![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/buyers-always-overlook-homes-like-ours-due-to-key-flaw-but-theyre-a-goldmine/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/story-residents-live-kingsgate-development-838137643.jpg&description=Exclusive HOUSE ABOUT THAT Harry Goodwin Tracey Kandohla Published : 17:17, 21 Aug 2023 A WOMAN who bought a 3-bed home for £225,000 says buyers always overlook properties like hers because of a key flaw. Jodie Jarvis says the value of her house in Shepshed, Leicestershire has soared by £50,000 since she bought it. 6 You can pick up a three-bed home on this housing estate for £225,000 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 6 Jodie Jarvis says the value of her home has already soared by £50,000 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 6 But there's a catch - the estate is next to the M1 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd She says other families are put off from buying homes in her neighbourhood - because it's right next to the M1. But visitors are stunned when they come to the estate and cannot hear the thundering traffic. A high fence acts as an "acoustic barrier" - completely blocking out the noise. 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. "We got our home a few years ago and it was good value. "It has three beds and three bathrooms and we bought it for £225,00. "We recently had it valued, and it has gone up £50,000." Neighbour Max Machivenyika said: "When you are inside you don't hear a thing. "I've got a three-bed house which I bought two years ago for £250,000. "If you were buying in Leicester it would be twice as much. "We have no neighbours in front of us - apart from the M1." ON THE FENCE Jodie's husband Joe, 28, said: "It's relatively peaceful but you would think it would be loud and disruptive. "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." "When friends visit they expect the sound of the motorway to be epic - they can't believe that is it so quiet. "Most people would be put off buying a house beside a motorway but it's a dream home for us." "We have no neighbours in front, just a huge fence and){kind=link}
A WOMAN who bought a 3-bed home for £225,000 says buyers always overlook properties like hers because of a key flaw.
Jodie Jarvis says the value of her house in Shepshed, Leicestershire has soared by £50,000 since she bought it.
She says other families are put off from buying homes in her neighbourhood – because it’s right next to the M1.
But visitors are stunned when they come to the estate and cannot hear the thundering traffic.
A high fence acts as an “acoustic barrier” – completely blocking out the noise.