You sell your Moraira home as “quiet and sunny,” and as soon as you open the terrace door, it sounds like a scooter, clinking glasses, the neighbour’s pool, or the CV-746 in August. It's not a tragedy; it’s Mediterranean reality. But if you ignore it, it costs you money. A lot of it.
“Noise isn’t a nuisance; it’s a discount the buyer applies without telling you.”
In 2025, buyers arrive with apps that measure decibels. “It’s barely audible” no longer flies. If your ad boasts of calm and the living room clocks 58 dB at midday, expect a bargain. The question is: are you going to let the noise set the price… or are you going to use it to your advantage?
Living here is sun, sea, and terraces. It’s also open-pipe motorbikes, renovations on the back street, kids in the pool, music in summer, leaf blowers at 8:00 AM, and the gas truck that shows up just when you’re showing the house. If you've been here for years, you’ve “gotten used to it.” The buyer coming from Madrid, Utrecht, or London… hasn't.
That clash is expensive. What's “ambiance” to you is “I won't sleep” to them, and “I’m knocking €20,000 off.” It hurts, yes. But it's easier to fix than you think if you tackle it with data, not excuses.
Do the exercise: think about your home and mark the sources that add to real estate noise in Moraira.
Want to check without drama? Consult the noise map of Moraira and the Costa Blanca (Strategic Noise Maps of the Valencian Community) and walk your block with your ear “turned on.” If you measure afterwards, you’ll have the full picture.
Painful data: all else being equal in the same area and condition, perceived excessive noise can shave between 5 and 12% off the value of a home on the Costa Blanca. I’m not saying this to scare you; I’m saying it so you can take control. Because this loss is not inevitable: it's greatly reduced if you measure, mitigate, and communicate well.
In money terms: for a €400,000 house, we’re talking €20,000 to €48,000. Are you really going to “wait for the right buyer” when you can cut decibels and give margin back to your pocket?
“How many euros are you losing for every decibel you ignore?”
If you don’t measure it, it doesn’t exist; if you measure it, you negotiate it. The mistake isn’t that your house has noise. The mistake is hiding it, not fixing what can be fixed, and improvising when a viewing happens. That makes you weak. And buyers smell weakness like a shark smells blood.
You can't move a road or change August, but you can manage exposure and demonstrate that life inside is good. The key is simple: measure, mitigate, and show with intention. When you master these three, noise stops being a shameful secret and becomes a “this is what there is, and here’s how it's controlled.” That builds confidence and halts the savage discount.
Counter-intuitive ideas that work in Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, and Jávea:
Download a “sound level meter” type app (dB Meter) and, if you can, borrow a physical sound level meter. Measure for 15 minutes across three slots: morning (8–10), midday (13–15), and evening (21–23). Note the interior of the living room, master bedroom, and terrace.
You’re not going to redo the facade. You don't have to. In a week, you can cut 3–8 dB inside (which feels like a world of difference) with low-drama changes. At Cuñat Weber, we see this every month:
Approximate budget for a quick “living room + bedroom kit”: €1,200–€2,500. Typical ROI: recovering €10,000–€30,000 in negotiation by reducing the argument for a noise discount. Yes, it’s worth it.
Now that you've lowered the decibels, decide how to show the house. No cheap tricks; just data and staging.
Ana (Valencia) and Peter (Utrecht) had a townhouse near the CV-746 in Moraira. Beautiful terrace, but passing motorbikes registered 60–63 dB outside; inside, 48–50 dB with old joinery. For 4 months, they heard the same song: “It’s beautiful, but the noise…” Two low offers and increasing frustration.
We came in with a simple plan: weatherstripping, changing the living room and bedroom glass to acoustic laminate, reinforcing the roller shutter box, dense hedging, and a textile pergola. Total cost: €1,800. Re-measurement: living room day at 41–43 dB, bedroom night at 33–34 dB, terrace at 56 dB with the hedge cutting the direct blast.
The result? Third weekend, three viewings, a British buyer who appreciated the dossier with measurements and improvements. It closed at €17,000 above the previous best offer and in 32 days from the adjustments. Not magic. Strategy.
Imagine opening the door and the first impression is light and calm. The buyer sits down, glances at the dossier with your measurements, looks at the green-screened terrace, notices they can converse inside without raising their voice. Their mind lowers its defenses. They stop thinking about “knocking down the price” and start thinking about “living here.”
Imagine the negotiation: instead of “this sounds like a highway,” you hear “I see the bedroom is 33 dB at night; that puts my mind at ease.” And you, with a smile: “Exactly. We measured it in three slots. Here are the screenshots.” The charade is over. The agreement begins.
Controlling the noise isn’t a trick. It’s respect for the buyer and for your price. It’s selling intelligently in a market where every decibel counts.
If it hurts to see your price driven down by a problem that can be fixed in a week, move today. Measure, mitigate, and show with data. And if you want to do it without stress, lean on those who have lived this market since 1989.
At Cuñat Weber, we coordinate a free valuation, a “quick acoustic insulation” checklist, viewing times, and a marketing plan that attracts serious buyers in Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, and Jávea. Write to us at sales@immomoraira.com, call +34 965 744 166, or stop by Avinguda del Portet, 42, Moraira. Are you going to give away that 5–12%… or are you going to recover it with data and strategy?
