House opposite a pub?

Baby_A

Hi,

Been house hunting and seen a really nice house but its opposite a pub. Its on a medium busy side road. I have asked lots of locals and they all say its not a busy pub.

We went there last night (Friday) at about 9pm to see how busy it gets. Alot of people around but pub wasnt busy.

My concern is it may not be busy now but if the landlord was to sell then it could get busier?

Any advice?

noyk

not much you can do really, its a risk you take. If you are concerned about it either move on or offer less money for the house.

Baby_A

I have offered less money for the house, waiting for an answer.
If I was to have problems, is there anything in place for someone to look into doing something about it? Maybe closing it?
Its me thinking way ahead, just want to know what my options would be.

I live in SW London, so its hard to be able to afford a decent place. This is within our budget, and a lovely home.

_Andy_

You also need to think about - what happens if they get a late licence in the future? What happens it there is a change of landlord and the clientele changes?

JennyB

Hi Baby A

I think it's probably a trade-off - if the house was in a better location it would probably be more expensive. Personally I'd be very put off by the pub because even a quiet pub will have people coming and going late at night and at least some of those will be pretty noisy. As far as the road goes I know a bit about that because I used to live alongside a dual-carriageway! :eek: You do get used to the noise but having now moved to a quiet residential road it is so much nicer. And then there's pets and children to think about if those are relevant to you. On the other hand though if it was a nicer house than any others I could afford then those are things that I'm probably willing to put up with - unlike bad neighbourhoods and sewage factories :rotfl: All houses have pros and cons and in the end you've just got to weigh them up - work out your priorities. Good luck!

Baby_A

Thanks for all you advice guys.

I saw another house for 30k more in a "quiet" cul de sac, we went for a drive down there at night, and I was shocked to see prostitues working in this quiet cul de sac!

What I am thinking is that, people may be noise when leaving the pub but they have a home to go to. What would be more important would be nice neighbours and a nice area.

Would it be better if there is a pub opposite, in that it can also be more safer as there wont be anyone breaking into my house with people watching!

Am I just talking myself into it?

Bossyboots

We looked at a house nearer the pub at the top of our road when we first moved here. Local knowledge of the pub put us off buying the house and we bought this one a lot further down. The pub was troublesome but a new landlord turned it around and it became a quiet place to have a drink or two.

However. The landlord regularly puts on events. On a weekend free of one of these the pub is not too bad but when one is in full swing it is packed and noisy and cars come and go constantly. I think you really need to check it out on more than one occasion and find out what events and public hire rooms they have there.

RHemmings

Baby_A wrote:

My concern is it may not be busy now but if the landlord was to sell then it could get busier?

Any advice?

Even if the landlord doesn't sell, won't the landlord do whatever s/he can to make it busier?

sturgeon62

When we brought our first house we did so with rose coloured glasses on. If only we knew then what we know now. We lived on a busy A road, we had a pub and a motel opposite, the house was cheap and affordable. The motel was never busy so they decided to diversify and went into evening entertainment ie weddings, parties, this turned the quiet motel into a 2 - 4am nightmare. Then the pub that was ok decided to stage live music events and we had really loud music from there as well. This also meant the odd fight at throwing out time and police and ambulances from time to time. It was far worse in the summer, because of the road we had double glazing but in the summer heat we would open the windows and have stereo booming from both sides, and as they were hot and heaving with people then they would have all doors and windows open too.

The local council were useless, often arriving too late to hear, eventually the motel closed and is now going to be housing, the pub is still doing live music, some ten years later, we were eventually able to move and luckily the couple who brought the house drink in the pub and have family close by so it was not a problem selling.

We always scream at the telly when house programs show presenters telling people how lucky they are to have a pub close by!!

You need to realise that the pub could close tomorrow or become the latest hot spot. You could have problems when you come to resale as you would need to declare any nuisance neighbours or disputes. The house might seem great but think the worst rather then hoping it might get better on the off chance. There is nothing worse then sleep deprivation and other peoples noise.

EdInvestor

the couple who brought the house drink in the pub and have family close by so it was not a problem selling.

Possibly this is the key factor? Would you use the pub?

I once lived in a house opposite the pub in a small country village. It was not a noisy pub (though it did at times open a little late when these things weren't, ahem, allowed ).

But everyone who lived along the street was a user of the pub to some extent - it was a valued part of our small community, having a shop and post office as well.

The pub owner didn't think it was a good idea to annoy regular customers by allowing excessive noise - and pub patrons also took care not to disturb their neighbours.

It can be quite convenient living opposite a pub of course, given the drink driving laws these days.

ddaimlerdan

I would NOT buy it, from experience.