would you buy a house across the road from an indian takeaway? quick poll pls

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shop across from us has applied for planning permission. i rather like curry so initially was quite pleased

but lots of neighbours are concerned about parking (already v bad here), smell, noise (door is a few metres from my kids bedroom window) and house prices dropping (not sure if this is a bit of an over reaction). its a residential area, close to town, already have 3 takeaways close.

would you be put off?

Big time.
A house near an Indian would have to be a lot cheaper to attract me.
Curry is still a common after-pub activity.
Lots of drunk loud people late.
Doors slamming from minicabs, and the delight of people puking around your front door.

Also, it's far from unknown for rats to pop up, and blocked drains from the fat can be really bad.

yes

i shouldnt imagine there would be a smell, but i would be worried about drunks congregating around the street, lots of rubbish, and probably noise

is it a late opening take away?

we have a chinese take away next door but one and don't have any problems arising from it ..but we are int the town centre so have problems generally

fewer since threshers closed

i dont know any take aways that are not late opening other than the chippy, so i imagine so. chinese does not create much disturbance so didnt think this would. am a bit worried now, sounds like its not an over reaction.

if yours in a residential area won't people drive there usually?

that is in fact what the majority of people do to the chinese

I'd avoid I'm afraid - noise ( deliveries, customers, perhaps loitering into the night), parking and perhaps smell. What is there now though , as a shop presumably could raise some similar issues ? It may be no worse.

don't see that an indian is going to be any worse tyhan a chinese if you already have one?

maybe people are objecting to support the exisintg chinese

yes I would be bothered - litter, puke, noise etc.

No, because I work near several and the rat problem is a nightmare.

Across the road, no problem. Next door would be a complete no no. Dh used to work next door to a chinese takeaway and he came home stinking of grease and food smells every day he also would have bouts of nausea.

was a corner shop, didnt open late. currently not used so we will notice a difference. people driving here is an issue as parking is so difficult anyway.

any other replies appreciated but ds is dragging me away, will check back later. thanks

I would bother me, yes

I live opposite a newsagent and he closes at 5pm BUT opens at 5am with his sodding roller shutters slamming about and that is a tad annoying

The house right next door to the shop has been up for sale for nearly a year so it must put people off and this is a newsagent, not a takeaway

I think the rats are endemic if you live in town

I've only seen one dead one though

and one of the builders said he saw one

but the chinese is very tidy we share an alleyway and there is no rubbish in it outside the wheely bin

existing chinese got lots of complaints, but is now accepted and is a bit further from my house ( i am thinking selfishly). the lovely smell and my waistline is something i need to consider! can you put down rats as an objection to the planning permission?

I think it also depends on what the area is like now though.
For example, we live in a village but our house is attached to the local pub.
But we dont have any problems because it doesnt attract young boozy types, its more the older people and the majority drive so not much drinking goes on.

So if its the kind of area with families etc, then you might not get alot of disturbance, maybe a problem with parking at the weekends but thats it.
And you might not smell anything.

I think take aways always get loads of complaints

surprised at someone says their dh smelt of grease and food working next door

we get only a pleasant smell they have a whackking great ventilation chimney

but then I'm like fio live in town

We live in a residential street, just off our village highstreet. The highstreet has (amongs a coop, banks, bakers, beadshop, etc) 1 kebabshop, 3 indian takeaways (two of which are restaurants too), 3 chinese takeaways (one of which is a restaurant too) and two pizza places. The back of the chinese restaurant, and the back of the pizza place are in my road (if that makes sense) Have not noticed any rat problems, nor any litter. We did have a problem with the pizza delivery drivers clogging up our narrow residential road, so we (residents of our road) approached our counsellor who spoke to the pizza chain. Problem now gone.

The smell is noticeable - the chinese starts cooking just as I am coming home from school with the dc, so we are instantly hungry!! But even that is a minor inconveniance.

The corner shop at the end of the road (only 7 doors down from me) is being converted into an italian coffee bar, so even more yummy smells coming this way!

I guess it is the price you pay for living in or close to a town/village centre.
I love living walking distance to shops/banks/takeaways/restaurants.

Anyway, enough rambling, in answer to your question, you need to establish what the situation is going to be regarding opening hours/collections/deliveries etc. You may well find that if you are in a quiet residential road with no parking, planning permission may not be granted on those grounds anyway.