[joelfmi]

Originally Posted by Cliff Fr

We live on the western edge of the Ocala National Forest. We sometimes hear the bombs dropped at the Forest Bombing range, especially when they drop a bunker buster.

Thats why anyone buying them should use due diligence before buy and not just rush to buy.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Thats why anyone buying them should use due diligence before buy and not just rush to buy.

Very very very true but there is a trap. The Developer is extraordinarily good at marketing.

They have built a very desirable area and when new areas are announced they go very quickly making people rush to buy before exercising due diligence and getting undesirable locations.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Very very very true but there is a trap. The Developer is extraordinarily good at marketing.

They have built a very desirable area and when new areas are announced they go very quickly making people rush to buy before exercising due diligence and getting undesirable locations.

It's still the buyer's fault. I've not seen anything in the marketing for TV that guarantees or even makes a hint that you will experience blissful silence only interrupted by song birds singing.
The need for instant gratification is the cause for not doing due diligence.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Very very very true but there is a trap. The Developer is extraordinarily good at marketing.

They have built a very desirable area and when new areas are announced they go very quickly making people rush to buy before exercising due diligence and getting undesirable locations.

Are you saying that one more thing we should blame on the Developer is someone not doing their DUE DILIGENCE? Wow...... Just Wow!

[Curtisbwp]

I did my homework! I live near NO railroad tracks, no major road, no area that could cause noise! I visited neighborhoods at all hours of day and night. I did not want brownwood area ( 44/301) and way too much drugs and crime. No Spanish springs, 27/441 plus easy access to the square.
I do live close to sumter landing. No immediate access, Sable Chase, Virginia trace etc.
People spending so much money should do their homework. MOST DO NOT.

[PurePeach]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Sound is louder in cold air. This is because as the temperature goes down the sound waves have a tendency to refract more and they are usually refracted towards the ground. Further, the intensity of the sound will be higher.

Also, the trees have lost leaves, which helps buffer sound..

[BigSteph]

That would suck.

I have to believe when that happens, the citizens will have a case for installation of a wall on both sides. It is hard to justify a wall when you knew the interstate was there. But there will be justification for it when they change the size of the Turnpike (shorten the buffer to homes).

The developer might want the idyllic golf courses and manicured lawns visible to sell more homes down south, but I suspect the din of voices calling for a wall will be powerful.

When you look at any other widening of the turnpike or any other interstate, you almost always see the inclusion of new walls.

We'll have to see on this one, though.

Originally Posted by Ritagoyer

Think of all the noise you will have when the tollway goes to 6 lanes to handle all the new traffic

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

Are you saying that one more thing we should blame on the Developer is someone not doing their DUE DILIGENCE? Wow...... Just Wow!

Not blaming the developer at all where did you get such a ridiculous idea.

They created a better mousetrap that has a high demand and people want the product and they do not do the due diligence they should.

Why in the world do you think that I think the developer should do anything different?

[BigSteph]

So many people are not from this area and don't have the luxury of renting for leisure while searching for a home or second home.

When here, the homes sell out in hours or days and while you do your best to calculate all the angles, you cannot account for every crime stat, every weather condition, for every landmark or roadway.

If these homes sold like most of us are used to seeing in our lives, you take a flyer, mull over a purchase for a week, and in many cases still get the house (maybe with a stiffer offer in some cases). Right now, a house goes on the market, and by the end of the day 7 people have a hold to buy the house at the exact price asked.

None of this excuses a person's due diligence and the simple fact you can always walk away. But, there are factors that the average life-style visitor doesn't take into account -- I think the whole point of the lifestyle visit is to amp the emotions for an impulse buy.

Originally Posted by Curtisbwp

I did my homework! I live near NO railroad tracks, no major road, no area that could cause noise! I visited neighborhoods at all hours of day and night. I did not want brownwood area ( 44/301) and way too much drugs and crime. No Spanish springs, 27/441 plus easy access to the square.
I do live close to sumter landing. No immediate access, Sable Chase, Virginia trace etc.
People spending so much money should do their homework. MOST DO NOT.

