Anyone lived near to many new houses being built ?

BensonBooga

I live approx 20 metres from a field where 60 houses and a large attenuation pond will be built on  a slope/hill. It will take 4 years apparently and has just begun. If I stood in my back garden I could throw a stone to the field, so it is very close.

Just wondered if anyone on here has lived close to a new housing estate build ? What sort of distance do such building noises diminish ? As I say, the nearest houses and the pond will be about 20 metres away, but then as it is a 60 house build it will expand to a max of about 200 metres, but it is an open field right now on a slope, so I assume noises will travel far regardless where they start ? 

comeandgo

We have new houses going up near us, noise was at the start with the earthworks, not bad now.  What we did not envisage was the rats moving from their homes in the field to our gardens.  We had to get vermin control in.

BensonBooga

Thanks. Can I ask roughly how many houses and how long was the earth work ? Sorry to hear about the rats, yikes, we have had a few in our garden over the years, had to stop putting out bird feed. 

marcia_

 I live in a newish build and they were still building another 20+ houses for a year after we moved in. It wasn't that noisy. Most of the noise came from workmen and their radios. Which is easily sorted if it's early morning etc because they just toned it down when asked. 

 Yup we had tons of mice while the building works were ongoing. None in the house through only in the garage, they vanished when the building work was done. 

Bigphil1474

The big builders sign up to something like the Good Builders Scheme (can't remember it's exact name). Part of that is about not being noisy - only do noisy works 8am to 6pm during the week, and on Saturday morning and not on Sundays. Most are pretty good at following it, apart from emergency works. House building works aren't particularly noisy once you've got the deliveries in and the foundations sorted.

comeandgo

BensonBooga said:

Thanks. Can I ask roughly how many houses and how long was the earth work ? Sorry to hear about the rats, yikes, we have had a few in our garden over the years, had to stop putting out bird feed. 

There was 40 houses in the first phase and earthworks less than two months.  One of the problems was work was done in summer so if a dry windy day then sand was being blown around though the workers did have water to damp things when really bad.

housebuyer143

comeandgo said:

BensonBooga said:

Thanks. Can I ask roughly how many houses and how long was the earth work ? Sorry to hear about the rats, yikes, we have had a few in our garden over the years, had to stop putting out bird feed. 

There was 40 houses in the first phase and earthworks less than two months.  One of the problems was work was done in summer so if a dry windy day then sand was being blown around though the workers did have water to damp things when really bad.

I worked next to a new build estate that was going up and the dust! I think my car was covered in heavy builders dust for a long time until all the ground works were done. 

RelievedSheff

We bought a new build house 5 years ago on an early phase of a 750+ estate. Initially they were building right next to our house and it was dusty but not overly noisy.

They are now right over the other side of the development and we don't really notice the works anymore. We are hoping that they will be finished sometime this year and we will be living in a finished development.

cass88

We bought a new build on an estate in August 2020 and they're still building here now. When we first moved in the builders "yard/storage area" was right opposite our house for the first 10 months (its now a SUDS basin). We work from home, so always here and the noise isnt too bad, the dust however in dry summer months covers everything!

My parents were in a situation similar to yours, empty field behind their garden that had houses built on it. Construction wasnt bad but the estate had a mix of properties on it and they were unlucky enough to get starter homes built on the plots right behind their garden. They got quite a lot of young adults moving in throwing parties and the like. You'd have to do some stereotyping but if you look at the site plans which should be available on the council portal or builders website and you should be able to see the house design closest to you and get an idea of a stereotypical buyer?

daveyjp

comeandgo said:

We have new houses going up near us, noise was at the start with the earthworks, not bad now.  What we did not envisage was the rats moving from their homes in the field to our gardens.  We had to get vermin control in.

This needs bringing up with planning and environmental health as the developer should have undertaken pest removal before work commenced.

FreeBear

Had some 70+ houses built on a disused brown field site within spitting distance a few years back. Initially, there was a lot of dust during demolition, but that was quickly brought under control after a few complaints - The contractors set up a sprinkler/misting system to control the dust. A fair bit of noise whilst they were breaking up concrete slabs - That only lasted a few days. After that, construction noise wasn't intrusive, nor did it go on during the evening & weekend.

Got a development of a 100+ homes going on a few miles away - Could hear a lot of noise while they were piling with a drop hammer. That went on for a couple of weeks (again, just during the day time).