Sell house directly again - Prepayment penalty

What use are opposing opinions from measuring devices or other outsiders to the psyche?

Probably nothing, but it would help save money (for new windows). And will a new house suddenly be quiet then?

Probably nothing, but it would help save money (for new windows). And would a new house suddenly be quiet?

Then I'll rephrase it: what use are objectively even more soundproof windows to a currently restless soul?

So please don’t take it the wrong way… HOW I get worked up is definitely not “healthy” and I am currently working on that, but the fact that it is loud here – sorry – cannot be denied.
If you Google the place here, there are several newspaper articles about it (they come up right at the top of the Google search), about residents complaining about the noise. There is also a citizens’ initiative for more noise protection for the place. Currently, a development plan “noise protection” is being prepared by an engineering firm. The municipality itself describes itself as “significantly affected” by the federal highway. All the worse that we were so stupid not to notice it during the viewing. That borders on downright dumb.
So, but please don’t deny me that it is loud here.

Someone here has also always asked for measurement values. I asked at the citizens’ office and there are indeed measurement values that had to be taken because some residents here have to be subsidized for soundproof windows.

Well, that actually wasn’t really the topic and I don’t want to start the discussion again about whether it is loud here or not. It can be put even shorter: for me it is too loud here.

Thanks anyway and with that I sign off!

One can put it even more briefly: for me, it is too loud here.

From my point of view, this is also the standard for the "assessment" of noise perception. If there is still an objective / measurable noise problem, this is helpful for a technical approach, because then effective action can be taken using technical solutions.

From my point of view, this is also the standard for the "assessment" of the noise impression. If there is still an objective / measurable noise problem, this is helpful for a technical approach, because then promising technical solutions can be applied against it.

yes, I once asked our neighbors and they have special soundproof windows. I got an address where I can inquire and get advice. According to their statement, it has been much better and quieter for them since then, and the house is built right on the slope

Maybe one more attempt to appeal to your patience, with a practical example from my side:

I work professionally in an absolutely hostile environment – glowing steel, over 80db noise level, in summer over 45 degrees heat on the plant floor (where admittedly I am not longer than about an hour a day), heavy moving parts everywhere that can crush you fatally if you're inattentive, oil and dust that only comes out of clothing with a nail brush. And what can I say: when I changed jobs six months ago, I was somewhat nostalgic in the end and actually found it quite nice there. Humans are creatures of habit, otherwise we wouldn’t have survived. If you move to the desert or the Arctic, you will surely find the environment nice after at most a year. Otherwise our ancestors would all have gotten burnout – they didn’t have the choice. I believe the psyche works like this: in a new environment your body constantly warns you of new dangers, in your case noise. Over time it learns that it is not a danger, and you start to see the beautiful things again. In the end I no longer saw the dirt but only the technology and the people there.

Just give your ears and your brain a little time!

And one more not entirely serious tip, loosely after Rambo: "if you want to survive the war, you have to become the war yourself." Metaphorically this means: learn to play drums or trumpet. Then the highway might quickly become not even that loud a street for you.