Golf Course VS Wetlands/Marsh View what's your opinion
 

We are looking at 2 homes same model same everything but one is on Golf Course and the other is on the wetlands. Both are in the same village.

What are the pros and cons of each. Which would you choose and why.

I have asked this question as well. Some people like golf course views and some like water/marsh. The cons to the golf course are balls coming into your yard possibly. The water views invite creatures. Some of the creatures are lovely and some ...not so much. The other con with water is it isn't guaranteed...meaning if for any reason it dries up, you will end up with a meadow view.

My personal preference is wetlands. Even if it would dry up for a bit. I guess it comes down to, are you a people watcher or wild life watcher?

Golf view for me. Make sure you are not near a tee box or close to a green, never buy 150-250 yards out from the tee also try to avoid being close to the cart path. These kind of golf views are hard to find, not impossible but hard.

What is wrong with the T box, one of the homes is on the sixth T box on the middle T

We are on Glenview and the birds are incredible, come right through our yard. The golfers are just OK:icon_wink:

I think the reason is that you can hear the ball being WACKED all day long.
You won't realize how annoying it is until you actually live there. WACK! WACK! WACK!

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I would go for the nature view. You can achieve a certain tranquility watching wildlife through binoculars.

Flying golf balls can be a hazard to your home....... and to you when you are in your yard.

Let us know of your decision.

truthfully I don't like that many people going back and forth passed my windows I would prefer the critters ...big little .......just me

We would personally prefer a nature view ...... Unless you are fortunate enough to find a golf course view that is well away from the golf cart path, noise and possibility of flying balls.

Even more than the sound of club striking ball, golfers conversations on the tee can be loud, crude and disruptive at all hours.

(I heard that an example of something like this happened somewhere in TV once).

You can hear us golfers out there all day long, and sometimes we shout out bad things off the tee. Golf is not the only four letter word I've heard on the course.

Nothing...My home faces a t box , although elevated but it is fun to watch the golfers

Never had a single ball in my yard in 6 years.

Never heard a single curse word. Golfers are respectable people. They will not bother you.

I would avoid the golf course. The amount of pesticides used here must be fairly high; after all, we never see a mosquito. However, the amount of chemical fertilizer that's put on golf courses would tend to steer me clear of living immediately adjacent to one of them. I feel we have enough chemicals in our lives. And let me just say that no, I cannot document this; it's just how I feel.

That's after your hear the noise of the mowers at 6AM.

I chose preserve. Love the birds, the frogs, the sounds.

What a lovely dilemma to have. Lived on a tee box in a different community and the early mowing, watering and other continuous maintenance bothered me. Also didn't care for people looking into the lanai all the time, which I am terribly guilty of here - just curious how people decorate! So that being said guess you figured out I would go for the preserve. Good luck with whatever you choose - I'm sure you'll love it.

I would go with the Preserve, I enjoy the view and the privacy.

Preserve kind of looks like a grassy wetland
 

Like the area on the east side of the Morse bridge. The west side is real lake front. The pictures that Jane posted above were showing very much more water

We are on a middle tee box on a Championship Golf Course. Been here 3years and never had a golf ball hit our house. Also have an elevated lanai and a good size pond view. So we get to watch the beautiful birds and also get to watch the golfers. We love it!

Boy Howdy, (thank you Gracie) the water people really are dissing the golf front sites. To add a little info: I walked into an open house on a marsh/preserve/swamp and asked the question: Which one do people prefer and which has better resale? He said, and I am paraphrasing, some people like it but those that don't, actually hate it. He didn't come out directly but alluded to a larger population would be interested in golf course front. As for the pesticides they use on the golf courses, they use a ridiculous abundance of chemicals in the water to keep the mosquitos and other stuff from spreading. So I would eliminate the pesticide argument. In the end, I would consider only which view would make you happier. Do what makes you feel at peace.

I had a house on the T box when I lived in Atlanta and the plus was I had only a rare ball in the yard where as houses down the same course had windows broken. The minus is that if they hit a bad shot they can be loud, especially if they have been drinking. The plus is watching them grump and stomp around after a bad shot is sort of like your own private comedy show.

If the water in the marsh is stagnate I would fear bugs breading and a smell. There was a small pond and marsh area behind a unit of someone I met and was having coffee with when we visited the villages in 2006 and it had green slime on the water and was very smelly. I don't know if this is an issue that is rare but I would be concerned.

We absolutely love living on the water. The wildlife here is so amazing and constant entertainment.

I think we have the best of both worlds!
Our lanai will back up to Pinellas, with the 8th green of Kildeer and Evans Prairie as our view. I like the fact that we back up to the road, which gives us a buffer, but no neighbors, just a great view of both golf course and Nature Preserve.
Can't wait to get it built!!

For us the best option was water to golf