Les H

Been looking at a property for a while now, perfect for us really, definately ticks all the right boxes,loads of land to the front but at the rear its right up against a railway line which is a branch line (4- trains an hour). Its priced accordingly but I just wondered if its somthing you can get used to or if its likely to drive us nuts

fitzscoob

there is a railway line about 400 yards away from our house.

I dont hear a single train, and its a mainline through to london liverpool street.

Friends that stay over have moaned about it but it is something you get used to.

Doesnt wake me up at all.

I realise yours is closer, but after a while you will not class them as abnormal noises therefor they wont wake you up.

Id just be worried about the amount of sellers that may not purchase because of the line when you come to sell - minor factor at this point in time.

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I lived approcimately 100 yards from a fairly main line and at first I did notice it but within a month I never heard it.

As above just make sure house id priced accordingly, remember it is a buyers market and this is just another reason to negotiate hard.

chopper

chris's scooby

If it's in a braking zone everything will turn a shade of orange! This includes UPVC windows, which change colour in a fairly short space of time.

A house next to a railway line will always be a lot harder to sell on in the future.

paulr

Except to a trainspotter.

pflowers

A few years ago we bought a house on a fairly busy main road, people thought we were mad. Although we heard the noise initially, after a few weeks we just didn't notice.

The main benefit is that when you want to have a BBQ in the summer with kids screaming and music etc, no one minds as they are used to background noise. It meant we could get on with family life without worrying about upsetting people.

We lived in a cul -de-sac before that and the neighbour used to complain when I mowed the lawn ( with an electric mower FFS )

We have since moved, had no trouble selling for good money. And guess what, our new house is on a main road !

boxst

Hello

I used to live a few hundred meters from a train line (which was at the bottom of the garden). Initially you notice the noise, but after a while (a matter of weeks), the noise just becomes part of the background. So no problems with being woken up, or generally being disturbed.

HOWEVER, if you like the outdoors during the summer, I definitely would not recommend it. A train rattling past whilst you are outside does not fade in to the background however many times you hear it.

Steve.

StickyMicky

we used to live near a train line

you learn to ignore the noise, you end up never hearing them

Les H

Thanks for the feedback guys

Yes, definately agree about problems selling in the future, I think thats whats put us off more then anything else, we think its valued at around 100K less than if the railway line wasn't there and we do intend to go in hard

I'm pleased to see that people seem to adjust to the noise quite easlily

Dave T-S

I live under the landing flightpath for Stansted - although admittedly 13 miles out, but they are still under 4000'. Drives my neighbours mad (but they are retired and have too much time on their hands and aren't happy unless they have their Victor Meldrew heads on ) , doesn't bother me at all

Markus

Mum and Dad used to live in Tonbridge, right next to the hastings to london line, ie; one of the main SE commuter routes. Now, this was 30 years ago, but they never had any problems.

I have the main CN trainline about 200m from my window, as well as the Gardiner Expressway (3 lane highway into downtown toronto), you get used to it, you really do.

NotoriousREV

I grew up living next to a mainline railway station. Even now I find the sound of class 47 accelerating under full load strangely comforting.

Dave T-S

Ah, the Class 47 - a wonderful loco

Had my formative years commuting hauled by a Class 37, which was a nice one, but also by the Class 31, which was a gutless pile of ****e

Whoops, anorak alert, can't believe I wrote that.......

Elston Gunnn

Only in this condition.