Would you buy a house when loud music from next door?

mr_fishbulb

maya+2 wrote: »

Ultimately if its a rented house next door you have to bear in mind you are taking a risk as you never know who will move in.

The same could be said for any house next door. Noisy people buy houses too.

poppysarah

Only believe what they're prepared to put in writing via your solicitor.

And check if the house next door sold recently...

Ask other neighbours and visit a few times. Bear in mind friday nights might be quiet if they go the pub ... until they come back that is!

VioletBaudelaire

mr_fishbulb wrote: »

The same could be said for any house next door. Noisy people buy houses too.

This is why when I sell my flat, I'm planning to move to a detatched house! Reduced risk of hearing the neighbours. Obviously I'll be moving out of central London to do this, I'm not a millionare, unfortunately! (Though even if I was, I'd still be aiming to leave stinky, noisy London!)

tomstickland

marking_bad wrote: »

And tenants always need to be wary of snooty, cliquey neighbours.

One of the best things about renting is not spending eternity with a bunch of toffee nosed, pretentious snobs.

It's not a dig at tenants per se, but there's a higher risk of nusiance neighbours from a rental property.

C_Mababejive

No no no ..buy to let blight has ruined many hard working peoples lives.

poppysarah

I have just thought of a reason to buy next door to a noisy property - if you're also a noisy person who likes to blare music out at all hours...

Mind you any remaining quiet neighbours will go more mad...

Ada3050

I live next door to a property that was a "renter" until just recently.

I had various tenants move in and out, all I can say is all of them were noisy.
One was a trumpet player, hours of him practicing drove me up the wall.

The next was a woman with a young child who would play the same micheal jackson cd every day for weeks at high volume. She would also wait till 11pm before she started running on her running machine waking me up, the child was very noisy at most times of the day. I used to cringe when her car pulled on the drive, waiting for the noise to start again.

The modern society is becoming more noisy, it would be nice if people would think about the noise they make may affect others. The phrase "I'm alright jack" springs to mind.

Enterprise_1701C

I would never buy a house without visiting on several different occasions at different times of the day/night! You make an appointment to see the house, and it may be that they try to make the appointmenet at the quietest time of the day, maybe the road is a rat run at peak hour or whatever. Anyway, that said, might well be worth a visit on Friday/Saturday night, might also be worth sitting outside the house at 1 o'clock in the morning too if you can - a little lost sleep now or a lot of lost sleep later?

It may well be a one off - maybe he had a friend, even boyfriend? round for a while and they were just having a bit of fun?

jockosjungle

Remember you might live there the rest of your life, these guys might be gone in a month. However someone worse could move in, someone better, you'll be living a neighbour lottery every six months or so.

I'd be dubious about buying a house next to a rented one

R