Anyone Here Have a Water Well?

Noise from the compressor always kicking on vs keeping it insulated and protected from weather in the few cold months.

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So I'm building a house where there's no public water.

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I'm sorry

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I'd always thought of that as being something you'd keep outside.

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Ours is in the backyard with a shed built around it. I've never heard of anyone having a water pump indoors

I grew up with one and it was inside our storage shed. I'd definitely put it inside. We have always put a heat lamp on it during really cold periods too. I would also think that protecting it from the elements would be beneficial.

The only issue was when we had to re-run the riser. For some reason, we got it down hole and had to pull it out. My dad cut a small hole in the roof to allow for sufficient headroom.

if you are in Baton Rouge, just put it outside. You can always put a heater/light on it when it is going to freeze. You don't even need to put a shed around it. Though, it'll look nicer if you do.

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Noise from the compressor always kicking on vs keeping it insulated and protected from weather in the few cold months.

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This. We have it outside the house in its own shed.

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Everyone I know puts it away from the house. Usually have an outbuilding. Assuming you will have a tank, you don't just want that out in the middle of the yard.

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This. we had building built around ours that served as both a cover for the well along with storage for our outdoors stuff.

As for a tank, I'm not sure about all systems, but some of them will get what is known as "waterlogged". If this happens you need to fix the situation fast or you'll burn your pump up in a hurry.

Also, make sure you install a pig tail for your water well pump so you can run it off of a generator when the power's out. This is a huge deal for hurricane season. People who grew up on a public water system often don't think of this. When I was growing up, we didn't have a pig tail on our water pump (or a generator), so no power meant no running water as well. When you can be without power for days at a time, that's a huge problem waiting to happen. Make sure you have a generator and a pig tail so you can run the pump off of the electrical grid or the generator.

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I'll be in the Baton Rouge area so I can tend to it the once every whatever years we actually have freeze issues.

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Insulate the structure and you shouldn't have to worry about freezing

The drilling company is going to hire a geologist that will tell them where to drill.At least that is what most companies do here.
You can ignore his suggestions, but you are taking a risk on that.

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Also, make sure you install a pig tail for your water well pump so you can run it off of a generator when the power's out.

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Who would do that? The water well contractor?