Living on main road

Mrs Tagin , I have 4 cats but they are all housecats.
I meant to say that emergency vehicles sound their sirens at 3 am

I live on busy arterial road and have heavy traffic thundering past most of the time. I've lived here many years and never got used to it. Lorries and tankers thunder past, emergency vehicles sound their sirens at ram etc. Double glazing is no help. The back garden is slightly quieter but its never really quiet. I doubt I can ever sell up. The fumes are horrid, I have asthma and it doesn't help. I can only say that unless its necessary don't buy a house hear a main road. People who live nearby say that they like the fact that there are bus stops nearby, we have a superstore within walking distance and schools nearby. I suppose it appeals to elderly and young families. I like my house but would happily uproot it to somewhere quiet

Absolutely, which was why we didn't have a cat when we lived beside a busy road.

You shouldn't have cats if you live on a busy main road.

Would be a no no for me . If you decide against it there will be something else that you are sure about. Don't buy if you have even the slightest doubt.

We lived in a large bungalow with big grounds and 90 acres of woodland for 6 years which was nice. Across the road there was a crumbling cottage. Beyond their back garden was the A1(M). At first we could hear the heavy traffic, especially if it rained, but after a couple of years we'd tuned out the noise.

However, when we came to sell up it took us over a year. Buyers would like the place but complain the road was too noisy.

What I can't understand was that the cottage was knocked down and 5 neighbouring houses bought by a builder and six executive homes built selling quickly for around £600,000 each!!

My motto is "if in any doubt, do without". We do not live on a main road, but a house behind us and 2 lots down just removed some trees and bushes (putting in a pool) that are on the side of the main road which is causing us to hear the traffic -- driving me crazy. I am hoping they replace what was removed with some dense conifers.

yes, I eventually realised that Naninka but gave up!

Sometimes you write something automatically and then it just suddenly looks wrong.
I actually wrote it with a pen and paper and then it was super-obvious but by then I'd corrected myself so often I was in danger of hijacking the thread.

Thank you though. Appreciated.

We used to live on a busy road and yes, we did get used to the noise. The dirt was another matter, though.

The windows and curtains got dusty and grimy very quickly. Apparently, a lot of the black dust is tiny particles of vehicle tyres.

Being young, we didn't really think about what we were breathing in!

NotSpaghetti

Oops! Her's

"Hers" was right first time!

For info we didnt make a offer however plenty of others did. It was lovely but in my opinion 50k+ overpriced due to location on v busy A road leading to 5 exit roundabout onto a bypass.

We live just off a main road which leads to the M1. The hum of traffic is almost constant. When the M1 is closed it is very noisy. But there are so many lorries on the roads now you hear such loud sporadic noises and wonder what it is. Next door moved because they couldn't stand it. I sleep with the windows open and the constant hum starts around 5am. Doesn't wake me up though. I shut the windows when i get up so OH doesn't get woken up. But i wouldn't move because of it.

We lived within a stone's throw of the M4 and A48 until a few years ago when we moved to a slightly more rural area my house isn't half as dusty and the windows ain't half as dirty , the noise issue wasn't a problem inside but outside was noisy . Try and take a look around the area at different times of the day/evening/weekend to see if it is any different and parking isn't a problem.

from 11-15 lived on the main road to southend sea front, traffic noise dawn to dusk, then they opened a by pass, almost silence over night, look the family weeks to get used to the silence, not so bad for Mum & Dad at the back of the house

The first place we bought was a flat on a bus route. We could not open the windows at the front as we couldn't hear the TV. Luckily the bedroom was at the back.
Since then I have lived in two houses on side roads but traffic noise and loud people walking past still kept me awake. My current house is the quietest place I have lived. I would never choose a main road if there was any choice.

It’s also dusty and dirty. Fresh air for me!

kissngate Where we live now is a similar location. Can't hear any noise indoors, and only distant traffic in the garden - except for the motorbikes at weekends through the summer. We've got used to it and I wouldn't live anywhere else now. The advantage of being on a main road is that the centre of the village is just a few minutes walk and we're on a bus route, and it's easy to get to places without going cross country.

I grew up in a house on a very busy junction of two main roads in a London borough, with a train line just across the road. No double glazing back then. I never really noticed the noise and slept like a log through trains rattling past, fire engine bells and sirens wailing.

You do get use to it.We live in a quiet village but stayed with friends who lived near the M5 in Devon,before our first visit she told us it was lovely and peaceful.It was not you could hear the motorway all the time.l take earplugs now when we visit them.They were just used to it.But a main road would not do for me.

We live on a main road but not a major one and moved here to be near train station, bus stop, theatre and shops in our older years ... we have no family support.
The noise doesn’t bother us ... my next door neighbour loves the ‘buzz’.
We do have a conservatory and a lovely back garden which is used a lot of the time.

I’d probably learn to live with the noise, but with my dodgy lungs the pollution would worry me.

My area is considered to be the most neglected and deprived council ward. I live on a road that is the main cross point for 3 major roads into the town. It is also opposite the county's bus depot so double decker buses trundle outbound from 5am daily.. I cannot have my windows open due to the constant noise and constant pollution. I've been here 20 years and have never got used to the noise - it's a Housing Association property so I really have no choice but to stay.

We have lived and bought up to children in a home on a main Rd. The back garden is so quiet which is great. Living on a main Rd means you are close to many things like the motorway to start your holidays. We are always having visitors as they are always passing and just call in.
We have lived here for over 40 years and the Rd can get busy but we love it ?

My mother moved us to a flat where lorries thundered by all day and most of the night. I thought I'd never get used to it but after a while I didn't notice the noise.

That said, I'd never buy a property that was on a noisy road now. Not if it were a palace.

Yes, we live on a busy road that links our town to the next village. Sometimes wait for a dozen cars in each direction to get on and off the drive.
No real problem with noise though as we live in the back. We have a small front garden and double glazing all round.
I do think you get used to it. If there is a hold up with the traffc we notice how quiet it is rather than when traffic is heavy.

Our last house was on a quiet 7 house cul de sac but there was a main road at the bottom of the garden AND a railway line down a large cutting next to us.

Grampy worked shifts for the entire 35 years we lived there and never once was stopped from sleeping day or night by noise.

Good double glazing meant it was silent in the house and even in the garden it was only the odd train that made a noise, over in seconds.

The only downside is we had to sell it for less than maybe a neighbour 3 doors away as we couldn't persuade people noise REALLY wasn't an issue.