Do You Like Trains?

[marval]

Another property question, would you be happy to live this close to the railway? I like the house, but am not sure about the noise, even if it is only one train an hour.


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45347932.html

[Mosaic]

As well as the potential for noise, there's the potential for burglars using the trackside to gain access (happens round these parts).
Which is a shame as the property looks lovely.

[Zacs-Master]

For anyone who doubted the estate agents ability to spin (I refrained from using the word liar):

'set in an idyllic remote rural setting with 360 degree open field views.'

[marval]

I agree Zacs-Master

[Baldric]

Not that much, no!

[murraymints]

I know that house...lived not that far from it...the track is well used by commuter trains and the level crossing for cars too...it is also a wooden construction and a mortgage may not be possible...am a dangerous for kids or pets ! Would perhaps do better as a country pub/restaurant ?

[marval]

I think I will give it a miss murraymints.

[boxtops]

1. I love trains
2. No! no security, no privacy.

[kvalidir]

It's got a lovely New Englandy feel to it, and the trains wouldn't bother me from a noise perspective but I'd like something more private and safer for pets and visitors and considering it's location isn't particularly cheap.

[marval]

Yes kvalidir, I thought it was a bit pricey.

[Retrochic]

WOW gorgeous house inside but no a big no no from a safety point of view. We once found our dream house but it had the mainline Edinburgh -London at the bottom of the quite big garden -no way I'm afraid.

[Retrochic]

kvalidir I agree about the New England feel. At first I thought it was in the USA.

[kvalidir]

I suppose you could fence well and screen the railway side because other than a safety pov I think I could be persuaded.

[albaqwerty]

imagine doing a touch of topless sunbathing and the train breaks down at the bottom of your garden........

[Retrochic]

kvalidir I may be mistaken but I don't think you would be allowed to fence between the house and railway line. When we looked into building some sort of screen at the bottom of the garden of the house we really wanted the estate agent said you are not allowed to construct anything within a certain distance from the track. Surely if that had been allowed the present occupants would have done it?

[kvalidir]

You seem to be right retro, there is no automatic right to fence or build, it has to be 'evaluated' and that costs a lot according to this, but this might be of help to you Marvel if you are seriously interested in it,

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3287.aspx

[albaqwerty]

intersting link, who'da thunk it that living next to a railway line could be frought with so many potential problems?

An aunty and uncle had a railway line at the bottom of their back garden, but as the line was in the dip, we didn't see any trains, just the occasional noise from one which wasn't too much of a hardship to bear :-)

[DTCwordfan]

It's the bottomless sunbathing that I would be worried about, albs!

Nope, safety of kids and animals would do it for me. Just a tad too close.

[albaqwerty]

lol DT, would it be too much to suggest that with bottomless sunbathing in that property, you could just err, hide in the bush?

:-D

Men, obviously, would just be checking the sundial to see if it was displaying the correct time.

[albaqwerty]

eeek, thanks for BA marval xx

[Hopkirk]

I like a bit of brick in my houses, that one looks like a shed type construction - no doubt with similar lack of sound deadening.