FTB found a house, but worried about something...

m1974m

Be careful. The lucozade bottles may be disguising alcohol contents - it's the oldest trick in the book. Also we do not know what bad habits the kids have e.g. urinating near the garage doors after their late night "lucozades". Open garage doors are difficult to interpret - may be significant and needs further investigation.

callmechar

MrRee wrote: »

You sleep on it.

Bear in mind that you may well see kids and Lucazade bottles dancing around the lampshade!!

Haha...i think its too much of a risk and too stressful and I would not feel safe there

poorlittlefish

I don't think I'd buy the house if it was me, but to be honest, you don't have to have garages behind your house to attract anti-social behaviour because it can happen anywhere, at any time and for any period. Where we bought, we thought there was nowhere that could attract problems with kids. However, a couple of years ago the entire summer we had groups of youths hanging around opposite my house, together with yobs riding off-road motorbikes up and down the street until all hours. I also had my house broken into and my car stolen. These days, though? No problems, and I live in an "average" crime area.

Have you asked the vendor why they're selling and what their reaction was to the question? You could always ask for a second viewing and probe a bit more, knock on doors in the street and ask others who have no interest in the property and can be impartial (immediate neighbours might be keen to get rid of the vendors!).

I don't know where this house is, but in my area most of the Council garage sites are earmarked for demolition and the land will be used to build new housing, so you might want to check out that aspect.

If you decide to go ahead then you can make sure that searches cover noise issues (I think standard ones relate just to the property in question but you can pay extra to expand the search) and get additional questions put to the vendor. If they lie or mislead you, they leave themselves open to legal action.

At the end of the day, the house is a massive financial commitment and if you have feelings of doubt, you'd be wise to listen to them. You don't want to end up with a mill stone around your neck if it turns out the area is already bad and getting worse.

poppysarah

callmechar wrote: »

Have found a house, offer accepted but now an issue.

The house has some garages behind it and kids hand around in it, as some garage doors are opened and I spoke to the neighbour.

Now I dont know, I like the house. Do I walk away or just not fret and forget it? Neighbour said are young teenagers, there are some bottles of drink there (lucozade etc, not alcohol).

So not sure...

It'll be hell on earth.

Go and have a look this friday night about 9am.

If they don't drink now they almost certainly will there at some point. And if it's not them then it'll be kids from further afield who'll have even less respect for the neighbours.

The local police inspector told me he'd NEVER buy a house next to waste land, alleys or anywhere else kids lurk.

If it's only you going to be bothered by the trouble that kicks off then it'll only be you complaining. Which means the police won't be able to allocate a lot of resources to it.

decsdad

As has been said really, go and sit out there on friday night and see what its like. Then by saturday you'll know, and if its a no no, you just tell them why, you were driving past on the friday night and what put you off, if there is a problem the vendor will know all about it anyway.

With regards talking to the kids, I probably would, but some may not want to.

poorlittlefish

As colder nights draw in some of them might not bother hanging around outside but they could be back with a vengeance during warmer months, so go this weekend.

SuzieSue

poppysarah wrote: »

The local police inspector told me he'd NEVER buy a house next to waste land, alleys or anywhere else kids lurk.

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Unfotunately, this is probably the best advice you are going to get. Even if you go there tonight and it is ok, you don't know what it will be like in 1, 2 or 5 years' time. If it does get worse you will be stuck and will not be able to sell your house. For me, buying anywhere near where kids can hang out is just to risky. If some of the garages are open it just goes to show what kind of area it is. If this is the only place you can afford to buy, then you will have to take the risk but you need to be aware of the risk you are taking.

poppysarah

If it is ok now but turns horrid the fight to sort it out is LONG and might never end.

cazbear_2

Hi ya my partner and I are in a similar sittuation with regarding to buy we found the most imasing apartment good value for the money and it was a new build but we new the area had a reputation and started digging more and what we found out was tryly shocking having asked round we were told the kids on the estate did exactly what they wanted and there was a lot of anti-social behaviour and some of it would be right on our door step we relutctantly walked away but found somewere else ok its a small appartment but the area is lovely close to everything we need and car insurance is actually coming down and insurance quotes for everything else is low to.

but on the other appartment everything was so expensive insurance quotes say a lot about an area.


It so hard walking away from some were you fell in love with but if your having these doults other futcher buyers will have them to which may make re-sale hard.


you have doubts for a reasson i deffinatly agree to going round and seeing what the kids are up to i was told you should go and look

moring
afternoon
early eve and night and also at weekends cause an area can be completely different at the weekends

is there any public areas in the area such as a local pub ect they can be good places to find out all about an area the pub in the area we first looked at was awful and confirmed what i already new

we are so happy we found our flat just cant wait for contracts to exchange ect so we can finaly move in good luck in your search bit there will be somewere else in time.

dodger1

callmechar wrote: »

Have found a house, offer accepted but now an issue.

The house has some garages behind it and kids hand around in it, as some garage doors are opened and I spoke to the neighbour.

Now I dont know, I like the house. Do I walk away or just not fret and forget it? Neighbour said are young teenagers, there are some bottles of drink there (lucozade etc, not alcohol).

So not sure...

So did the neighbour say the teenagers were a problem? Some are some are not but the neighbour should know.