Agree with the OP. It can be noisy with kissing lanais even when they are offset as ours is. Luckily we don't have the barking dogs. One neighbor has a glassed in lanai which helps as long as they keep the windows shut. If not, hear the TV. I like to read on the lanai and sometimes the loud talking 2 or 3 houses down disturbs my concentration. Shoot, one day it was nice and quiet and was reading the paper and all of a sudden someone sneezed so loud, I literally jumped as it startled me and I thought someone was right behind me. I am not a person who has to have total quiet but geez! All in all, I do like our lanai, our neighbors are quiet for the most part and we live in a great neighborhood. Would I like to back to a golf course or preserve? Yes, depending on the golf hole and setback from preserve and golf path. But that is not likely to happen as we do not have the $$$ for those expensive lots. I will add that back home we lived in a subdivision where all the homes were on a minimum of 1.25 acres and I could still hear our neighbors if they were out in the back yard patios. At least with them I couldn't hear what was being said. Here I can hear what is being said and sometimes know who the person is who is speaking. Make note to self, never say anything about any neighbor or gossip about them while on the lanai. LOL!
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