Property News · April 14, 2018

Where to move for… airports


Airports dampen property prices next door, but raise them once you can’t hear or smell the 747sAirports are our dirty secret. We hate them. Carbon footprints. Noise. Pollution. Security queues. Another bloody Caviar House. But we love what they do: 21 July 2017 was UK airspace’s busiest day ever with around 2.4 million holidaymakers heading abroad. We like airports close, but not too close. Too close and you get noise and pollution. Airports dampen property prices next door, but raise them once you can’t hear or smell the 747s, as Heathrow’s hinterland in Berkshire, or Manchester airport’s in Altrincham or Knutsford show. They’re a necessary evil, especially if your job means nipping to Dundee every other week, or you have a serious Skyscanner/planespotting addiction; in which case you’ll just move closest to the nearest airport with the cheapest/fewest headbangingly early flights. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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