Airplane noise concerns overblown?

[Anonymous]

It is! You’re gaslighting people right now! Be honest!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is! You’re gaslighting people right now! Be honest!

It’s not gaslighting to tel you that it is obvious that there are planes and helicopters flying over the Potomac River and nearby neighborhoods all day and well into the night. I can go outside right now and see them go by. They are not hidden.

[Anonymous]

That’s true, thank you

[Anonymous]

I’m all for disclosures too. I wish someone had told me that when I bought my house next to 495 that I would hear traffic all hours of the day. If only the seller had told me about this…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for disclosures too. I wish someone had told me that when I bought my house next to 495 that I would hear traffic all hours of the day. If only the seller had told me about this…

I feel so sorry for you. Did the real estate agent hide the highway from potential buyers for the open house? They are so unscrupulous these days!

[Anonymous]

Gosh. They let anyone be a real estate agent these days. PP, PP before you was being sarcastic.

But yes, the informal legal advice is to disclose. It’s also in your code of conduct

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is! You’re gaslighting people right now! Be honest!

It’s not gaslighting to tel you that it is obvious that there are planes and helicopters flying over the Potomac River and nearby neighborhoods all day and well into the night. I can go outside right now and see them go by. They are not hidden.

Every 60 seconds in DC under the flight path! A real estate disaster in the making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh. They let anyone be a real estate agent these days. PP, PP before you was being sarcastic.

But yes, the informal legal advice is to disclose. It’s also in your code of conduct

Lol at schooling others at noticing sarcasm when you are not able to recognize it yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for disclosures too. I wish someone had told me that when I bought my house next to 495 that I would hear traffic all hours of the day. If only the seller had told me about this…

I feel so sorry for you. Did the real estate agent hide the highway from potential buyers for the open house? They are so unscrupulous these days!

Well I thought the highway was there and I could hear the traffic, but the agent told me it was just a small road and I was hearing things. I believed him. Damn agents! If you only there had been a disclosure!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is! You’re gaslighting people right now! Be honest!

It’s not gaslighting to tel you that it is obvious that there are planes and helicopters flying over the Potomac River and nearby neighborhoods all day and well into the night. I can go outside right now and see them go by. They are not hidden.

Every 60 seconds in DC under the flight path! A real estate disaster in the making.

You never get tired of this? How do you explain the hundreds of houses that sold under the flight path since NextGen was implemented? You need to accept that the existence of the flight path is already accounted for in the prices. Otherwise these areas would be even more expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for disclosures too. I wish someone had told me that when I bought my house next to 495 that I would hear traffic all hours of the day. If only the seller had told me about this…

I feel so sorry for you. Did the real estate agent hide the highway from potential buyers for the open house? They are so unscrupulous these days!

Well I thought the highway was there and I could hear the traffic, but the agent told me it was just a small road and I was hearing things. I believed him. Damn agents! If you only there had been a disclosure!

Right?! I bought a house beside a school in July and the agent promised me that it’s really quiet and I wouldn’t even notice anyone was there during the school year!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for disclosures too. I wish someone had told me that when I bought my house next to 495 that I would hear traffic all hours of the day. If only the seller had told me about this…

I feel so sorry for you. Did the real estate agent hide the highway from potential buyers for the open house? They are so unscrupulous these days!

Well I thought the highway was there and I could hear the traffic, but the agent told me it was just a small road and I was hearing things. I believed him. Damn agents! If you only there had been a disclosure!

I think you should sue them. Unacceptable!

[Anonymous]

I don’t quite understand the smugness while there’s clear evidence that you’re damaging your hearing and endangering your health (especially the kids). And undermining the efforts to address the situation to benefit you. I’ve never heard anyone say they love the sound of jet engines either so what’s the appeal?

It’s like the Spring Valley hold outs who won’t let their lots be inspected so as not to affect their property values. By the way, the same is happening with the Spring Valley and the DC flight path neighborhoods: I know several real estate agents who have said in private that they would not live nor invest in either but would never tell that to a prospective buyer.

Anyway, I couldn’t bring myself to do it if you handed me a house for free under such a crazy busy flight path. I’ve tried to understand that viewpoint and just can’t find a rational justification (unless someone bought before it got this bad or hadn’t realized just how bad it was, which I think is many).

Given the choice, why is the question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t quite understand the smugness while there’s clear evidence that you’re damaging your hearing and endangering your health (especially the kids). And undermining the efforts to address the situation to benefit you. I’ve never heard anyone say they love the sound of jet engines either so what’s the appeal?

It’s like the Spring Valley hold outs who won’t let their lots be inspected so as not to affect their property values. By the way, the same is happening with the Spring Valley and the DC flight path neighborhoods: I know several real estate agents who have said in private that they would not live nor invest in either but would never tell that to a prospective buyer.

Anyway, I couldn’t bring myself to do it if you handed me a house for free under such a crazy busy flight path. I’ve tried to understand that viewpoint and just can’t find a rational justification (unless someone bought before it got this bad or hadn’t realized just how bad it was, which I think is many).

Given the choice, why is the question?

Of course no one likes the sound of jet engines. But there are trade-offs in life and people value certain things more highly than others. If you can't understand that some people may value the short commute, or the nice neighborhood, or being near their schools, or layout of a particular house, or a thousand other things more highly than airplane noise, then I don't know what to say. Your priorities are not everyone's priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t quite understand the smugness while there’s clear evidence that you’re damaging your hearing and endangering your health (especially the kids). And undermining the efforts to address the situation to benefit you. I’ve never heard anyone say they love the sound of jet engines either so what’s the appeal?

It’s like the Spring Valley hold outs who won’t let their lots be inspected so as not to affect their property values. By the way, the same is happening with the Spring Valley and the DC flight path neighborhoods: I know several real estate agents who have said in private that they would not live nor invest in either but would never tell that to a prospective buyer.

Anyway, I couldn’t bring myself to do it if you handed me a house for free under such a crazy busy flight path. I’ve tried to understand that viewpoint and just can’t find a rational justification (unless someone bought before it got this bad or hadn’t realized just how bad it was, which I think is many).

Given the choice, why is the question?

Because I don't want to live in Clarksburg.

I love living in my neighborhood - plane noise included. Rest assured, I would rather have some plane noise than gunfire noise or living out in the sticks.