Property near a train station

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tamzzy

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Would you buy a house/apartment near a train station?

Saw a property about 50 yards from the station...it's in Birmingham and has the intercity trains...so about a train every 5 mins from 0600-midnight
Really nice property, but I'm in two minds whether to make a bid because of the trains... :/

Just curious to see what you guys' thoughts are...
 
if you sit around in your car outside the property how noisy is it?
does the rail line actually run to the rear of the property?
if so how longs the garden?
if i was seriously interested would explain my concern and ask if the seller would be happy for me to come see/listen at night time
if they arent would wonder why
 
There is a rail line at the end of my garden and my garden is about 80 to 100 feet away. Dont know how that converts to yards but my flat before was literally the opposite side of the same railway.
 
There’s a rail line about 10-12 mins walk away from my house and at night I can still hear the sound of trains passing. Dread to think what it would be like at the end of my garden!
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
if you sit around in your car outside the property how noisy is it?
does the rail line actually run to the rear of the property?
if so how longs the garden?
if i was seriously interested would explain my concern and ask if the seller would be happy for me to come see/listen at night time
if they arent would wonder why
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it's an apartment, so its car park is in-between the station and the block, but the flat i'm looking at is facing the station, so gets the "brunt of the noise"
yeah i might just camp out the place to have a listen

@Vince 1 yard = 3 feet, so 100 feet = 33 yards give of take
how'd you find the noise? or is it just blocked out because one gets used to it?
 
tamzzy said:
it's an apartment, so its car park is in-between the station and the block, but the flat i'm looking at is facing the station, so gets the "brunt of the noise"
yeah i might just camp out the place to have a listen

@Vince 1 yard = 3 feet, so 100 feet = 33 yards give of take
how'd you find the noise? or is it just blocked out because one gets used to it?
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You get used to it thats for sure, I very rarely even notice them or hear them. I do have a row of tall trees that seems to block out the noise. But yea I only ever notice it if I am out in the garden.



My house is in red along with broken car on driveway and my flat in green.
 
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very valid point about your brain blocking the sound after a while
was like that when i lived under a flight path
but for future resale
a prospective buyer may not think like that
 
It depends where.

About 20 years ago I rented a flat in the centre of Peterborough; it was on the river with the main line passing by pretty close. The main line across the River Nene = Bridge.

The fast trains to Edinburgh etc; You will hear and feel the vibrations!

Whilst the trains I got to ignore, if there is a railway bridge in the vicinity, attracts trouble, graffitti, vandels or the homeless. If you went out late for a smoke/entertaining, you would see the homeless standing around a lit barrel across the river. You think this happens in say, Chicago...

Having said this, I know people who like the sight/sound of trains, friends in Yorkshire and their garden backs onto a railway, undeniably, it does add to the charm of the property.
 
One thing of note is that the rail behind my house is a welded rail - The residents of thorpe bay got up in arms about it years ago and they now weld the rail through thorpe bay so you dont get that "dum dum" sound as the train passes over gaps in the rail. What you do hear if you are awake is the once a year rail grind / relay & weld that they do.

I have a 90 odd year old neighbour who is amazing and tells me all the old stories while he is out walking his dogs and im in the front garden or whatever. Proper legend is peter. What I am getting at is that not all rails are equal. It also doesnt seem to have hit house prices as houses along this and the road adjacent average around 500k
 
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Vince said:
You get used to it thats for sure, I very rarely even notice them or hear them. I do have a row of tall trees that seems to block out the noise. But yea I only ever notice it if I am out in the garden.



My house is in red along with broken car on driveway and my flat in green.
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You’re very trusting Vince. Anyone can see exactly where you live from that photo!
 
robfosters said:
You’re very trusting Vince. Anyone can see exactly where you live from that photo!
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It's ok ill pull it at some point. It's not much of a secret and the nosy neighbour brigade around here are top notch. In fact ill do some high end pain work and replace it.
 
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basically this is the map view of the apartment block
the living room is facing the tracks
but the masterbed room is facing inwards towards the common garden

and this is the first person view...
it's a first floor flat and the train station is elevated...

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robfosters said:
Must be a nice part then. I’ve heard some dodgy things about that area. Presumably it’s not as bad as is made out.
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Thorpe Bay is very nice. Further along shoebury not so nice and also southend east area not so nice but thope bay... lovely. Mind you the price of property here seems to reflect that. :(
 
Vince said:
Thorpe Bay is very nice. Further along shoebury not so nice and also southend east area not so nice but thope bay... lovely.
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One of my dreams is to live by the sea. I could think of nothing better than being fit after my transplant and living near the sea.

I just love it.
 
Ninco! said:
Whilst the trains I got to ignore, if there is a railway bridge in the vicinity, attracts trouble, graffitti, vandels or the homeless. If you went out late for a smoke/entertaining, you would see the homeless standing around a lit barrel across the river. You think this happens in say, Chicago...
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i've checked the post code and there are a couple of thefts/assaults per month, but that's within the train station
this area is in a nicer part of birmingham so there isn't too many ASBs

Ninco! said:
Having said this, I know people who like the sight/sound of trains, friends in Yorkshire and their garden backs onto a railway, undeniably, it does add to the charm of the property.
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i doubt that seeing midland rail trains every 5 mins counts as trainspotting though lol

robfosters said:
I would have thought being very close to a train station would have been a selling point in these days of mass commuting.
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Quartz said:
Do you commute to work by train?
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it does...i can literally roll out of bed into the train station into work lol
but just concerned about the potential noise pollution

Quartz said:
You're not going to get much noise dampening from the vegetation. I'd want to be on the Western Road end of that block of flats.
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my thoughts exactly

i think i'll arrange a viewing and camp in the living room until a train passes lol :/
 
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