Road noise - will I get used to it?

[LittleMissPear]

Moved to our new home this week, out of a lovely city to a market town 8 miles away. First baby due in 2 months, lots of space for baby, guests etc, all lovely. However, the compromise we made was to buy a house that backs onto a fairly main road. When we viewed it (at rush hour time) the noise didn't seem too bad and everyone I spoke to reassured me that it's not a massively busy road. Now we're here, it's all I can focus on, I keep listening out for the noise and I'm really worried that I'll resent moving here. Will I get used to it? Any tips from people on reducing noise in the house?

I've lived on busy roads, one with a railway track not far away, one with an extractor running all day for carpentry waste/sawdust. All absolutely fine, just don't notice it after the first couple of weeks ....and the worst I've lived in have been in 'quiet' cul de sacs. People watching every move, children meeting up in droves on weekends and in holidays as parents send them out to play somewhere safe.
In these 'quiet' roads I've had nasty remarks from kids who don't live there, bikes chucked anywhere they fall, my car bombarded with football [dented once], noise, and an assault course to get through in order to drive away and return.
Give me traffic, the friendly toot of a train, and anonymity anytime.

I live on a busy road and was a bit worried about it but because the noise is quite constant when it's busy I don't notice it. The only difference that it has made is that I no longer sleep with the bedroom window open because you get the odd car racing down at night which wakes me. What I find quite good during the day is that you don't hear other stuff so much so I can concentrate better when working from home.

When I had problems with an aggressive noisy neighbour it was a nightmare, I'd take a busy road any time over that.

OP I hope you get used to it BUT I moved into a house on a B road and I never in the 6 years I was there got used to it - it depends on the individual
Also as others have said - it is true houses on main/busy roads are cheaper and take longer to sell than those that are not.
I could never live on any road with lots of traffic - I like to speel with my windows open

You have to embrace it - it's a compromise you chose to make. You could have had a quieter location, but would have had to compromise elsewhere (size, price....). Focus on the positives.

Our previous house was a couple of hundred metres away from a busy dual carriageway. We didn't hear it in the house, but it was obvious in the garden. When we came to sell, we were showing people round the garden, hoping they wouldn't remark on it, and the lady said she loved hearing road noises as it stopped her feeling isolated! She bought the house in the end.

You'll be glad of that road once your baby is a teenager, desperate to catch buses and go places!

Hello, have you got used to the noise?

I used to live on an A road. It was fine until the summer months came and I couldn't enjoy the garden without the noise of HGVs and motorbikes. We moved, and I wouldn't do a busy road again. The good news is that our house sold fairly quickly

Not another ZOMBIE thread!

Why on earth would you resurrect a thread that is 8 years old?!

It’s a legitimate question to the OP.
Did they get used to the noise or was it a massive mistake?

Thank you so much for your reply. I am glad to hear that it worked out for you in the end and that you didn't have to wait long to sell the house. Your initial post was so relevant to me that I really wanted to follow up your outcome. I'm also pregnant and we found a big and lovely house but also by a busy road and I had the same reservations as could hear noise from the garden when we viewed it. We ended up not going ahead with the purchase but thank you for getting back to me as it gives me more reassurance as I think I would not be able to get used to the noise either. I wish you all the best and thank you once more for reply.

Same situation here and I'm struggling! We moved from the quietest culture de sac to nearer town and, as a hater of traffic noise, it's all I seem to focus on. You can hear cars constantly and the 3 main roads aren't even that near but together they make a loud noise. Others say it's just me being oversensitive, which I am, but not used to it. I'm hoping I will adjust and not it let my spoil my time in the lovely new garden. Earphones, waterfall maybe to help. Xx

I lived under the Heathrow flight path. Was horrified the first few days, really thought it was a massive problem. Didn't notice it after a week.