Most offputting thing

thelem

Spikey2 wrote: »

Parking problems! If I go to view a house and there's loads of cars parked all over the street, that's it, I wouldn't buy the house, no matter how nice a house it is. I already have neighbours who leave their cars all over the street, and even across my drive so I wouldn't want another house like that.

Depends on the property. If you are within easy walking distance of great public transport (e.g. a tube station or two) then why do you need a car?

If you're looking at a rural property, then chances of parking problems are very small.

thelem

Duskylady wrote: »

(abbreviated)Went to view one house, had all our must haves. However the adjoining property looked a compete disaster, holes in the roof, all the guttering had fallen off, garden looked as a mess. I felt quite sorry for the vendor as there was nothing she could do about the neighbours property.

While certianly not great for the neighbour, it might actually be in the vendor's interest to do a bit of gardening and stick up some cheap guttering on their neighbour's property to avoid scaring buyers like you.

Davesnave

Beachview wrote: »

What is the biggest thing that would put you off a property?

Good job this isn't an exam. Some people have stopped answering the original question!

The one thing that would stop me even going to view, which I'd pick up through OS mapping, is wrong aspect.

It could be the best house in the area, but if it's anywhere near the bottom of a north-facing slope, especially a wooded or built up one, living there would be very depressing for 6 months of the year.

attila_

The lower class.

moneyistooshorttomention

marleyboy wrote: »

Noisy or aggressive neighbour\hood.

Seconded.

Moving to a strange area (as I currently am) I've been relieved to find the reaction from locals to being told the bit I am moving to has been a universal smile/"You'll be alright there" type reaction. Thankfully, not one mouth quickly shut/wondering how or whether to tell me the bad news type reaction. Still thoroughly amused by the local who (when I was househunting there) took one good look at me and promptly told me "The area you DONT want to move to is****. Always trouble up there".

Beachview_2

gazter wrote: »

Poor broadband. Just moved from 40meg fibre to a property getting 0.5meg from BT. I wouldnt have moved there, if it wasnt for the option of a transmitter on the side of the house and a good 10meg, with fibre within two years.

Seriously, its that important to me.

That would be one I wouldn't even have thought of.

Dan-Dan

Beachview wrote: »

What is the biggest thing that would put you off a property?

A tenant
A main road
A pub next door


Funnily enough , we are buying a house with the WCML running down the back of the garden , which we are looking forward to , weird really , on our many visits (aka lurking) the kids have loved it , we even view it as a positive

Vectis

Most off putting things:

Gardens/windows being overlooked;
Small garden (this is a more recent criteria - have bought previous houses with small gardens);
Shared driveways or anything else shared - had this in our last property and it's always a potential problem (if not with the current neighbour, it possibly will be with any new neighbour);
Busy road;
Lack of off street parking;
General neighbourhood.

Dan-Dan

some of the answers are funny , i mean who DOES want to live next door to chavs and a manky estate?!

moneyistooshorttomention

Dan-Dan wrote: »

some of the answers are funny , i mean who DOES want to live next door to chavs and a manky estate?!

Other chavs?:rotfl:Because then there won't be anyone nearby trying to turn the neighbourhood nice/keep it nice.