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Old 07-20-2012, 05:48 PM
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My choice would be Designer on the Golf Course. This is a very personal decision and everyone will have their own perspective.

The golf course can be a great place to be but there are some things you may want to take into account when making a location decision.

1. The Tee Box - the Tee Box usually gets cut early every day, so be prepared to be woken up. Also this is where the 'colorful' jokes and language is heard while the groups are waiting to hit and all the congratulations after a good shot. This location can be a problem if you want to sit quietly on the lanai - it can be a noisy area.

2. The Fairway - the right hand side (the slicers side for the majority) means your house may get hit, windows may get broken and you'll have golfers tramping around looking for and retrieving golf balls. The left hand side is usually not too bad for stray balls. A close cart path means a lot of traffic and maybe no peace.

3. The *Green - like the Tee, the Green gets cut everyday early and there is often a lot of noise as the groups putt out. Again this is not a good location if you want a peaceful lanai.

These issues will not bother some people in the slightest - *it all depends on your tolerance level and what you are looking for.

If the house is far enough back from the course then these issues are mitigated. It just depends on how much privacy and quiet you want. There is no doubt a golf course view can be very rewarding.

When we were looking for a house our agent showed us properties on the golf course but seemed to have no appreciation of these issues, however we found exactly what we were looking for - a peaceful "water to golf" location, we have an elevated lot, get the advantage of wildlife on the ponds, get to watch but not really hear the golfers and we do not get golf balls near the house.