Very true and if you move in and cannot stand the noise the agent or realtor would love to sell you another one.

Don’t waste your time, look elsewhere. No reason to take a chance

If you want quiet you need to be north of 466.

North is good but…
 

We live north of 466 (Santo Domingo) and don’t hear any turnpike noise at all, we do hear the sirens from the ambulances going to the hospital.

Turnpike noise
 

I definitely agree that it is well worth it to come down and pick out your lot or area at least. You can’t tell from a map what the overall nature and feel of the neighborhood is like. For example, there is one place in a newer area that has a VERY stinky water treatment plant right across from new homes going in. I could live with noise, but not the smell of sewage! Plus each neighborhood and village has a certain feel to it. It is such a big investment that I’d have to come down and at least scope out all of the new areas in person prior to buying!

A new home is going to be the biggest investment in your life so how do you pick something out without coming here?

I live about 1/4 from the turnpike. We can barely hear the noise and only from the lanai which faces the turnpike. There are two houses on a street behind us however. The problem that you might have is that there are very few houses for sale down here. I live north of Warm Springs and west of Meggison. It looks like the houses south of Warm Springs may be closer to the turnpike than I am.

Sound is a funny thing. We live in Calumet Grove and sometimes once in a great while it sounds like the train is coming through the middle of the house. Other times you never hear it. And also once in a while it sounds like there are cows mooing in our back yard even though the farms are nowhere close.

I actually don't mind either of these sounds. They are rare and far in between. But sound travels in weird ways sometimes and I would move further away especially if you plan to spend a lot of time outdoors.

Correct. We have friends in Fenney and Marsh Bend and you can't hear a thing at their homes. We looked at homes in Chitty Chatty, Bradford and other parts of Marsh Bend. The noise was quite annoying, at best...

LOL! Yeah, THAT is the only quiet place in TV...

Sorry, but we're in Osceola Hills (just a few miles north of 44) and the only traffic we hear is our neighbors...

The most noise I hear living here are the gas golf carts. They are without a doubt the noisiest. As for the village sales people. Mine actually talked me out of a more expensive home because he know what I was looking for and I had to purchase remotely. Once I got here I immediately went by the place I didn’t get and BOOM, he steered me in the right direction even though he lost some money doing so. Anyone on here that says you need to be north of 44, lives north of 44. I personally don’t like that area. It’s all houses and golf courses. No nature preserves or bike and walking trails. I use them daily.

There's plenty of walking trails North of 44. We call them sidewalks.

Light pollution.

Not the same as bike & hike or nature trains which are all over the place in the southern section.

Many issues to consider
 

In addition to noise, a buyer needs to consider taxes and bonds. Not all tax rates are the same. I don’t think that realtors are that eager to share this info, but it is your right before you buy. We rented before we made an offer on a pre owned. I parked at the neighborhood pool and walked the hood. I met so many delightful, helpful people on those walks which told me I had found our home.

Remember that the Turnpike is open 24 hours a day, 7days a week and generates noise every minute of every day.

I can't believe it hasn't been already! I can remember us traveling down it from Atlanta to Miami to visit my grandparents as a young child. I can't believe in all that time and with all the additional traffic (and all that toll money) it's still 2 lanes (each way) for so much of it. Where has the tolls gone if not to keep up with demand? If they build the extra lanes on the inside it would be better noise-wise than pushing them further out to the sides.

We have sidewalks here too. But I don’t use those. Why would I want to walk through neighborhoods and look at the same houses and palm tree landscaping, oh and lawn ornaments when I can have my own private nature trail and ride my bike. No golf carts zooming by. No cars. Nothing but nature and quiet. You enjoy your sidewalk though. :MOJE_whot:

I will, almost got run over a few times while walking on the Hogeye by bikes riding along side each other. No bikes on the sidewalks.