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I had friends who rented a house on a golf course in the desert of northern Nevada. They liked the lushness of the green golf course, contrasted to the arid desert, & the fact that at night it was quiet & no houses behind them.
But they were still working age & gone 5 days a week & it was a temporary living situation for them. They often found golf balls in the backyard & when the glass patio French door was shattered by one, they just called the landlord to fix it.
We visited & there was a nice view of mountains in the distance. But, again, it was a temporary situation for them. As a retirement home it wouldn’t be my choice, especially since I don’t golf.
Lived near the putting green at the 1st hole. Grass cutting is done daily on the putting greens(the holes), usually starting with the 1st hole. Every day before sunrise, we would hear the mower start up and cut the grass. Got used to it though.
Never had a broken window because the angle of the shot avoided a direct hit toward the home, but did find golf balls on the far edge of the lot.
We showed a house in one of these communities, that had a golf ball deflecting fence around the back yard... pickets that were at about a 45 degree angle, about six inches apart. From the house, it allowed for you to see the nice view out the windows through the fence. From the tee area, it provided a deflecting barrier.
I lived on a golf corse years ago. The house was located past the 4th green. We didn’t get any balls in our yard, but neighbors along the fairway did get balls in their yard.
My parents have lived in 2 Golf Corse homes. The first they were far enough away from the tee box so as to not hear the golfer chatter, but the cart path was about 5 feet from their screened lanai. Carts going by at regular intervals most days. In the early mornings Dad walked the course and picked up lots of balls. He even had a grading system - balls he kept, balls he gave to friends, and balls he gave to kids at public courses. Their second golf corse house was awesome, they were across a pond from a tee box. Far enough away to hear no chatter and the pond attracted wonderful wildlife — Bald Eagles showed up regularly along with a wide variety of birds.
I've lived on a golf course for the last twelve years. My living room windows overlook the fifteenth tee so the golf balls are going away from the house, never a broken window, some stray balls over the years but no more than four or five in my flower gardens in all that time. I like the privacy, the uninterrupted view all the way to the Cascade foothills with no other houses in view. I guess it's more about the course layout than any general gripes about living on a course. I've seen some course homes that face the fairway and that could be a real dealbreaker for many..
I lived on a golf corse years ago. The house was located past the 4th green. We didn’t get any balls in our yard, but neighbors along the fairway did get balls in their yard.
My parents have lived in 2 Golf Corse homes. The first they were far enough away from the tee box so as to not hear the golfer chatter, but the cart path was about 5 feet from their screened lanai. Carts going by at regular intervals most days. In the early mornings Dad walked the course and picked up lots of balls. He even had a grading system - balls he kept, balls he gave to friends, and balls he gave to kids at public courses. Their second golf corse house was awesome, they were across a pond from a tee box. Far enough away to hear no chatter and the pond attracted wonderful wildlife — Bald Eagles showed up regularly along with a wide variety of birds.
My grandparents summer house was on just under 2 acres on a golf course fairway. So many balls came onto their property that we grandchildren never had to buy any balls for our own rounds the entire time we were growing up.
We've had a golf course lot before. We were in between the red/white tee boxes, so unless a golfer really shanked one from the black tee box, we had no worries of broken windows and never had one in 5+ years of living there. We would get about 15-20 golf balls in our yard during the course of a year.
Overall I thought it was nice... Our lot was .28 acres at the time, so decent sized, but walk out on the back patio and you have this 20-30 acre open space with trees and well maintained grass to look out on, much better than facing a back neighbor's fence, and we had strategically placed trees and hedges for privacy. After 7pm it was rare to have any golfers even though the course closed at 8pm, so at night it was great to sit on the patio and enjoy the view.
We may be in our "forever" home now, and we're not on a GC lot anymore, but I'd consider moving back to one if we ever downsize. Placement along the course is key to avoid issues.
I prefer not to have the country club crowd anywhere near my home. LOL
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