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2019-05-30 14:53:14
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Hello dear community,
since we have been waiting for the new development area for quite some time now – it has been dragging on for 1.5 years (!) – the city cannot agree on a project developer, we are currently looking for alternatives. Here we prefer farmsteads; if a barn is approved, the horses could also move along. Now we have focused on two properties. One of them is virtually being auctioned via a bidding process, we are in third place and therefore will probably not receive the contract. The other is also much nicer but has a significant disadvantage: the property borders directly on a country road (macro and micro location see picture). During rush hour about 1-2 cars per minute, in the evening it is quiet. The road is about 20 meters away from the house and one of the terraces. According to the Lower Saxony Building Code, fences up to 2 meters high may be built in the outer area without a permit. I was thinking about about 2.5 meters and would then apply for a building permit. The bedrooms face the back or side, only the guest room would be on the side facing the road.
Now there is the idea of building a noise protection wall towards the road. For this I have the following questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with this and have built a noise protection wall themselves or live behind a noise protection wall that was built at external cost? If yes, what material, how high, and how is the perceived improvement?
2. I know that the wall should actually be built quite close to the noise source. Furthermore, the effect of such a wall is also the less effective, the further it is built from the house/the terrace. Where would you place the wall?
3. Which material? I was thinking of a stone wall for the mass, and possibly plants in front for breaking the sound. The wall would rather reflect the sound. On the other side of the road there is nothing that will reflect the sound back. The gate to the driveway would also have to be relatively solid.
It would be great if you have opinions and/or experiences about this =)


since we have been waiting for the new development area for quite some time now – it has been dragging on for 1.5 years (!) – the city cannot agree on a project developer, we are currently looking for alternatives. Here we prefer farmsteads; if a barn is approved, the horses could also move along. Now we have focused on two properties. One of them is virtually being auctioned via a bidding process, we are in third place and therefore will probably not receive the contract. The other is also much nicer but has a significant disadvantage: the property borders directly on a country road (macro and micro location see picture). During rush hour about 1-2 cars per minute, in the evening it is quiet. The road is about 20 meters away from the house and one of the terraces. According to the Lower Saxony Building Code, fences up to 2 meters high may be built in the outer area without a permit. I was thinking about about 2.5 meters and would then apply for a building permit. The bedrooms face the back or side, only the guest room would be on the side facing the road.
Now there is the idea of building a noise protection wall towards the road. For this I have the following questions:
1. Does anyone have experience with this and have built a noise protection wall themselves or live behind a noise protection wall that was built at external cost? If yes, what material, how high, and how is the perceived improvement?
2. I know that the wall should actually be built quite close to the noise source. Furthermore, the effect of such a wall is also the less effective, the further it is built from the house/the terrace. Where would you place the wall?
3. Which material? I was thinking of a stone wall for the mass, and possibly plants in front for breaking the sound. The wall would rather reflect the sound. On the other side of the road there is nothing that will reflect the sound back. The gate to the driveway would also have to be relatively solid.
It would be great if you have opinions and/or experiences about this =)