shenja
2020-08-10 12:00:49
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If a building area is going to be designated there anyway, the likelihood that the municipality will build a noise barrier fence is not exactly low. Have you inquired about that? Definitely do it! Because that completely changes the noise situation. The sound basically "ripples" over this noise barrier fence, and that should be taken into account in the planning. Because where it "ripples over" it is sensitively loud and that should not be the bedroom window. So ask if and then how, how high, etc., and bring that to the planning meeting with the architect.
Personally, a train every 8 minutes would be unpleasant for me, but I can't really assess the real situation.
I would also ask DB (Deutsche Bahn) if anything is planned regarding the route. You wouldn't want to build there and 3 years later the route gets expanded for freight traffic. As far as I know, DB does provide information about that.
If everything else fits: go for it! Personally, I find it less disturbing when I sit on the terrace and a train passes by than when I have the noise present in the bedroom.
Sorry, but that drives me crazy! Your neighbors have visitors with children, they are playing around, laughing, and possibly firing up the grill. They are sitting outside, talking, laughing, the children are happy. Really a drama! And on a Saturday!
Is it really that terrible? Is it every day? Continuously? Or do they just occasionally have visitors and enjoy life?
I think these are the normal neighborly "emissions" that you simply have. And one should not forget: you are always also one of the emitters now and then! It's a give and take. Especially in summer, a lot of life takes place outside. And also after 10 p.m., when it finally cools down and becomes pleasant. That occasionally has to do with noise. When we are on vacation in the south, we find it charming, sitting outside late into the night ourselves, laughing, drinking wine, and enjoying the mild summer nights.
But woe betide if the neighbor does that once!
I would never dream of getting upset about neighbors who have visitors and throw a party and it gets louder sometimes.
If my neighbor sits on the balcony with her husband, drinks some wine and talks with him, I hear that when I'm lying in my bedroom—although a street is between us. That happens in the few, very mild summer nights, so in more than 300 nights per year not. If I want to sleep on such a night instead of sitting outside, I can either close my window (thanks to controlled residential ventilation not a problem) or leave it open and use earplugs (my preferred solution).
If the other neighbor grills, I smell it—it lasts max 1 hour, then it's over. And also on fewer than 60 days a year.
If all that bothers me so much, then unfortunately I'm in the wrong place in a normal residential area. Then I recommend the Einsiedlerhof, the retirement home, the sanatorium, or an apartment, a house in a spa zone with special quiet requirements.
Please don't misunderstand: if someone parties every day, is loud until late at night, bombards me daily with heavy metal, then that's certainly no longer acceptable and I should stand up for myself. But if someone has visitors once in a while, it gets a bit louder SOMETIMES, children romp around and it lasts a little longer in the evening, one can certainly turn a blind eye. As I said: it can also be the other way around sometimes.
Especially in a summer in which sure many families spend their summer vacation at home in the garden due to the current situation and can't go anywhere by the sea.
Please keep things in perspective!
It is almost every day and always, even during the week, at these times. It starts at 8 p.m. and always ends well after midnight and yes, also with children and no, not just during the holidays. Often also with friends and those shishas.
Also in winter, then with a fire basket. If it were once a month, I wouldn’t say anything. But we can gladly swap. I have been dealing with this almost every day for 5 years. I do not sleep with the window open, impossible. Even at over 30 degrees.