Would you live next to a A road flyover?

[Drouin]

Have found quite possibly my dream house. Stone cottage - more sq cottage than I was wanting, 0.5 an acre, renovated to a high standard but still retaining original features, stunning views of rolling hills, pretty garden and a short commute for dh.

I knew there had to be a catch because it was not £250k more. Google street view has sadly revealed it is RIGHT under an A road flyover. It could almost not be closer

The road the house is on is perfectly fine. The garden backs onto rolling countryside

NO!

Not only the potential noise, or risk or a car/lorry flying off and landing on your house or garden, the soot from the tyres is a health hazard!
I lived between Zone 1-2 in London for 20yrs. The windows on the high street side would get a very fine, black soot which I can only assume is pollution, tyre dust and something else dangerous to breath in. We TTC 12yrs, lost 3, with no cause for subfertility ever found. I do wonder though if the pollution had an effect?
If you are retired and not bothered about pollution, then maybe, but if you have children, are TTC, or just want healthy air, it would be an absolute no from me.

Edit to say, have you actually seen the house yet to judge for yourself?

Not in a million years. No matter how lovely / reasonable the house is. There will be another house out there for you.

Noise noise noise will drive you mad.

No absolutely not, noise at night will be a lot more obvious than during the day

Tyres hitting cats eyes, wheels passing over potholes, engine noise. It'll drive you mad

Not a chance. Location, location, location.

I remember staying in a hotel in Paris that was right next to the ring road. The noise was unbearable and we had to beg the dude on reception to swap us to the other side of the hotel.

The dirt is awful when close to a road. You will be constantly cleaning. And think how much of that dirt you would be breathing in.

No way.

We have just moved to a house like this although it's more of a B-road (one lane in each direction, NSL). Also there is a high speed train line.

I grew up in a house which backed onto an A-road so the noise doesn't bother me at all. You just tune it out after a while. I am someone who is sensitive to noise but for whatever reason, this specific kind of road noise seems to be fine.

DH is finding it difficult to cope with having the windows open at night when it gets busy at around 5am - it wakes him up. The thing I am a bit unsure about is pollution and I am considering getting air purifiers indoors (DH thinks I am mad and me-5-years-ago would have too).

Both of us are happy the positives outweigh the road noise.

No. I live well over three quarters of a mile from an A road, and when it is quiet at night I can hear the traffic noise, even with my hearing ! Living as close as you are describing would be a no for the noise, let alone the pollution. A roads are fast, rubber strips off tyres, many cars are still fossil fuel, they all use oil.

@Drouin
Its not in North Wales is it?

No. The reason they’re selling is probably because of the road noise! You don’t ever get used to it. The sound is oppressive. We lived very close to an A road, ended up moving because of the noise, after trying everything, (acoustic glazing, planting established trees etc).