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

  • Erstellt am 2021-02-24 21:22:58

pagoni2020

2021-03-02 20:35:48
  • #1
How you approach the topic will probably be a significant cost factor to make it turn out the way you want. Ultimately, however, there is always the risk of how it will be once live. Maybe it also makes sense from the beginning to involve a specialist on this topic, so that in the end you haven't invested heavily here and there but the problem still occurs in two places. My feeling tells me that you currently have the saber-toothed tiger growing too big, meaning the roof shape, floor plan, etc., as well as implementing some measures because of the "honking." Then at some point the question arises whether the building plot suits you if you are so worried. The cuts in planning freedom will take place and financially it will also be significant, which in turn could prevent dreams elsewhere.
 

JamaikaJoe

2021-03-03 20:47:17
  • #2
Fortunately, the worry gets a little smaller every day :) It’s quite possible that this is like using a cannon to shoot sparrows. But later I feel better this way than the other. The financial aspect will certainly bring me back down to earth sooner or later. The roof shape is more of a general curiosity. If the consensus was that the best sound insulation is achieved with a barrel roof, it still wouldn’t be for me because of the appearance. However, with a roof shape that is already among the top choices anyway, the sound insulation aspect could be the deciding factor. Why not... Do you mean an architect or someone even more specialized?
 

pagoni2020

2021-03-03 21:07:28
  • #3

:D :D :D .....Aha....so just wait a few more days, eventually it will be where it belongs. A justified feeling, but not a big bang.
I would first find my very own floor plan anyway, which can already be difficult enough. The roof shape usually results afterwards from a mix of development plan, taste, costs, etc. In my opinion, you can build a great house with any roof shape; the most important things happen INSIDE the house. Some things look great from the outside but don’t fit inside, so I would put that aside for now. I can’t imagine any roof shape helping you with the honking; many aspects can ultimately play a role.
If you *want* to "hear" it or are focused on it, you hear it anyway. If the concern is really persistent for you, I wouldn’t buy the building plot.
When planning, you can always keep that in mind and consider individual things that you might have done anyway or similarly. What I wanted to express more is that you can spend endlessly many euros on soundproofing, but with the window open or if you are focused on it you still hear it. The screaming neighbor or the humming heat pump are heard eventually, even if they do nothing and values alone are not enough since your perception is individual.
When my mother used to tiptoe upstairs at night, that was a nice feeling; later, during a lethal injection, I sometimes wanted to bite the windowsill—at exactly the same sound!
I think it will settle down for you :D

So if that would actually be my big, individual "problem"—and only then—I would want to educate myself accordingly, since it’s not really the architect’s specialty. There are various institutes and organizations on these topics and certainly experts who can say something proper about it. Searching, talking, reading might also change your feeling about it. You can do the usual and manageable measures anyway to adequately consider soundproofing. Then you see the price and can decide.
 

JamaikaJoe

2021-03-08 20:38:18
  • #4
I am making my peace with it right now :) Thank you very much for your feedback on this. At the moment, all signs point to us taking the property. What is good, affordable, and available in terms of soundproofing, I would like to take with me and keep it in mind.
 

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