As others Have pointed out, you can easily spend $150,000-$170,000 extra for a view lot, and there is absolutely NO guarantee that you will have peace and quiet. I have played golf on courses in the villages where you could hear someone's television blaring 200 yards away, because the owner is hard of hearing and has a tv out in his birdcage. We played the other day and someone's dog was yapping the whole time we were on the hole. If you get a bad neighbor a few doors down or someone has a nuisance type dog, forget it. We talked it over and decided we did not want to risk $150,000 and end up in a bad situation as far as noise, so we bought a kissing lanai. It has turned out fine. Occasionally the neighbors behind us have a dinner party and are noisy, but it is few and far between. And all the lanais have been in closed except ours, which really cuts down on the sound transmission. We have beautiful landscaping in the back and don't see our neighbors so it's really not much of an issue. That $150,00 we saved is paying the way for some fabulous vacations.
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