Is peace possible in the house despite an unprotected railway crossing (honking)?

Recommendation: Bedroom on the sound-isolated side.

Yes. That has probably already been mentioned, but it can always be repeated ... again and again ;)

In our previous house, we had a regional train that regularly honked at 5:30 in the morning when it rolled from the siding over an unguarded crossing onto the first trip of the day. Distance approx. 300m. For three years, our younger son used this as a wake-up signal; only when he started school did he no longer get out of bed. You will be able to hear the signal inside the house. Whether you still notice it after getting used to it or if it even bothers you, no one can say. My wife was repeatedly bothered by it; after a short adjustment period, I no longer noticed it at all.

My wife kept being bothered by it, I stopped noticing it at all after a short adjustment period.

Women do have a different perception than men. But what I would really like to know: did your wife also get bothered by it when she was in the middle of her daily work or while on the phone? Or did she only notice it when there was a "break"?

She heard every honk and commented on about every third one. We only had 2 honks a day. The morning one woke her briefly or completely, the nighttime one disturbed her sleep, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer. Not that we lived badly there, but I imagine it as a "base load." I can nap at the standing table on the ski slope during lunch break among wildly celebrating people; I have it better than my wife there.

Yes. That has probably been mentioned before, but it can always be repeated ... again again ;)

Such a mess, should have probably read everything after all?

Such a mess, should have probably read everything after all?

No, I really mean it that way :)