[Delanor]

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 in Sunset Pointe backs up to a busy street, but we love the view and feel that it is worth the sometimes noisy conditions. Also, during the day, we find it interesting to see all kinds of people pass by in their golf carts, sometimes filled with interesting looking kids and dogs. In my business (communications/public relations), the adage has always been that a picture of a building without a person in it has no life. When things calm down in the late evening, our view is spectacular, and the lanai offers a very special place in which to sip a glass of wine -- with apologies to Longfellow, it becomes a "pause in the days occupations known as" our family's hour. Oh, and after nearly five years of ownership, no break-ins that I know of in this neighborhood.