Main road beautiful home

What bay in Tempe or St Peters?
Only real body water is south part of Tempe at start of Cooks river. Comparatively low air craft noise there.
Problem with Tempe/St Peters is really a perception one. Aside from very close to Tempe/Sydenham border there is relatively low plane noise. At Newtown end of St Peters it's very infrequent. Same at Tempe High school end of Tempe (where I live).
With low volume of traffic I hardly hear planes at all. Some days there are none, it somewhat depends on the wind direction as to which way the planes take off/land.

Some really great houses around me with lower prices than many similar areas, many with much worse plane noise than here.
Tempe median price increased by nearly 24% over last year according to Corelogic.

 

No, l was referring to Drummonyne

 

@jins - Drummoyne does cop it's fair share of air traffic, planes are committed to a runway and are in a tight flight path. Not all parts of Drummoyne are treated equally - Sisters Bay on Henley Marine Drive (near Birkenhead and Iron Cove Bridge) would appear to have considerably less aircraft noise than Wrights Road but the maps tell a different story. Linky

This failed to sell.

I'd consider Rodd Point which is out of the flight path.

 

Personally I would keep looking. We fell in love with the appearance of a house once, and rose tinted glasses stopped us from fully thinking through the downsides. Ended up selling very soon after moving in, causing massive disruption. Just my experience.

 

I was reading about an autopsy once, cadaver was an old lady. The pathologist noted it was obvious she had lived on a main road due to the black deposits on her lungs...

 

Lived there once. Road noise was atrocious. That was 25 years ago!

 

Is it an IP or a place to live?

There are lots of health reasons why living on a main road is a bad idea. There's been quite a few studies done on it. Cancer clusters, lung problems etc..

It's seriously not good for you.

For this reason alone I'd give it a miss. Some things are worth more than money...

 

• Asbestos brake pads haven't been available for 20 odd years
• Lead in petrol has been phased out in the 1980's
• Risk is probably greater using a mobile phone for hours each day or keeping it in your pocket.

The only valid health reason that I can think of is that running infront of a car is not beneficial to your health.

 

You're right on all fronts...except its still a risk.
Living near busy roads increases dementia risk, scientists say
Why living near a road is bad for your health

And then there's the lead that has been deposited 20 years ago but just doesn't go away...

It's probably not as bad as it used to be...but it ain't great either. Especially if you've got children.

 

Whether it is proximity to main roads (article says 500 m) or other environmental factors the jury is still out. I know one street where at least 6 residents have dementia, none live on/near main roads, some worked in affilliated industries but others not.

 

This ^^^^^

 

Having lived on Pacific Hwy before (in North Sydney) the dirt/pollution is literally a killer. Every single plant that we tried to grow on the balcony died in short order; we eventually gave up.

We went a step further and got Magnetite secondary glazing so that we could have a 100mm air gap and then 10mm thick acrylic. Blocked noise so well that you could watch trucks go by (doing full compression braking) but not hear them at all.

The downside was that we couldn't open any windows for ventilation, so we suffocated.

Never again.

 

You should have a walk around there now! So many homes that's being renovated and build! So many beautiful homes but the number of plans flying over per hour is a bit too much to bare I think. I quite like how they are improving the Bay run.