[BigSteph]

I agree with both of you.

What we haven't even discussed is how close the Village of St. John (which is multiple separated sections along Meggison) is to the Turnpike. There are several areas where I swear that I still have the arm to throw a baseball from the breakdown lane on the turnpike, across Meggison, and hit a house in St. John. Maybe I'm dreaming.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Very very very true but there is a trap. The Developer is extraordinarily good at marketing.

They have built a very desirable area and when new areas are announced they go very quickly making people rush to buy before exercising due diligence and getting undesirable locations.

[BigSteph]

I don't think there is anything reasonable that can be done.

No one made us buy here. The developer didn't put up trees to obscure the turnpike -- though it might have helped to dampen the noise.

For the St. Catherine folks, you might have a double whammy when the night-life fires up at Saw Grass. At the squares there are many buildings that enclose the square entertainment. At Sawgrass, there is little to dampen the nightlife from the neighborhood area. There will be more cars, more carts, and more sounds.

..... to answer your question, I think the home sales along the turnpike would have to slow to a crawl. From what I see, they are only ramping up. Therefore, no incentive to do anything.

Originally Posted by janetsue

I agree, we live in St Catherine and wonder what could be done outside of moving. What would The Villager residents need to do to convince the developers to put up sound walls along the turnpike? Is there a process?

[BigSteph]

I agree. I started this thread to generate discussion to understand the noise from the turnpike. The noise is different day to day -- with some days/nights being very loud and other times remarkably silent.

As usual, this thread has devolved into being lectured by greater minds about our lessor judgement and reasoning.

Most of the time on this forum, I pull my punches and just push away from the keyboard as it serves no purpose to denigrate others and ultimately diminish myself. I live here and work in Leesburg. I've given up on defending Villagers to those people. Some of their criticisms are given life in the words on some of these threads.

By the way, other than the noise and bugs, I kinda like South of 44.

Originally Posted by Mrprez

If you are happy where you are, that’s all that matters. Stop bashing those of us who chose to live south of 44.

[Fastskiguy]

Originally Posted by skippy05

I live 1/2 mile from the turn pike. The noise level changes and it subject to wind, temperature, humidity and amount of greened up vegetation. It is different levels every day and changes during the day. It ranges from you can't hear it whatsoever to very loud and you can hear it in your house. At 1/2 mile it is not enough bother that I would move or buy in a different location. Closer than I am now and I think I would not like it at all. I also realize that if more homes are built or strip malls between me and the turn pike that the sound most likely will be worse due to more hard surfaces bouncing the sounds waves all over the place instead of vegetation dampening it.

I'm in a similar situation with similar experiences. It's amazing how sometimes it's silent and other times it's fairly noticeable inside the house. It seems louder now than when we stood on the lot 2 1/2 years ago but I'm not sure how that can be.


I've done some traveling since moving in. We went to a place called "Lake Sumter Landing" and then this one time we went to another place called "Spanish Springs". Some places were louder, some places were quieter but it seemed the farther north we went the older the people got. Our house doubled in value so we're considering a vacation home in a place called Citrus Springs. To get there you have to take this sketchy bridge over a road called "27/441"

Joe

[Fastskiguy]

Originally Posted by Fastskiguy

I'm in a similar situation with similar experiences. It's amazing how sometimes it's silent and other times it's fairly noticeable inside the house. It seems louder now than when we stood on the lot 2 1/2 years ago but I'm not sure how that can be.


I've done some traveling since moving in. We went to a place called "Lake Sumter Landing" and then this one time we went to another place called "Spanish Springs". Some places were louder, some places were quieter but it seemed the farther north we went the older the people got. Our house doubled in value so we're considering a vacation home in a place called Citrus Springs. To get there you have to take this sketchy bridge over a road called "27/441"

Joe

What, one comment about old people up north and the thread dies? Sorry about that!

Joe

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Fastskiguy

What, one comment about old people up north and the thread dies? Sorry about that!

Joe