A corner lot ...or not
 

We are about to purchase a new designer and are trying to decide whether we want a corner lot. We like having the breathing room space that a corner can provide, but are concerned about additional noise from car traffic on the side. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. :)

Really depends on the corner. Do either of the streets show up in bold print in the Villages map? Do either of the streets have a cart trail along the side? If it is an interior lot so neither is a busy street and the house is or can be positioned on the lot so in the future you could add a golf cart garage, go for it. By that I mean make sure the driveway is on the side where the extra space is on the lot. Not next to your neighbor.

corners can have double the passer by's, but id you add a sidewalk to that even more.

It depends on the corner, and you didn't say which one so your input will be limited

We love our corner.

Every home we've owned or lived in (6) were on a corner lot, including one that was on a busy main road through a village... until we bought here in TV. Having said that I would without a doubt chose a corner lot over not having now been on both. The sound of traffic wasn't that bad to me, but you're the one who has to make the decision in your case. I would however give priority to an inside home and lot we liked more than the corner consideration if it comes down to the insider being more likable!

More lawn to mow and care for. Also, added expense if you wanted to do extensive landscaping. And it will be a side of the house that you probably will not see from inside.

We love our corner and it is not noisy at all.

Some factors to consider....

More grass = more irrigation water which is not an insignificant cost here

More exposure to the street so more chance of being a stop-off for doggies

If you are thinking of adding on, be aware of building setbacks... They are more restrictive on sides facing a street.

It all depends on what you back up to, the house orientation, how you plan to use that extra space, and what makes you happy.

I was determined to buy on a corner lot and well you know what they say about we make plans and God laughs! Anyhow we ended up one house in on an off-set lot and are grateful we don't have all that exta lawn to care for, but still don't feel locked in.

I think it's an individual kind of thing. We now live on a corner lot now that we spent a fortune landscaping. Because we positioned the house on the diagonal, we added a lot of trees for privacy. The house seems to be generating a lot of traffic due to its "curb appeal." We considered surrendering our reserved lot in TV for a corner one so we could do the side stretches we wanted, but we ended up changing our minds. The streets were not busy ones. However, my husband determined that we would have 30 feet of side yard to maintain, but not really get to enjoy much. And, we still wouldn't have enough rear yard where we wanted space. Since I want to reduce my exterior upkeep in retirement, we decided against the corner. Still, I do love our present house situated on a corner!

Watch what happens on the corner lots; pet owners bring their dogs to take potty breaks. This also happens at the post office buildings in the villages. Ok if you love dogs on potty breaks in your yard.

We didn't want a corner lot because we didn't want the maintenance. As far as I'm concerned I would be happy with my house covering property line to property line with no lot at all.

It's just not corner lots that get the potty breaks, it's all the lots on the street, wherever fido would like to go. :doggie:

Here we go:boxing2::doggie:

We are off to the races and we ate the last popcorn last night.

:doggie::doggie::doggie::doggie::doggie::doggie::d oggie:

I have a corner lot on a dead end street. Quiet as can be. Just seek and you shall find.

:agree: All of these are excellent points to consider. Our water bill is considerably higher than our neighbors. Since there is more yard there is additional expense for maintenance, plus our landscaping costs were higher. We have four-legged visiters every day. Our plan for an extended patio / pergola had to be changed due to restrictions. It may sound like I'm complaining, but I'm really not. Most of these issues we realized when we chose our home. We love the open feeling and view the corner lot allows us.

In addition to traffic and cart noise, doggies and the added cost of watering, also think about headlights. We had a neighbor who sold their house on a corner lot because the headlights from cars turning the corner flashed in their bedroom and it drove them nuts.

Also let's not forget about the extra $20,000 or so premium the corner lot demands. That could pay off your bond.

Thank you, everyone, for your great insight. You have definitely given me lots to ponder.
Those of you who are corner home owners - are you ever bothered by stop and go of cars at the stop sign near your home?

You are right about dogs doing their thing on a corner lot. We call it the neighborhood doggie potty because they all pee and poop on the corner lot. If you don't mind that then you get more space on a corner lot.

NOT one furry creature has used our corner lot for anything nasty that I have seen. I love it because you can sit on your lanai and have a street view and a lawn view and well, I think people who live on corner lots are .....cuter? smarter? more centered? No...more cornered.:pepper2:

Don't we dwell on dumb stuff sometimes, when we get all retired?:crap2:

My neighbor's problem with living on the corner is someone is constantly running over her sprinkler heads. She often has to pay to have them replaced.

In response to 2newyorkers comment, I often see corner home owners putting up flexible poles on the corner, or boulders at the "curb" to try to direct drivers away from cutting the corner and damaging their sprinklers.

Additional thought...we seriously considered a corner lot, but the one house that was in our final "short list"of spec homes (be sure to also find out about allowed home orientation on any corner lots you decide to build on) was oriented backwards on the lot. In other words, we couldn't even see the large grass area from the living room (Gardenia) We ultimately decided that that was dumb, as we didn't want to pay extra for the corner, water and mowing, without getting the benefit of seeing it from inside the house. The other side was just as close to the neighbor as any interior lot. We ended uo with a Gardenia with outside golf car garage, and our neighbor visible from our living room windows also has the outside golf car garage, providing us just a few feet of extra visible space from our living room windows.

hi Hopeful we bought a corner lot in an established village and the only traffic noise we hear are the trash trucks at 7 am. The noise last about 3 minutes then all is quite again.

I think more important than a corner or cul de sac, is just the size of the lot.

we originally picked out a 60x90 to build on, why pay a premium for a bigger lot right?

Wrong, our lot in on inside corner and the back yard in on street, the lot is almost 150 ft deep and 105 wide in the rear, about 40' to the curb then a street then when the houses R built on the other side of the street I'll have about 100' between lanai's.

I have room to expand our lanai 530 sq ft add a pool spa what ever.

Best 20K lot premium we spent on this adventure.

U just need to spend time hunting down the right location.:shrug:

With creative landscaping, road noise and lack of privacy won't be that much of a problem.

Agree, also remember your setbacks about 10-13'
U can not plant on.

Also the use of berms help with noise and privacy

But get ARC approval, it's simple.