Buying A Home
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Would you buy a home...
Re: Would you buy a home...
My H and I rent a townhouse back up to a major highway. We have lived here for the past 4 years and for the amount we pay, for the space it's great.
BUT, we would never ever buy it. We never use the backyard because it's so loud outside and we hate the noise when we leave our windows open. Also, when they do night construction, the lights always keep me awake.
Not worth it at all.
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Where I live, most houses backing up to the highways don't even have sound barrier walls. There is usually just a chain link fence, a patch of green space, then the highway.
I lived in a home that backed a major highway.
We didn't spent a lot of time in the yard and I eventually became desensitized to the noise. There were two side bedrooms that were on the side of the house that the highway was on, and if the windows were open it was constant zooming.
To be honest, none of the above bothered me much but I was coming out of Manhattan so all I was looking for was space in a good school district.
I "thought" this was going to be my forever house, but sometimes things don't work out and when it came time to sell, the highway was a HUGE issue for most potential buyers. They loved the home, they loved how it was decorated, but the highway was a deal breaker for I'd say 99% of the people that walked through it.
When we built the home, we had our choice between the lot that backed the highway and one that didn't. The one that didn't had a $25K premium on it, so we passed on it. In hindsight I would have paid the $25K because we ended up losing that on the resale value, and then some.
no
unless it was a multi million $ neighborhood wedged between the pacific ocean and the 101 hwy
In my teen years, my dad purchased a home by a highway. But it went through a very residential area and we had another building between the backyard and the road. The only thing you can hear from inside the house is sirens.
Unless the house I was buying was in an area very similar to this, I don't think I would even give it a second thought.
DH and I went with the polar opposite and renting a house next to an Amish village, lol!
This.
Even if the noise won't bother you and you're not concerned about resale, you should Google freeway pollution. There are a number of health risks, especially for children.