Should I go view this house?

[Brooomhilda]

There is a house we really love on Zoopla. We keep looking at it. But we drove around the neighbourhood to see if we'd like it and it's about 20m from a major road and about 40m from a busy, London bound train line. We drove near the house and wound down the car window and the train and car noise was more than we'd like.

I keep thinking "maybe we should just have a viewing". Is this stupid? I'm worried about wasting the home owners time. Can you love a house enough to ignore things about the environment that aren't ideal?

You’d get used to the noise but the main issue for me would be the road congestion and associate poor air quality / air pollution. There may be measurements of this available.

This is a wise post.

I don't mind railway noise but road noise is really horrible imo. It's okay in winter but in the summer when you want to enjoy your garden it really spoils it. I massively regretted buying a house that backed on to a busy road and we were further from it than that is.

For me it comes down to price. I would buy a house near a busy road/trainline, if it meant that I got more house for my money, but not if it is priced at a level similar to houses in quieter locations.

I think it is never going to be completely quiet because as well as the road & trains, the A34 is only a short hop away and the prevailing wind will almost certainly mean you hear a constant hum of traffic.
The railway is electrified so that will help someway to reduce the noise.

Too busy & noisy for me but as you say, transport links are excellent.

That is one lovely house!

Its EPC is B, so the house must be very well insulated including the windows. That'll keep background noise out.

A PP says trees have already been planted between the road and the houses. Trees baffle noise very well AND block pollution effectively.

As to the rest of your worries - when you've got windows open, when you're in your garden, whether you'll feel vibration from the lorries - it really depends on your tolerances. Like most people, I get used very quickly to regular environmental sounds. Trains, planes, traffic, the sea don't bother me after the first week or so. But sheep drove me bloody nuts, as they're unpredictable! Have you mainly screened out the road you live on at present, do you think?

I wouldn't mind the train noise I like trains, but the constant road noise would drive me to drink, especially with HGVs