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[noof_]

After a lifetime of renting, I am learning it is hard to stop thinking like a renter -- are you having that trouble, too?

Not really. I've owned before, but with the assumption that I'd live there for a long time. One of the houses had a terraced back yard; the other was two doors from a retail store and a busy street. In both cases, I wasn't involved in the selling process (left that to my exhus).

This time I realize I won't live in whatever I buy forever, and I'll be the one doing the selling.

Just want to make a wise investment.

[icurhere2]

Haven't seen this mentioned, but one would also want to know if this was a route traveled by emergency vehicles (firetrucks, ambulances, police) on the way to/from the station, hospital, etc.  The only street noise here is the garbage-persons (that do wake me up between 3 and 4 a.m.) who pick up the neighbor's trash twice a week.

[mustbeanon]

Had a HARD time reselling a house on a corner lot, otherwise a great house, big trees, pretty architecture--all the stuff that made me fall for it--but could NOT sell it when the time came for anything near what we paid for it. If I had it to do over again, I woud buy the house again, BUT i ould bargain likethe dickens, get the house for ummm maybe 15% lower, maybe 20,, and be straight with them why. (Also, since you are a previous homeowner you know all the tricks about finding out how much they actually paid for it and when, so as to make an offer that makes sense for YOU and for THEM, not just for the realtor, who will jack up the price as high as possible.

Actually living in the house I got used to the noise, but the front porch was really unusable because of it and very very very dirty and gritty. I began by sweeping every day and hosing off each weekend, but soon gave up entirely and washed the house once a season. Yuck. But living in the house was really ok; the rooms we used the most were on the back, much quieter.

It was the resale that killed us.

[anthroid]

I owned a house kind of like this (though the driveway was on the busy street, not on the side, and it was NOT a corner lot, though a huge one nonetheless) and, I have to say, I had a bear of a time selling it (it took a year).  There were reasons other than the busy road, though the road was absolutely a factor.  I would never buy on a busy road again. 

That's the down side.  On the upside, I was never burglarized--there was so much car, bike, and foot traffic that someone would be spotted immediately.  Plus, the cops used my road as a major artery and they came to recognize me after a while.  It was pretty safe.

So there are positives and negatives to the busy-road purchase.  Good luck!

[minor_t]

I have a rule about never buying a house on a street with a double-yellow line, but that's just me.  I think you'll have noise, traffic, dirt, and not much privacy.  I'm not convinced that you would be burglar-free.  Since there are an awful lot of walkers/bikers/cars coming and going, it wouldn't be hard for someone to rob you, particularly things that are visible or easy to reach from the street.

If this house is your only option, then bargain like crazy to get a reduced price.

Hope it works out for the best.  Good luck.

mt

[noof_]

Thanks for the responses. I put an offer on a house today - not the one on busy street.

Fingers crossed the selller accepts ...

[prytania3]

Thanks for the responses. I put an offer on a house today - not the one on busy street.

Fingers crossed the selller accepts ...

Yeah!!! Congratulations--I hope it gets accepted.

[noof_]

Thanks, Pry.