ᐅ Plot of land next to a main road, noise concerns?

Hi,
I actually don’t want to build a house because I find new housing developments too boring, the building regulations too strict, and the plots too small.

However, I have looked at a building plot. It is a gap in a commercial area, 8m (26 feet) wide and 125m (410 feet) long. Market value is 25,000 euros. It will be auctioned soon. That is well below the local average, but I assume this is mainly due to the location in the commercial area and next to a main road?

There is a problem though: one side of the 8m (26 feet) border faces a busy main road with a lot of noise. But I want peace and quiet both inside the house and in the garden.

Could this be solved somehow through appropriate building design or placement?

I’m free to decide on which side to place the house and garage. I’m thinking of a spacious garage plus a roughly 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) house. It should be a bungalow/timber frame/wooden house/Frisian house/Swedish house.

With everything included, I don’t want to spend more than 200,000 to a maximum of 250,000 euros. Is that even realistic?

Best regards

I believe you want to buy a house? Residential building in a commercial zone? On a federal highway? Sounds like a very cozy area to feel at home.

An 8m (26 feet) wide strip of land? And 125m (410 feet) long? Is today April 1st? In an industrial area? You could put a mobile home on it... but are you even allowed to build a residential house there?

A Swedish-style house or similar doesn’t seem very realistic — and it will definitely be noisy with a federal highway and an industrial area nearby...

Hello

Take a look at how much noise is allowed in commercial areas.

+30% during the day and +20% at night.

You will definitely not find peace there.


























Zoning designations
Daytime

6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Nighttime

10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
Notes
Industrial area
70 dB(A)
70 dB(A)
For individual short-term noise peaks:
+30 dB (day)
+20 dB (night)

Periods of increased sensitivity (only in general residential areas, residential mixed-use areas, spa and hospital zones):
Weekdays: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Sundays: 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.,
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Additional allowance of 6 dB

Inside buildings:
daytime 35 dB(A); nighttime 25 dB(A)

(Structure-borne sound transmission; noise transmission inside buildings)
– Noise peaks: +10 dB(A)
Commercial area
65 dB(A)
50 dB(A)
Mixed-use area (MI)
60 dB(A)
45 dB(A)
General residential area (WA)
55 dB(A)
40 dB(A)
Pure residential area (WR)
50 dB(A)
35 dB(A)
Spa and hospital areas (KG)
45 dB(A)
35 dB(A)

Regardless of the noise and commercial area, take a look and visit at different times.

But honestly, what do you want to do with the hose? Something like that is unsellable, at least for a reasonable single-family home.

If building boundaries apply, I find that quite amusing—even if it's just 2.5m (8 feet).

Additionally, there are increased construction costs due to it being a noise protection zone.