Back yard backs up to a busy road

[Anonymous]

This is a non negotiable for me, but is it too picky? Getting a lot of flak because I am hung up on being in an interior lot. I’m talking about your backyard backs up to a house that faces a four lane 35 mph Road.
Anyone else have this as a no no or am I being too picky because I still want to be close to downtown so everywhere is busy (so people say!)

[Anonymous]

If I had kids, I would not be comfortable with it. I'd rather have front face the busy road and the back be away from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a non negotiable for me, but is it too picky? Getting a lot of flak because I am hung up on being in an interior lot. I’m talking about your backyard backs up to a house that faces a four lane 35 mph Road.
Anyone else have this as a no no or am I being too picky because I still want to be close to downtown so everywhere is busy (so people say!)

Wait, so there is a whole house in between your house and the road? Then no, I wouldn't be that picky. Put up a substantial fence. Line the fence with a tree screen, like western red woods (thuja) and call it a day.

[Anonymous]

that would be so loud. pass

[Anonymous]

I hate hearing traffic sounds, so that would be a dealbreaker for me personally. But others may not care.

[Anonymous]

So basically you are one street in from a busy road and your yard does not back up to the busy road?

No, this wouldn't bother me.

[Anonymous]

NO way.

[Anonymous]

I actually like it. One house I almost bought backed to Falls Road around 3/4 mile from Potomac Village. Front of house was Cul de Sac dead end where driveway was.

I noticed house put its inground pool towards back of lot by Falls Road. Also had a little back gate with lock onto Falls road as a path to town.

However if front house on Falls road that would suck getting in and out of driveway.

It also depends in size of lot.

[Anonymous]

wouldn't be an issue if the yard is a good size and your house would be one street removed from the busy road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I had kids, I would not be comfortable with it. I'd rather have front face the busy road and the back be away from it.

Above was my post. I misunderstood your description. What you described would not bother me at all!

[Anonymous]

Maybe not a dealbreaker, but I’d probably rather not be that close to a main road. Though we moved far enough out that those lots aren’t all that common.

[Anonymous]

Can you get more specific about the area? Is this near downtown DC?

[Anonymous]

You want to be close to downtown, but you want to be more than 1 block in from any street over 35? I think you are setting an extremely arbitrary and limiting criteria.

[Anonymous]

Some background, we sold our house which we lived specifically because it was directly on a similar road. So to me, just one lot off this kind of road is bothersome. But we are losing better houses in bidding wars so…?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some background, we sold our house which we lived specifically because it was directly on a similar road. So to me, just one lot off this kind of road is bothersome. But we are losing better houses in bidding wars so…?

Which we LOVED not lived…