Should you buy next door to a massive caravan?

before_hollywood

Timmne wrote: »

It would affect my choice of home - people who own caravans are usually a little weird in my experience. My parents' neighbour goes away twice a year for a fortnight and their caravan must spend at least three weeks surrounding said trip, on the drive being prepared/cleaned!

My in laws' neighbours were on the verge of selling their house a few years ago when my FIL dressed the house up in St George's cross flags, ready for some football tournament. Put that buyer off (as it would me!) and they struggled to get the house sold for a while after that.

my neighbour from hell over the road is scottish, i have nothing against the scottish (i nearly set up a business with a guy from glasgow) but this guy does my tree in, i'm tempting to get an english flag for one side of the car and an irish one for the other side (i'm half english and half irish)

i'm going to wait till the day i move out, when he comes outside to nosey (he would as well) i'll flick the v's at him :rotfl:

we had an asian guy come to view our house when we were selling, he phoned a load of neighbours and got them to all stand outside of his house in a group to put the guy off :eek:

poppysarah

Don't know how long it is - or what sort. Next time I go shopping I'll have a squint at it!

Davesnave

britonsarah wrote: »

it would drive me nutts theres a rusty transit parked outside my door and moves about 2 days a month i hate it but the council said theres nothing i can do about it its parked legally if i was buying a house and there was a carvan as bad as u describe blocking my light no way would i buy it no mater how much i loved the house

Rusty Transit owner here. Mine's bright yellow, but I park outside my own house. Very useful sheds on wheels, Transits.

When our house was on the market, we used to fill it up with all the junk and park it round the corner. :rotfl: This was of limited effect though, because our viewers often complained about the neighbour's rusty, bay windowed Volkswagen Caravette, or the other neighbour's tatty curtains. Their loss; the neighbours are all great.

Strapped

Yes, YOU definitely should.

dander

A caravan on its own wouldn't bother me, but if "it's so big they tend to park it over the driveway of the house you're looking at." then that rings alarm bells with me - it speaks buckets about the kind of person they are, that they wouldn't have any respect for a neighbour or a neighbours property.

poppysarah

I've pulled out of buying it. It just didn't feel right. Went past deliberately later on and saw it was still there with the big car across the driveway and then then steam cleaning another car the other side.

For the risk of enduring annoying neighbours that you have to constantly ask to move the car so you can get off, I decided against even offering less.

It might disappear in the next week or so - but that was a risk I'm not prepared to take.

I think it's one of these 7m ones too.

EDIT: Of course being a repo there's no one to ask if they had problems with the neighbours....

maman

poppysarah wrote: »

I've pulled out of buying it. It just didn't feel right. quote]

I think you definitely did the right thing. My BIL lives in a semi and his neighbour's caravan is right outside their front bay window as you look out to the left. It doesn't bother him and he gets on well with his neighbour but when ever I visit I think it looks a real eyesore and definitely blocks light.

Interestingly I've been out walking the streets (not as bad as it sounds!!) round my way to give myself some exercise recently. It's amazing what you see dumped outside some people's houses. Caravans, old wrecks of cars, beds and sofas (usually student houses), boats etc etc. I feel so sorry for some of their neighbours who make an effort to keep their places looking good.

poppysarah

An update ...

The next door house (who have the massive caravan) is up for sale for 45k more than the repo. Which is still unsold...

45k!!!!!

Robert_Sterling_3

DawnW wrote: »

So long as it is kept on their land it is their business, give and take.

This may be legally the case but at the same time not very neighbourly.