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Originally Posted by walkr

I've just read the thread about homes with a water view. Buying a house that backs up to a street is a less expensive option to get rear privacy. Could those of you who have a home that backs up to a street share your experiences: car noise, ambulances, people walking by while you are on your lanai, and (my biggest concern) any increased incidence of break-ins.

I've noticed that the houses that back up to large streets like Morse have deeper back yards. So if your house backs up to one of the smaller roads, where the houses are closer to the road, how does that affect noise, break-ins, etc?

I tried to do a search for info on homes that back up to a street but didn't find a thread that specifically covered that. So if this has already been covered, I apologize.
Thanks.

Our home backs up to a street, Rio Grand. I was a little concerned at 1st but now enjoy it, You do see all kinds of folks driving there carts and cars but believe it or not its enjoyable, If we don't want to see then we close our curtains. Some of our neighbors plant hedges, The best thing is that you are not looking into a back yard or lanai of your neighbor at all. If you want an addition there is no problem at all either because you have plenty of land to add one. And the best thing is that you can't hear your back door neighbor talking to his or her company and no body can hear you. We have been here for going on eight years now and love it here in our location Also you cant smell the gas from any vehicles at all


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