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What would put you off a house...?
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The things that put me off are: newly decorated, newly installed kitchens and bathrooms, new carpets, decor not to my taste.
But we are looking for renovation projects, so unless a house was in our price range and done exactly to our tastes, there's no way I'd buy one that had actually had work done to it in the last 10 years! And the chances of finding one that meets our spec, our taste and out rice bracket and none existent. I also like the challenge of a renovation.0 -
I don't like open plan, although a kitchen-diner is okay sometimes.
I wouldn't buy something with a dodgy or half-finished loft conversion - I'd either want it done properly or completely undone so I could do it myself if needed.
No garden would be a no; small is fine but I need some outside space with things growing.
Nasty windows and doors that are fairly new so I wouldn't be able to justify replacing them! Same with a kitchen - a new glossy finish kitchen would be a nightmare for me, I'd prefer a wreck that I could replace.0 -
A garden that is in the shade all the time would be a no go for me.Save £12k in 2018 #130 - £1200/£7,0000
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I will never buy:
- terraced house with no access on the back
- house with stairs in the living room
- no off road parking and no chance to make one
- small kitchen with no chance of extension
- small box room
- small garden or big difference in level
- no garage (the garage is a must for my partner, the bigger, the better:)
- lots of social housing around
- bad schools
- no transport
Everything else can be fixed.0 -
Another vote for a dislike of stairs being in the living room.
Also the kitchen being at the front of the house. Although I could live with that, its stairs in the living room that are a definite no.
Oh and kitchen has to be big enough to fit a table & chairs. Don't like lounge/diners where you have to have the dining table in the living room
Driveway is a must too
Me, fussy? Never! :rotfl:0 -
I will never buy:
- terraced house with no access on the back
- house with stairs in the living room
- no off road parking and no chance to make one
- small kitchen with no chance of extension
- small box room
- small garden or big difference in level
- no garage (the garage is a must for my partner, the bigger, the better:)
- lots of social housing around
- bad schools
- no transport
Everything else can be fixed.
Didn't think of those!
Yes also must have side access to the garden and back garden that's level.0 -
On a road with huge solid speed bumps! I don!!!8217;t mind the tarmac sort where you can slow down and line up and go over gently, but the huge solid ones where however you line up or slowly you crawl over it smashes your suspension and jolts you about.0
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Another no here for pebble dash or rendered and near neighbours. Internal stuff doesn't matter as long as the place has big enough rooms.
We bought a small bungalow and extended it so size isn't an issue as long as you can extend as you want.
Stairs in the living room too, we had the choice of putting the stairs in the living room, dining room or utility room - we chose the utility.
No garage or garage space.
Fair sized rooms a must.0 -
Nothing. It's a balance of everything about the house against the price you are paying for it.
Nobody is going to be faced with the choice of a mansion in the country against a 2 bed terrace in the worst area of town and buy the 2 bed terrace because the mansion has stairs in the living room.
If 90% of the houses in the price range have off road parking you might insist on off road parking; if in your price range the only houses with off road parking are there because they have massive subsidence, then it shouldn't be an priority.
Nothing should ever be a deal breaker on its own. You have to consider the whole. Doing anything else is shooting yourself in the foot.0 -
Open plan living/ktichen/diner is the only thing that makes me instantly press the "back" button on rightmove. I like the idea of being able to stick the dishwasher and washing machine on, then shut the door so I don't have to turn up the TV to drown out the sound! In open plan houses you don't have this luxury.
Off-road parking isn't a MUST for me, but only if parking looks easily obtainable on the street nearby. A house where the street is always full of cars would be a no go. My ex's University house was in a terraced street and sometimes i'd have to park 3 streets away!! That would be 100% a deal breaker for me!
Apart from that, i'd consider most things knowing that over time you can do what you want with it.0
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