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To move house to busier road to keep DH happy?

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BeethovenNinth · 18/07/2024 05:50

We live in a fine enough house; was always temporary as we are a big family. I’m ashamed to say my DH himself is too ashamed to bring people back (work colleagues etc) as our house is very modest. (Please no judgement here- this is the way it is).

thing is, I like our little house. We have nice neighbours and a sunny enough little garden. DH is desperate for more space - he has a hobby that needs more space.

we have been looking a very long time and can’t find a house we agree on. In short - I’m a picky nightmare. Every house I look at, I find fault with (eg aspect of house, sun, a not so good walk for the kids to school, too far from bus stop).

new house is fine. The garden is a little darker but it’s on a busier road it gives us much more space and a huge garage.. ( We currently live on a through road to an estate already and our back garden is already about 25 m from a busy town road). New house fronts to a previously rural road which leads to next town so a quieter road in some respects but still a lot of cars at peak times eg sometimes need to wait to cross at 0800. Very quiet road at night. (This is small town in rural ish Scotland so not massively busy)

DH desperate to move, we offer at 10am. I will be fine with it but worried about traffic noise annoying me. (Although I type this listening to a fair bit of traffic noise as it is - just further away).

also not sure how bad the extra pollution is in terms of the kids playing out.

sorry for length of post. This is the first house we both like and I’m nervous and can’t sleep!!!

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nooobeginnings · 18/07/2024 06:11

Does the garden catch sun, where and if so what time of day?

I live in SE England on a flight path so hard to relate to noise concern but I appreciate in rural area it becomes a key concern. I live with a constant hum but I imagine when it's quiet then punctuated with noise that becomes more annoying! A constant whirr becomes something you just zone out to.

Pollution more of a concern in cities TBH. There's a link with respiratory conditions in densely populated urban areas.

WhyIhatebaylissandharding · 18/07/2024 06:09

I think living near a road is very different to actually being on the road. I would worry about buying a house on a B road (even if rural). An A road would be a definite no.

CoralReader · 18/07/2024 06:09

If you don’t mind, feel free to

BeethovenNinth · 18/07/2024 06:05

It’s officially an A road. But has the traffic of a B road, yes. (The road near our current house is a B road ironically but very busy town road).

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WhyIhatebaylissandharding · 18/07/2024 06:01

Is the new house on a ‘B’ road? If yes I would stay where I was. The traffic would be too annoying.

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