Would you buy a house that backed onto a train line?

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Hello, Great house, great area. Backs onto a trainline. Would love some perspective. Thank you.

I would, but I live on a main road and see the benefits of getting more house for your money, whereas others don't like the compromises.

I lived in a house that backed onto a train line, our garden was very long so want too bad. You get used to the rumbling but it depends on how busy it is. I would also expect it to reflect the price

Yes. The trains line is about 120ft away from the main house. You can hear it but it's not that bothersome esp with double glazing

Yes.
Well, we did.
Lived here for years.
Like everything - when you buy a house, you weigh up the pros and cons. A lot of people won't like it, but we liked the fact that we have been able to live in a far bigger house that we could have afforded without the trainline. You get used to the noise from the trains very quickly (and it is very convenient when you need to travel by train).

Years ago used to rent a house with a king garden that backed onto a train line. It was fine you soon got used to the 5 o’clock milk train. No problem living there.

Obviously - ideally, no. But if you’re getting a lot more for your money, maybe. It’s worth checking how busy the line is, are there plans to run more/later trains etc. I felt sorry for the people who live backing into the Piccadilly line when they launched the all night tube, for example.

I lived in a house backing onto a train line and got used to it very quickly, it wouldn't put me off buying a house. I've also lived under the Heathrow flight path and didn't notice the planes after a while.

I think it would be nice to be able to watch the trains out of your window, I can see a main road from my bedroom window and often lie in bed at night watching the cars pass by.

Years ago I had a house that backed into the train line. The garden was long and the train in a cutting so I couldn’t see them. The house was also near the station- handy - so the trains were very slow.

It wasn’t a problem and when I came to sell, the first viewer bought it.

Personally, no (nor on a busy road) as we have cats and a dog and I'd be worried about them getting out of the garden.

It depends what kind of line and how many trains, and how fast they will be. Have you parked on the street outside the house and listened in and out of your car? With houses close to the railway you often have longer gardens and you also don't have neighbours looking over you at the rear. I bought a house on a busy road and pleased I did as the house was half the price of one one street away. After a few weeks, I barely noticed the sound of the road.

How much of ‘your’ garden would people on the train be able to see. I know I like looking at gardens as we go past so proper hypocritical but I wouldn’t want to have my garden so visible.
That would put me off more than being able to hear the odd train going past.

I've just sold my railway station on the East Coast Main line, it took us about a week not to shriek! As for pets we had a Network Rail green metal fence completely surrounding the line, no gaps or safety issues.

My grandparents had a garden that backed onto a train line and we loved it, we used to wave at the trains! I've always thought I'd quite like it since then.

That said, theirs was a very quiet local line. Double check how busy the line is, plus the size of the garden would make a difference, if its a tiny yard so your windows overlook the line it may not be so nice.

You get used to the everyday noise. On my line overnight engineering works only happen near me once a year maybe.

No. I value quiet too highly.

How frequent are the trains? How noisy? Is the house/garden overlooked?

If a train just trundles past a few times an hour it wouldn’t be an issue. If it’s frequent loud express trains, screeching wheels (some of the commuter lines near us are really noisy in places) or you’ll have commuters watching you brush your teeth in the morning it would be a no.

Yes! I’d love that. But then I love trains and buses. Also I suffer with insomnia and hearing early morning trains rolling by would make me feel less alone.

Yes because my son would love it anf also having in stayed in such houses you get used to it very quickly.

My mum lives in a house that’s backs on to a railway, never notice it to be honest.

We don't but the houses over the road have a railway track behind them. Gardens aren't huge so for some it could be the equivalent of it being at the end of our garden. We honestly don't hear the trains, the first couple of nights we thought what the hell have we done but we soon got used to it. Trains run between 6am-12 midnight but they are only 2-4 an hour.

You get used to the noise but like others have said, it would depend if it's in a cutting or up an embankment. Will commuters be able to see in? How far are you from the station? How frequent are the trains and what kind of line is it?

I never had a problem with it.
The sound of trains is pleasant unlike the sound of cars or planes.

I have a busy road at the front and a train line at the back. It doesn't bother us and it means we got more house for our money. We are also right by the station so trains are slow.

Our first flat was a ground floor Victorian conversion with the front door opening straight out onto the one-way street. Immediately on the other side of the very narrow street was a train line which came direct out of London Waterloo. I think we had about 12 trains an hour going past and I seem to remember that the windows of the flat were single glazed. We were also right under the flight path for at least one, if not two of the major London airports. After we’d lived there for a few weeks we got so used to it that although we’d hear the rumble of trains and planes we didn’t really notice it. Friends who stayed with us found it horrendously noisy though.

An ex boyfriend lived in a house with a large garden and there was a train line at the bottom of it. Due to the size of the garden the trains really weren’t especially noticeable.

If the garden is large enough to swallow up some of the sound, and you might get more house for your money, I’d say go for it.