Originally Posted by
SLF3
Please can we drop the argument that says 'you bought there so it is your fault'? When I bought it was reasonable to assume I would not be bothered by airport noise. I am. The air was clean. Now it is not.
I don't think anyone has used the word "fault". But you did buy your house, as you say, near to the largest and busiest airport in Europe, then and now. I'm sure many other things have changed in the last 30 years. The open space you recall kids playing on now has houses on it. What was an easy drive now had traffic signals all along and takes three times the duration. Your house, from its prominent location, is now worth 10 times what you paid for it. Such is life.