House on an A road
Discussion
We have found a house that ticks most of our boxes but is on an A road. It’s busy enough for a pretty much constant drone of background noise. The house is approx 30-40 metres from the road. The neighbours have said the road is much quieter in the evening and outside of school runs / commuting hours.
You can obviously hear the road in the front/back garden, but also inside the house (albeit much reduced). Windows look to be standard upvc, so we are wondering how effective acoustic glazing or replacement windows would be.
I’m interested to hear people’s experiences. Does anybody live near an A road very happily? What have you done to reduce the noise?
You can obviously hear the road in the front/back garden, but also inside the house (albeit much reduced). Windows look to be standard upvc, so we are wondering how effective acoustic glazing or replacement windows would be.
I’m interested to hear people’s experiences. Does anybody live near an A road very happily? What have you done to reduce the noise?
Thanks for all the replies so far.
Some more info...
It’s a single carriageway A road connecting two rural villages. Speed limit is 40 mph. The house is just outside the village where it goes to a 30 mph.
As somebody already stated, the house is priced within our affordability because of its location. It would be 20-30% more if down a single track country lane.
Directly opposite the house is a bridleway/foot path leading to pretty much endless country walks. Countryside aspect from all windows and in a plot of 0.5 acres. Village cricket pitch next door. Nice spacious driveway with potential to build my dream 3 bay garage. There are many positives, but obviously the busy road is a major turnoff.
I’m more interested to hear experiences from folks who have lived near a busy road to get a better sense of whether the noise gets to a point where it becomes unbearable or more like living near a flight path where you seem to not notice it after a few weeks.
Some more info...
It’s a single carriageway A road connecting two rural villages. Speed limit is 40 mph. The house is just outside the village where it goes to a 30 mph.
As somebody already stated, the house is priced within our affordability because of its location. It would be 20-30% more if down a single track country lane.
Directly opposite the house is a bridleway/foot path leading to pretty much endless country walks. Countryside aspect from all windows and in a plot of 0.5 acres. Village cricket pitch next door. Nice spacious driveway with potential to build my dream 3 bay garage. There are many positives, but obviously the busy road is a major turnoff.
I’m more interested to hear experiences from folks who have lived near a busy road to get a better sense of whether the noise gets to a point where it becomes unbearable or more like living near a flight path where you seem to not notice it after a few weeks.
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