Property Information Buying a House Near an Airport
If you want to buy a house and are looking at properties close to any municipal or international airports you need to know where you stand, literally. Buying a house near an airport is typically cheaper than areas away from jet noise and pollution. Los Angeles is a bit of an exception with luxury real estate like Marina Del Rey and Manhattan Beach close to LAX. However the main flyover zone of Inglewood a much lower priced neighborhood gets the most noise and direct pollution. The point is get all the property information you can before you buy in these potential “no fly real estate zones”.
The infantry is NOT coming, so residents of Rosemary Gardens and Washington-Guadalupe in the San Jose area have nothing to fear. Runway work at Mineta San Jose Airport will cause a temporary re-routing of air traffic landing patterns beginning Monday, May 19 and continuing for approximately two weeks. As a result, planes will soar overhead about a mile east of their usual path, causing a potential increase in area noise for that time period. It is unknown as to whether this construction will cause air travel delays at this point.
Although a temporary, yet necessary, inconvenience for the neighborhoods involved, airport improvement will render a more efficient runway after the work is complete. On a more permanent basis, air traffic is considered a "material fact" in a real estate transaction, and a required disclosure report for airport proximity that can be found in Property I.D. Corp NHD natural hazard zone disclosure forms. Property I.D. Corp provides the industry standard in real estate disclosure resources for professionals and new home buyers. We are the founder of the industry and the go to resource when you need to find the best natural hazards disclosure companies.