{"id":180540,"date":"2023-08-25T21:44:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=180540"},"modified":"2023-08-25T21:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:44:35","slug":"we-live-next-to-the-m1-and-thousands-of-cars-speed-past-every-day-but-we-love-it-thanks-to-clever-privacy-fence-trick-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/we-live-next-to-the-m1-and-thousands-of-cars-speed-past-every-day-but-we-love-it-thanks-to-clever-privacy-fence-trick-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"We live next to the M1 and thousands of cars speed past every day – but we love it thanks to clever privacy fence trick | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
RESIDENTS living next to the M1 say thousands of cars speed past every day – but they love it thanks to a clever privacy trick.<\/p>\n
The roaring motorway runs past a vast housing estate in Shepshed, Leicestershire.<\/p>\n
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But visitors are stunned when they come to the estate and cannot hear the thundering traffic.<\/p>\n
A high fence acts as an "acoustic barrier" – completely blocking out the noise.<\/p>\n
Local Joe Jarvis, 28, said: "It's relatively peaceful but you would think it would be loud and disruptive.<\/p>\n
"We must only be 200 yards from the motorway, you can see the lampposts towering over but you can't see the road or any traffic, or really hear it."<\/p>\n
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"When friends visit they expect the sound of the motorway to be epic – they can\u2019t believe that is it so quiet.<\/p>\n
"Most people would be put off buying a house beside a motorway but it's a dream home for us."<\/p>\n
"We have no neighbours in front, just a huge fence and the M1 and it doesn\u2019t give us any hassle."<\/p>\n
"There is an acoustic barrier, so the land in front dips then rises up to a bank with greenery and fencing blocking out the sound and view. It works wonders."<\/p>\n
<\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He added: "On occasions, on the wrong day, a wet and windy one, \u00a0the noise of traffic is a louder with the with lorries and cars.<\/p>\n "But we do enjoy living here so do our cats. We've tracked one of them walking for three miles along the motorway."<\/p>\n His wife Jodie said: "It's not silent, there is a bit of noise but we got used to it in the first couple of months.<\/p>\n "We got our home a few years ago and it was good value.<\/p>\n "It has three beds and three bathrooms and we bought it for \u00a3225,00. <\/p>\n "We recently had it valued, and it has gone up \u00a350,000."<\/p>\n Mum-of-two Victoria West said: \u201cIf the motorway is ever closed at night for repairs it is deadly quiet – I have trouble sleeping.<\/p>\n "You get used to the noise, it\u2019s not loud but it is there in the background and it\u2019s soothing and helps me sleep.<\/p>\n "I keep my windows open all night and at times it is so quiet you could hear a pin drop."<\/p>\n A huge wooden privacy fence reinforced with metal bolsters and a sound screen blocks out the eight-lane motorway.<\/p>\n Hospital nurse Max Machivenyika said: "When you are inside you don't hear a thing.<\/p>\n "I\u2019ve got a three-bed house which I bought two years ago for \u00a3250,000. <\/p>\n "If you were buying in Leicester it would be twice as much.<\/p>\n "We have no neighbours in front of us – apart from the M1."<\/p>\n Mum-of-three Amy said she loves living next to the "white noise" of the M1 – but has occasionally been woken by horror crashes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said: "There was a crash, I think fatal one a few weeks ago at night.<\/p>\n "It was so loud I thought my car parked outside had exploded."<\/p>\nAll the reaction as resilient Lionesses lose to Spain in World Cup final<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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