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Do coqui frogs affect real estate prices? Do realtors have to disclose them? It seems like they should have to disclose them since they make folks miserable.
The last time I sold a piece of property, coqui's were part of the disclosure along with lava zoning, geothermal and overflights. I don't know if it affects prices since the frogs are everywhere now.
As I recall, the required disclosure (buyer must sign) says that coqui frogs may be present, even if they are not known to be present, and that buyers should visit the property themselves to determine if the sound level at night is acceptable or not.
There's a well known local case where the buyers made an offer, sight unseen on a $1.9 property, then backed out after actually visiting, and sued to get their deposit back. The court ruled against them because they had signed the coqui disclosure. That's why it is required, because so many cases had been filed over the issue before.
If you get high enough in elevation, they can be quieter during the winter if it gets cold enough. That doesn't happen at the lower elevations, though.
Wow how do you live with that? Does it disturb your sleep or do you get used to it? They are much louder in Hawaii than our frogs in MN, which I don't mind at all during the summer. But they do go dormant all winter so I don't know what that would be like all year long. Is there nothing that can catch them or is it too cost prohibitive?
Yes, they impact sleep. Sure, You sleep - but I don't think you ever get used to them.
"Every evening, as darkness falls across the lush east side of the Big Island, thousands upon thousands of tiny coqui frogs fill the night with their piercing, unrelenting ko-KEE-ko-KEE-ko-KEE mating call.
The racket has disrupted untold hours of sleep, scared off home buyers, plagued the nursery industry and shattered the tranquility of the East Hawaii night forever."
The County didn't act fast enough to control them in the beginning, and now they are totally beyond control in certain areas. We are lucky where we live near South Point. There have only been a few so far and we have a community organization of volunteers who will go do a search-and-kill upon request. We are very careful about purchases from Hilo side and I always worry about picking up hitchhikers (the real small ones).
I love the coqui frogs. You people are so lucky to have them there!
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