I live at the end of a 1/4 mile private road that's shared with four other property owners. The town put up a street sign at the beginning of our road (where it meets the public road) for 911 purposes, but it's a different color than the street signs for public roads, designating our road as private. In addition, we have put a "Private Road" sign on the post below the street sign.
My feeling is, anyone who has legitimate business is welcome on our road. Package delivery, visiting a friend, etc. This would include driving in to look at a home that was listed for sale, if you were really in the market to buy and this particular location and description looked promising. But please, don't drive in "just to see what's there." While we're not antisocial, we enjoy our privacy and the relative quiet of living on a private road. Private funds were used to build the road and the five homeowners share the cost of maintaining it, and the less vehicle traffic the better.
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