Home Buying - What Is That Noise!?!
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th
You've found the perfect home, closed escrow and just finishedmoving in. As you happily fall asleep, all seems well in theworld. An hour later, you bolt up in bed to an ear splittingsound. All is no longer well in the world.
An Unholy Racket
If you saw the movie "My Cousin Vinny", you know what I'mtalking about. For those that haven't, the movie centers on alawyer, Vinny, who comes
to the south to defend his nephewagainst criminal charges. Every evening, Vinny goes to sleeponly to be awoken by some blasting noisy. When house hunting,you need to make sure you don't get "Vinny'd."
When you find an area or home you like, make absolutely sure youdrive the area looking for any potential noise producers. Rolldown the window, turn off the radio and just listen. You mightbe surprised at what you hear.
If you run across railroad tracks, you better figure out howclose they are to your prospective home. Make sure you are nearthe house when a train goes by, so you can get the full effect.While trains and plains are obvious sources of noise, you alsoneed to consider more subtle situations.
Weekend vs. Week Days
Many homebuyers look at houses early on Saturday and Sundays.This makes sense since you have to work for a living, but it canresult in some nasty surprises. The characteristics of aneighborhood on weekends are entirely different than during weekdays. Make absolutely sure you check out the property duringboth time periods. To guard against "partying" neighbors, makesure you check the area during evenings as well.
They say home ownership brings peace of mind. Check yourneighborhood to make sure this cliché will apply to you!
About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - providing FSBOhomes For Sale By Owner. Visit our "sell my home" page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm to list and sell your homefor free for one month. Visithttp://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm to see homes for sale byowner.
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