Selling our house...road noise...suggestions really appreciated!

[Craftlady]

Music in the back ground would be good. Try to show the house on "off hours" or weekends when there might be less traffic.

[finn's mom]

Thanks, guys! I was already thinking of the music thing, I'm more worried about when they go outside. I'm thinking of ways to keep people out of the backyard, haha. But, they'll hear the road noise as they enter...

Karen, I was thinking of the "white noise" factor, too...it totally works for me in that way!

Thanks again, I really hope we can sell it without completely losing out.

[catnapper]

As someone who lives next to a road, I can attest to "white noise" helping me sleep at night. It never occured to me that the traffic would be any issue (though we now want to get a fence because of Cameron) but for noise? It never even occurs to me.

You can tell them at least it is not next to an airport! LOL

[Daisy and Delilah]

I live right off a busy roadway and a block from the fire station. My street is like a crossroad to everywhere. There are alot of sirens, road noise, and many other things going on. I never notice it at all. It's just something you forget about, most of the time, right away because you have your own things going on inside.

I've seen shows on HGTV where people live in large cities. They usually have privacy fences that mask the noise. Their back yards are like little getaways. So much in fact, sometimes, they completely forget where they actually live.

Kari, if anyone mentions it, the best thing to do is act as if you don't know what they're talking about. As Karen said, good insulation(sound proofing) should take care of everything. Good luck and keep us posted.

[finn's mom]

Thanks for the pointers. I just hope we can sell the house. Our neighbors are having no luck at all. They told us that they're playing music and the only negative feedback they are getting at all about the house is the road noise. We are not near a highway, it's just a street that gets busy. It's crazy. Oh, well, we are getting ready to start our open house sessions, so we'll find out soon enough. The house is starting to look really good, I just hope we find someone who's not worried about the noise. Wish us luck!

[Randi]

Well, it's probably too late to plant a huge hedge, but that would definately drown some of the noise.

Good luck selling it!