[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by LAFwUs

We had a new construction house in one of the south end villages that bordered the turn pike.
Recently moved to the north end. I am not surprised by one (of many, no doubt) petitions popping up.

When we toured the south end house and the surrounding neighborhood- in person, more than once, we could not hear the turnpike noise, or least it was not noticeable at all.
At night however, when the village quiets down, air temp is cooler, its readily heard, even inside the house!
So, it absolutely depends on WHEN you are outside/viewed the house, if a buyer even had the chance to do so in-person, as we did.

I can also attest that certain blocks of homes within the very same village, one can not hear the turnpike at all, (same with music from Sawgrass) while the next block over, even on a block of homes that is further away from source, it was impossible to miss. Sound can do weird things.

The general lack of trees, bushes, combined with large, flat, open areas, often with zero barrier other than 2 strands of century old chain link "fence", between golf course/homes & the turn pike in many areas, means that the sound of 70mph semi-trucks, tractor trailers, sirens, motorcycles, etc. travel unabated for long distances and can "stack up" coming from different directions.

That lack of any kind of real barrier, also lead to other issues, but I digress...

Did you talk to the neighbors when you toured? I certainly would have. Odds are they'd have given you the straight dope about the noise at night.