Advice1234

Hi

We have had an offer accepted in a area of Balsall Common (I am not from the area) and after driving around a couple of times and doing some research I have found that the house is 880m away at the closest point to the line and I have been told this probably will be underground (5m) but cannot find this information to confirm 

a viaduct is also going up but not within sight or close distance to the property but in Balsall common 

Will I be impacted by noise of HS2 when up and running please at 880m away and if so what level ? 

And is there a possibility house prices will be impacted ? 

I am new to buying a house so just want to get as much info/opinions as possible so would really appreciate 🤞

thanks  

Woolsery

A train line half a mile away will have negligible impact and HS2 arguably even less. Its existence will probably be seen  as a plus point by those able to benefit from rapid transit in their work.

user1977

Depends on the geography and what's between you and the line. You might know about it if it's only open fields between you and the trains, but otherwise unlikely. I live 1000m from a main railway line but would have to get about 950m closer in order to even be aware of it.

Advice1234

It is mainly open fields with a few houses  it is just trying to work out what level I will hear it 

I was thinking/hoping that myself as the HS2 station is only around 10/15 minutes away but when you Google hs2 a lot of scary stuff appears 

if it is underground (5m) would there be vibrations ? 

user1977

Advice1234 said:

if it is underground (5m) would there be vibrations ? 

Not 900 metres away!

Advice1234

The pointer is the house which is 880m away do you think the noise would be relatively looking at what’s around it ? 

Also how would I found out if it’s under a tunnel (waste lane) as I was told that and then a bridge being built for the road but I can’t see this on the map ?

rhanks 🙂

ILoveSittingDown

My parents live 100m or so from the west coast main line and you can’t hear it

TripleH

My younger brother has a train line at the bottom of his garden. It is used but you couldn't tell when we visited August Bank Holiday or when I gisited previously.

chrisw

Not sure I'd like to live in somewhere called Waste Lane though!

Woolsery

chrisw said:

Not sure I'd like to live in somewhere called Waste Lane though!

The location is Kelsey Lane.

Anyway, I have doubts most people could afford to live in either:

Properties in Kelsey Lane had an overall average price of £768,333 over the last year.

Overall, sold prices in Kelsey Lane over the last year were 37% up on the previous year and 10% up on the 2015 peak of £699,500.

Source: Rightmove

user1977

Advice1234 said:

Also how would I found out if it’s under a tunnel (waste lane) as I was told that and then a bridge being built for the road but I can’t see this on the map ?

By finding all of the more technical drawings which will be available online somewhere.