Dual carriageway proposal near prospective house

goater78

Would seem crazy to buy that house. The road is too close and once you’ve bought it suspect you’ll trouble to sell it in the future. 

A house where you can’t sit outside in the summer due to noise would be quite irritating. 

JReacher1

It sounds like a terrible idea to buy that house. Would avoid it like the plague. 

silvercar

I suspect that after one Summer you would get used to the noise. I'd be more concerned that in time another development is built on that field. It would make you appear a whole road away from the road, in future marketing terms as you won't be the nearest houses to the road.

Soot2006

I lived 100m away from a dual carriage way section of the A27 for 10 years. The background noise becomes just that. It's not a busy road at night at all, so evenings were no problem - more of a commuter section. Easy to work out when a road is already built; not so easy to guess for a new bypass. I imagine the building will be more annoying than the road itself. I could always hear "nighttime highway works". When we sold some viewers were really bothered by the noise, but we easily sold to someone who commuted and liked that the easy access would save him sitting in traffic for hours each day. So it's always a compromise!

Silvertabby

The gap to the right of 'your' house would concern me.  It looks to be wide enough to be an access road for any further developement.

UnderOffer

We lived a similar distance from a dual carriageway, the road itself sat higher than our garden, we were 3 street rows away and on foot you’d pass under the carriageway via an underpass. Never really noticed the constant traffic noise, however what did surprise me was how often sirens were heard, it was the main route to the local hospital so ambulance and fire engine sirens were often heard several times a day. We got used to it and barely noticed them, certainly never woke me in night. 

However, we moved away and I instantly noticed the quietness, continually remarked about the silence and almost missed the background rumble! Within a few months didn’t look back, so much so I’ve found I’m quite intolerant of any road noise now! 

So if this is your first home then I think you’ll be fine, but if you already live in a quiet area you might struggle with the adjustment. 

Marvel1

Possibly it's the reason why the house is up for sale.

dr_bogenbroom

Thanks all for your inputs - it’s just annoying when you finally find somewhere that ticks a lot of boxes and something like this crops but, but I’m thankful we’ve found out before spending any money on solicitors and valuers etc.  

Just for context this is in Northern Ireland and this road has been in the planning since 2007, and it appears to be costing far more than what money they have, but I think it’s still too much of a risk and we’re better holding off for something else. I do feel for the sellers though.

This would be our second home - my wife, son and I are living with my in laws just now so there’s no pressure to move until we find somewhere suitable - the market has just been so quiet here over the last few months in terms of our criteria (I know winter is quieter anyway).

Wyndham

I live close to the M6, and mostly it doesn't bother me at all. You get used to the background noise. It's also pretty constant, so I'd rather live here than, say, by a train line where the noise comes and goes.

Car technology is also changing. Electric cars are very quiet.

The main noise comes when it's a wet day, and the wind is blowing towards us. Then we hear the noise from the tyres on the road which can be quite loud. But those are also the days where we don't want to sit out in the garden or have the windows open!

Chilli6

It really does depend on your tolerance of traffic noise and your expectations. 
I moved from an extremely quiet village to a house 1/4 mile from a bypass road. At first i thought it was going to bother me as i can hear it in my bedroom at night however within 2 weeks it became normal and i no longer notice it.
Visitors mention it if we're in the garden so its quite noticeable but again i only notice when its pointed out.
If i wanted a quiet, peaceful spot i would suggest not to buy the house youve seen.