To not want to live next to a football stadium?

I couldn't live there either, traffic and noise. The only noise I want to hear is inside my house. It would drive me nuts with the game or concerts going on when I am trying to watch TV or listening to music.

Why are people still suggesting OP goes there on a match day? It’s been suggested many many times and also THE SEASON HAS FINISHED!

I live right next to a local football stadium.
Parking can be annoying in the mornings on wknds and sometimes in the evening HOWEVER we have drive ways so isn’t too bad.
the only annoyance for us is that the road isn’t very wide so emergency services would have a bother but other than that it doesn’t affect us.
Sometimes we hear the chants and drums but it’s not intrusive and only if the windows are open and wind in right direction!
Schools use it for sports day in July too

Flipside - we get wicked firework displays, the clubhouse has local bands, they have fayres and stuff.
The stadium lights (face away) give us some light in eve and I’m across the road from the stadium but in the same street.

Really didn’t put me off buying and I didn’t even consider it when buying my house. Been here 5 years.

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I have visited Millwall twice as an away supported over the last 2 seasons. I was warned and was very nervous! I had no need to be though, fans were typical as everywhere else, football banter etc.

The worst part was parking and traffic. Millwall don’t have parking for away fans, maybe not even home fans, so cars are parked lining the streets where possible. We took a wrong turning and it took us 90 mins to get back to where we needed to be, less than a mile stretch of road, as it was just chaos. If you need to be going past the ground 2 hours either side of the match, forget it.

I think i would go for it!

I lived near a football stadium, on match days (every other weekend in the season) you either went out for the whole day or not at all, because of parking. I'd only live near one again if I had a drive. But probably not even then because you know you're going to be blocked in. Or out. Big match days meant lots of coaches and congestion. Loved the house, don't miss it.

I've only got experience of Millwall fans from when they are away to my home team. From what I've seen at these games I think their reputation is still very much deserved. Probably the only Championship team I wouldn't live close to.

I live within half a mile of a football stadium (Celtic, up in Glasgow) and can honestly say it’s a pain in the backside at times! Match days 3pm kick off need to be out the house for probably 1/1.30pm and can’t get anywhere near home until at least 7pm, midweek games even worse! Might not bother some people but at times it more or less decides our weekend plans which can be annoying

rent your driveway on match days?

I'd try to see if you can ask any of the neighbours what their experiences have been. I'm guessing there will be a large police presence around the ground on match days to prevent trouble. Also I'm assuming the house has all of its windows and isn't covered on graffiti so has survived previously. Getting out might be a hassle on match days, but if you love the house and you can cope with that during match season (remember that some matches will be midweek evenings and Saturday matches could have early kick off so definitely write the home fixtures on your calendar) then I wouldn't necessarily rule it out. But definitely ask the neighbours

Absolutely no way. It is cheap for a reason.

Only you know if it's a deal breaker. A quick Google search their highest attendance was 18,000 last season and the capacity is only 20,000. I live about 5 mins ftom a stadium with over 50,000 capacity most streets right outside are permit parking it might get a bit busy before and after a game but that's it.
A team like millwall will have 23 home league games a season (plus odd cup game/friendly) bear in mind some of these will be midweek nights I don't think it would be enough disruption to put me off an otherwise dream house

I won’t live anywhere urban so wouldn’t have looked at it in the first place. But if I were happy to live somewhere built up I would go for it. Provided I had parking and there were parking restrictions in place for games.

Not every weekend, "only" every other weekend!! I would not want to do this.

I'd talk to neighbors on both sides of you and ask them what it is like living there with stadium 5 minutes walk away.

As someone who has been to a lot of concerts in sports stadiums, there is always an issue with people using other peoples drives/front gardens as a toilet even with police around. If you're in any way on the walk from the stadium to where people might park then I wouldn't, and that's nothing to do with millwall. I also couldn't cope with the noise, but I live in a small town where I mostly hear birdsong and other people pottering about when I go in my garden

I live a 20min walk/5min drive from Old Trafford and it’s not a huge issue.

My boyfriend always marks match days in our shared calendar app, with the time, so we can plan around it if necessary, but often we don’t need to. Matches tend to be 8pm weeknights, we’re usually just at home then anyway, and if we are out we just know to organise our timings around match traffic. There’s been a few times I’ve got stuck in it and got frustrated but it’s so few and far between. Fans on foot don’t cause any issues. I love my home and it wouldn’t have put me off living here, it’s not that big of an impact.

So think why it might be the price it is...

Only for one season, I suspect.

I lived up until March a stones throw away from a football teams ground that has recently been both championship and premier league. It didn’t bother me in the slightest. Yes it can be busy on match days but you soon get used to it and I didn’t find any issues

I'd jump at the chance to live near a football stadium, but then I live football. Rest of the family, not so much!

I live about 5 mins away from a championship side and apart from doing what we need to do such as shopping earlier in the day, it doesn’t effect us

Honestly you are mad if you don’t go for it! I live near a premier league team and it’s so little issue. Don’t lose your dream home over it or waiting to see a game. Games are in the day times or done by 10pm. Fans go in, they leave and go home. I get it / I was nervous before I moved but honestly it’s a non issue and all the huge positives about the house you talk about way way way offset the fans. Do check re the use of stadium for concerts - they are way worse then a football match.

Not being unreasonable at all but how big is the club? Like is there going to be tens of thousands on match days or a few hundred if they’re lucky? I live near a rugby ground and it is so organised on match days that there is no disruption to residents, even with parking. However I have been with my husband to Goodison Park and the way the stadium is in the middle of rows of terraced houses with narrow footpaths with narrow streets and there are tens of thousands of fans around, it’s just madness. I’d hate to live there.

Having grown up in a house on the road parallel to a football stadium, yes there will be traffic disruption on match days, parking chaos and heavy footfall. However, from what you describe this is your dream house that you thought you wouldn't be able to afford so presumably the price reflects the potential location issues. It seems to tick many very important boxes so overall I'm with your DH. The many positives seem worth the negatives for relatively few days of the year.