acres for quiet

[Themanwithnoname]

Middle of 5 with trees etc would be a minimum IMHO.

More (Obviously) being better.

Good bit is... if you have 5, they likely have a bit too...

[NY Annie]

Originally Posted by MaseMan

Is it really so horrible to hear the sound of another person or some barking dogs occasionally?

Define occasionally. Seriously, do you mean once an hour? once a day?

Once an hour, yes, it is so horrible. Less often I can handle.

[Lovehound]

Originally Posted by bgmv90

How many acres would I need to live on in order to NOT hear my neighbors' conversations?

That's an interesting question, one I too have wondered about. I have a bit less than one-eighth acre at my present house and IMO that's too damned close. Over the years I've experienced all kinds of noise problems (noisy parties, spouses fighting, stereo too loud, dog barking incessantly, power tools). I decided that my next house would be on a much larger property if at all practical.

There are lots of variables. How loud do your neighbors talk? How often? Are the windows open or closed? Or are they having a knock down drag out fight on their lawn? People have differing sensitivity to noise. Different noises may be more annoying than others. Continued noise is usually worse than intermittent noise, a single noise and then silence is likely preferable.

Here on my one-eighth acre it's possible for neighbors to have facing windows within a dozen feet or even less. That's too damned close! If an acre property were square it would have sides of about 208 feet, and depending on the size of houses in that neighborhood it's quite possible to have more than 100 feet between houses. In my opinion that would be a vast improvement! Of course it really depends on all those variables, how the properties are laid out, how loud the neighbors are, season (windows open or closed), etc.

So my answer is that for your neighbors conversations to not be heard from your house you are probably getting in the right area beginning at about an acre.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Depends on the geography of the land and what is on that land to make things quiet. You can hear a train from miles away in the country. You can hear a train in a busy city in much less distance. In the city their are plenty of other sounds to hear and things to absorb the sound of the train. In the country sound can keep moving thru the air untill it is stopped by something else. Not that the sound of your neighbors will be heard for miles, but I think you get the idea. Lets say that you have an acre and a large block wall fence around your land. You would stop a lot of sound from entering your property. Just build a fence. LOL