[rshoffer]

Originally Posted by angel222

Hi Everyone......I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I have found my dream house in the Village of Hadley (of course my place in NY is not yet officially sold so I might lose my dream place but I'm choosing to think positively). The lanai is facing the road as the backyard (Odell Circle). I was there today and watched all sorts of cars and golf carts drive by in addition to a few bike riders. I actually thought it was fun to watch but I would like to ask for opinions from all of you. Does anyone have a bad experience having a road behind you?? The lanai's seem so close in this particular area when they're back to back but the road is definitely different. Any info you could share would be appreciated. Please keep your fingers crossed I can get this home!
Charlene

I just came back from a long walk tonite on Odell.... if you live on the road you better have your blinds close tight. I would never live on the road.

[Barefoot]

If you're used to living in a busy area with a lot of road noise, you may find it OK to back on a busy road.

Otherwise, I'd avoid it like the plague.

[MelZ]

MY CVY backs on Odell but I have alovely 6' wall between my lanai and the street. If I didn't have the wall I would make sure that my landscaping gave me privacy.

[SteveFromNY]

I have 2 comments here:
First, if you are even asking the question, chances are you should find a spot not on a road. If you are uncertain, and you decide to go ahead, you are very likely to regret it later. First motorcycle with loud pipes will likely make you change your mind, and say "We should have gone elsewhere". If you're not enthusiastically looking forward to the spot near the road, don't go there.
Second, if for some reason you do decide to go ahead and buy on a road, try to find a spot where the cars can't come into the house too easily! It may sound crazy, but in NY we had a car that sped up our street (a quiet street that became busy over the 25 years we lived there), took out a utility pole, crashed into a tree, spun around and landed on our lawn, 10' from the porch on fire! Nothing happened to the house, but it made me really paranoid about the possibility.
When I saw some to the new homes backing up onto Odell with a large drop into the yard (the roof is about the same height as the road) all I could think of was a car coming across the road, over the wall and into the roof of the house!
Scary to me!
After living for 25 years on what became a busy street we initially had trouble sleeping in our Village home as it was too quiet. That wore off quick!

[SABRMnLgs]

There are about 4-5 reasons why we decided on the house we wanted. Our old home in Oviedo was on a cul-de-sac (signs all over telling peope it was a dead end). The street leading to our street was also a dead end. What I miss the most, our 8 ft privacy fence, we had no nosey neighbors, did I mention the cul-de-sac? Our master bed room was also at the back of the house. Also our lanai was in the back of the house, so we could sit out any time of day or night in our "next-to-nothings" and have coffee, watch TV or just sit and chat. Basically, we were out of contact with other life forms of all shapes and sizes. Oh and we lived on a cul-de-sac.
It was simple when we moved. We wanted a house on a cul-de-sac with the street leading to our street also a dead end. A lanai and master bedroom in the back of the house, 8 ft privacy fence and no nosey neighbors. It took awhile but after 3 moves we got almost what we wanted.
Unfortunately we had to give up the fence (darn) but since the neighbors keep very much to themselves, it's not all that bad. We do have to put on something when we have coffee (darn again) but 80% is not bad when you are expecting less. Oh, and we live on a cul-de-sac.

I guess if you were or are a 9 to 5er it dosen't matter. But when you get sick or hurt and go the a hospital or wherever at 3 in the morning, the people who are there to assist you need also need a place to sleep, just not the same time as you. Hence the reason for the hermit lifestyle for the past 40+ years. Wouldn't live any other way.

[Donna]

Angel,

We are in Hadley, across from the Havana CC..I love it there, but I love the traffic..Guess it brings me back to the city with all the cars, and peeps walking by..

Once the clock strikes 9..everyone goes back to their PODS!! The road is extremely quiet except for a few cars now and then..

Did you buy the house?? Best of luck to you...

[Advogado]

As long as there are noisy gas golf carts in The Villages, I would not want a house backing up to a cart path or to a main road, but probably a lot of people would not care.