Church opposite house

tealady

Handy if you are the Quasimodo family I assume.
However bellringing and parking would be two issues for me, on the plus side the neighbours would be dead quiet.

sheilavw

I live directly opposite a church and have done for 23 years. (no bells) it has a carpark below it. Theres bits of stuff on during the week and you get people parking outside for a few minutes. Havent found it a problem really

Beckyy

The clock on our local church chimes every hour. I can't say I'd want to live too close it it, especially late at night/early in the morning. I suppose you get used to the sound though and stop hearing it so much after a while.

tyllwyd

Your property might be responsible to contribute for repairs, so you might need chancel indemnity insurance, but my understanding is that it is usually a one-off payment of £200 or thereabouts.

dibuzz

I live opposite a church, the biggest problem is ignorant people who can't park (no car park).
I once went out to someone who had parked right across my drive to ask them to move as I as going out soon and they replied "but I'm going to church, wherever you are going can't be more important than that"
There is also the problem of people coming out of church thinking they have some sort of protection and walking straight across the road without looking then looking incredulously at the car that has just had to slam on to avoid hitting them. Seriously, this happens every Sunday.
Also remember that churches are not only used at weekends these days. The nearest one to me (there's one 100 yards away too) is open every day and most evenings for various groups (toddlers, girl's brigade, youth club, pensioners' activity clubs etc)
It's a lovely view out of the window though and certainly wouldn't put me off buying near a church again.

thegirlintheattic

Church should be fine apart from bells and parking. I would avoid a mosque as you get almost constant traffic (lived near one) because of the 5 prayers a day - and often get people congregating nearby.

richardw

dibuzz wrote: »

I live opposite a church, the biggest problem is ignorant people who can't park (no car park).
I once went out to someone who had parked right across my drive to ask them to move as I as going out soon and they replied "but I'm going to church, wherever you are going can't be more important than that"....

So the church go-ers attitudes that you may interact with could be a problem.

fluffpot

Yes I would say parking - I daren't go anywhere in my car on a Sunday as I'd never be able to park within any reasonable distance. Also we get some huge funerals and obv while its a sad occasion, the parking has to be seen to be believed!

J_i_m

The view could be nice, but as pointed out there's too much potential for generic disruption.

Personally I'd want there to be as little risk as possible that my parking area would be commandeered or blocked, especially as I work shifts and being blocked in or out would be the height of annoying before or after a long day at work, having my sanctuary disturbed by congregations would grow tiresome and you'd be a easy target for Carroll singers.

I'm sure living next door to a church would be very advantageous if you're a churchy and community type of person... But if you're like me who is more introvert and reclusive by nature it would quickly grow to be an annoyance.

Horace

Another disadvantage especially if the church is a medieval one - your house could have a tithe on it so that if the church needs repairs they can ask you to pay. Your solicitor would need to do a chancel search so that you are not stung like the folks in Aston Cantlow who inherited a house and were forced to sell their house to pay for the church repairs.