House backs up to street
 

My home, which is for sale, backs up to Odell. The house has been on the market almost three months. Everyone who sees it loves it as it is a beautiful home with so many features. The one drawback for buyers is that it backs up to a street. We chose a street because we didn't want someone's lanai in our backyard. We landscaped the back and cannot see the street from our glassed enclosed lanai. I never dreamed we would have a problem selling it. Hopefully someone will come along who would prefer a street to a VERY close neighbor!

Lots of people are on a street, everyone says its quiet at night, we bought with kissing lanai hopetolove my neighbor...its what we could go for right now

Could you send me details. Thanks

Why sell? Since you have landscaped at considerable cost to block the street from your glassed in lanai, it sounds like a great house to stay in.

I think I've seen the house online. Yellow interior, right? It looks like a very pretty home and it's in our price range. Unfortunately, we're not there yet. If we were, I'd be very interested in yours!

We're waiting until spring to put our current house on the market and we can't buy in TV until this one sells. Then DH can retire and we'll be seriously looking. Right now, I'm doing a lot of window shopping! I'm just hoping all the "good" houses don't sell before we get there! LOL!

In the resale market there is a price hit on homes that back to busy streets (anything in bold on TV map) homes close to the power lines and homes near the sewage treatment plants. Runs from 2% to 15% lower then other like homes depending on the proximity to these items. The ironic part is TV charges a premium for those lots backing to a street. As always with real estate it is all about location, location, location.

The other one is backing to "farm land". Sure looks good when buying, but you never know when the bulldozers will arrive and the mall starts to be built. When buying, know what is around you and figure out if it could change. I remember when Baily Trail was a very quiet street, before St Charles was open, however TV map showed it in bold, so you knew that would change. And boy has it. Those homes that back to Baily Trail are selling at a price below what they were bought at by a pretty high margin. And they were bought at the market bottom.

My house backs up onto 466A, which I'm sure will be a big problem. But hey, I'm here until they take me out feet first, so it will be my kids' problem, not mine. Whatever they get will be gravy to them.

Want to move to a courtyard villa. We have two little dogs so the villa would be wonderful for them. We do love our home!

It is on Jem Path in Amelia. Listed with the Villages.

Before building our home we rented 3 properties that had back to back Lani's
The first neighbors had 2 barking dogs.The second neighbors chain smoked cigarettes.
The third was a cigar smoker.That's when we decided to build backing up to a a street St Charles to be exact
First we thought we made a big mistake with all the construction traffic..Now that our neighbor hood is built out things have changed yes we have day time traffic and after 5 pm it gets very quiet.
Just saying it worked for us

We have a friend that has a house backing to O'Dell. The really bad issue is all the Gas golf carts that pass by. Very noisey. Sonds like a lawn mower passing by virtually every few minutes.

So when looking for a place try to find a street that doesn't have lots of golf cart traffic, i.e. dead end. The gas carts are the real noise makers. Auto traffic is quiet by comparisson.

We have been lucky our back yard neighbors are great and have become friends. Get to know your neighbors.

I think backing on a street is a good thing. Good luck with selling your home. But remember even with improvements homes are selling now about what they sold for about five years ago.

Bill-n-Brillo gave us the best advice ever when we were thinking to put our Ohio house on the market. "Put the asking price as low as you can stomach."

We did. It sold quickly.

Checked out the pics & location & I'll say that if we were ready to retire & move to TV, we would definitely consider your home. For the same reasons that others have pointed out there is no way we'll buy a home with a kissing lanai. You have a beautiful home with a great central location, and I love your tropical landscaping in back. I'm sure the right buyer just hasn't come along yet. Good luck!

I just looked at it too. Wow, You have beautiful taste and you have done some lovely upgrades. I love your waiscoting and crown molding and hardwood floors. And you are as clean as as neat as a pin. I can just see how neat even your closets are.

This is a beautiful house. If anyone wants to see it go to thevillages.com and type in street, jem path. It is the only listing.

You, Geri, have the wonderful ability to turn a house into a lovely, lovely home.

I know you will sell it.

Thank you, graciegirl, for such nice compliments.