What things would seriously put you off buying a property?

DKLS

Along with many of the good suggestions to put me off a house that have been posted so far, two of the big ones for me are trampolines and england flags.

phoebe1989seb

DKLS wrote: »

Along with many of the good suggestions to put me off a house that have been posted so far, two of the big ones for me are trampolines and england flags.

Don't the vendors usually take those with them though? Although I must admit that an outbreak of England flags in an area is often a good indication that the area should be avoided at all costs, lol

DKLS

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

Don't the vendors usually take those with them though? Although I must admit that an outbreak of England flags in an area is often a good indication that the area should be avoided at all costs, lol

True its the neighbours flag waving and gurning kids bouncing over the fence i would be concerned at.

Slinky

North facing gardens

Not having a hallway. Stairs rising from the lounge. Particularly hate open tread stairs.

Kitchen/diners. I don't want visitors seeing me flapping in the kitchen when I'm preparing dinner.

Storage heaters

Wouldn't buy a house with solar panels visible from the front they look bug ugly.

Downstairs bathrooms. Bathrooms with no bath in.

Wouldn't buy a house backing onto a school, or anywhere particularly close to a school.

Wouldn't buy on a busy junction where cars stop and pull away again at night, or where headlights would be shining on the front of the house.

phoebe1989seb

Slinky wrote: »

Wouldn't buy a house with solar panels visible from the front they look bug ugly.

God yes, I forgot solar panels.......as a lover of period properties (and curently living in a thatched one which just wouldn't do!) I hate them with a vengeance......sorry, not very MSE I guess

Mrs_Arcanum

No Garden
No Virgin Cable.
No grass in the garden.
No Bath.
No Storage or potential for storage.

Callie22

Low fences in the gardens. In our current house the fences are only waist high, and I live next door to the nosiest woman on the planet. It's very un-nerving to have someone peering at you when you're standing in the kitchen making your morning tea. If I ever buy a house then it's six foot fences all round.

Also agree with trampolines - absolutely hate them. There's one next door but one to me that gets used constantly in the summer by the household's teenage son and his mates. It's like listening to Beavis and Butthead on springs, for hours on end.

I'd also never buy a house with a bathroom straight off the kitchen, unless there was space to move the bathroom upstairs. And somewhere off-road to park is a must. I'd also probably avoid somewhere where the neighbours had a lot of dog-kennels/runs in the garden. Can't stand dogs endlessly barking.

And cupboards - a house has to have them!! I hate these newbuilds where there's nowhere to store your vacuum, ironing board and mop!

sooz

Many of the things mentioned can be changed.

Baths, walls, kitchens, grass etc can all be installed.
Extensions can be taken down or added, as can solar panels, virgin cable & central heating.

I wouldn't buy leasehold. So no more flats with [STRIKE][STRIKE]awful [/STRIKE][/STRIKE] freeholder.

Location is the most important thing. Everything else can be changed, depending on budget, apart from awful neighbours. And a large budget tends to take care of those too, if you can afford enough land around you not to have to see them.

BigAunty

I dislike small kitchens and open plan kitchen-lounge. I want a dining sized kitchen or big kitchen with an adjacent dining room.

Flats (unless they are period properties in the upper storey of a detached house with a private garden).

Gardens that are very overlooked - saw a lovely flat in a period house the other week, spoiled because the neighbours kitchen is an extension that ran alongside the border of the garden with windows looking out over the lawn.

Lack of cupboards - storing stuff up in a loft or cellar doesn't compensate for a decent big cupboard or two inside the main house.

Artex.

Having rental properties as neighbours.

Damp properties - have seen half a dozen houses recently and at least 2 of them smelled of damp.

SG27

1, price

And that's it, everything else can be compromised if the price is right!