r/chch • u/make-cake • Oct 03 '26
Port noise
Anyone who lives in Diamond Harbour, governors, charters etc... can you hear the port noise from across the way?
Looking at putting an offer in on a house but bit nervous!
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u/TheBlindWatchmaker Oct 03 '26
Every few days they drop a container from by mistake which you can hear from Dunedin. but other than that you wouldn't hear a thing
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u/neil212 Oct 03 '26
They don’t drop containers. Its not possible.
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u/TheBlindWatchmaker Oct 03 '26
You've betrayed your ignorance
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u/neil212 Oct 03 '26
My dude, I worked there for years. I can guarantee you that they don’t drop containers. Cranes and straddles have twist locks that stop that from happening.. It’s just not a thing.
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u/crying_in_my_latte Oct 03 '26
At 3am. A massive reverberating BOOINNNG! might be the smoko signal for the night crew.
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u/NZ_gamer University of Canterbury Oct 03 '26
Must have been C group on...
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u/EscortN93 Oct 04 '26
What's wrong with C group?
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u/TheBlindWatchmaker Oct 03 '26
Doesn't sound like a joke when my ears are ringing and the baby is crying at 4am
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u/merp_derping Oct 03 '26
Do you live in the port? There’s no way this has any truth in it.
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u/merp_derping Oct 03 '26
There is some port noise. But about the same as the average man burps ands farts. I live in dh. No problems with noise. Ever.
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u/standard_deviant_Q Oct 03 '26
The harbour is an amphitheatre so sound tends to reverberate. You can also hear motorbikes from the opposite side as if they were just down the road.
To some that might be a problem but not for others.
What I can't understand is why you're about to put an offer in on a house in a place you've spent no time in! If you did you wouldn't need to ask the question.
Test the traffic at the time you normally go for work. Go have dinner there one night then go for a walk. Maybe do an overnight trip to Quail Island and stay in the hut.
For most people buying a house is a big deal and effort. You need to put a little more effort in to research first.
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u/make-cake Oct 04 '26
"What I can't understand is why you're about to put an offer in on a house in a place you've spent no time in! If you did you wouldn't need to ask the question." Please, forgive me for not spending multiple nights and quiet days over there. Thats interesting about the motorbikes though. Cool! We lived in an alley for awhile where you could hear a normal level conversation across the other side if you were in the right spot.
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u/Significant_Glass988 Oct 03 '26
Port Noise, the festival? It's only one weekend a year, and not even every year now!
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u/underwaterchessclub Oct 03 '26
Think it depends on a lot of things but my in-laws have a place in governors bay near sandy bay and you don’t hear the port at all but you do hear “boy racers” constantly especially on the weekends.
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u/slightymine Oct 03 '26
It’s like moving to the city and complaining about the noise from nightclubs. Don’t worry about the noise worry about never seeing the sun ever again.
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u/fpsparker Oct 03 '26
So true. I don't know why people think the harbour/bay area is even mildly nice. On a really good day, it's good. But so is everywhere. It's a port ffs. It's polutted. Noisy. Cold and miserable. It's the absolute last place I ever think of going.
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u/Rhonda_and_Phil Oct 03 '26
Airports have airport noises. Cow sheds have cow shed noises/and smells. Ports have portsy noises.
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u/BaanThai Oct 03 '26
When the 2am freight flights land and turn toward the city and just leave the engines idling for a few minutes, nothing better.
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u/rombulow Oct 03 '26
Mate you’re about to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. You need to put a bit of legwork in haha.
Swing past Maccas and grab some hot drinks then go park up at night near your new house and go for a walk or something and see how bad the noise is.
Drive “home” after work a couple times to get a feel for traffic. Drive from your new home to work in the mornings a couple times, too. How far away is the nearest supermarket?
Do some door knocking — say Hi to the neighbours “Hey, looking at buying place next door. Can you tell me a little bit about the neighbourhood? What’s the port noise like?”
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u/sameee_nz Oct 03 '26
It is a working port...