Most offputting thing

fionajbanana

If you want to look at a property and the parking around it, go drive down the road during a weekday evening. If you viewed the property at 2pm on a day off, it may be a different story.

Dan-Dan

fionajbanana wrote: »

If you want to look at a property and the parking around it, go drive down the road during a weekday evening. If you viewed the property at 2pm on a day off, it may be a different story.

The other side of that is view a property ANYWHERE near a railway station in the day and night , its often worse in the daytime

fionajbanana

Other things that put me off:
. Steep drive or garden.
. Near a school - inconsiderate parents that think they can block your driveway! Plus the noise of screaming kids.
. Flats with unjustifiable service charges. I know people that pay £150 of their own money per month and get very little in return. They live in a flat as the cannot afford a house, even though they have £150 extra to pay towards the mortgage. The flat I had, I paid £35 pcm for buildings insurance, lighting and the cleaner.

Beachview_2

I viewed a house one time that had all the walls in the kitchen artexed, and it was a badly done DIY job, full of lumps. They had in on the chimney brace in the living room too. I thought it would cost a fortune to get skimmed so it was a right turn off.

I've seen some for sale online with wood cladding on the bathroom walls, imagine if the room got damp and mildewed. Imagine what state the walls would be in if the wood was taken off.

I wouldn't be put off by decor as its easily changed, as in if I don't like the colour of paint or wallpaper, tiles or carpets. If it was the right house, and not much else to do to it, even a coloured bathroom suite can be changed.

Being overlooked, especially by houses that are built higher up would be a turn off.

I wouldn't be keen on a house that's too far in the back of a big estate. In fact I would prefer to avoid an estate all together, or only buy a house at the front of it.

Graffiti in the area another turn off.

fionajbanana

I am not keen on living on those new housing estates with 300 houses and no amenities. They have no character to them. My aunt lives in one of those and she lives in a cul de sac in a cul de sac in a cul de sac.

Both my parents and I live in new housing estates built 8 and 5 years ago respectively and have 40-50 houses.

J_i_m

I think most of my "turn offs" will be locational. Without wishing to come across too much as a snob I don't want to live in a run down area in close proximinity to highrise flats and all the associated "ASBO" culture that I perceive it entails.

I also wouldn't want to be on a main road again (especially at ground level) because of my experience of traffic noise and cheeky !!!!!!s peeking into and tapping on my windows.

For me these are the main deal breakers, like anyone I have a lost of boxes I want to tick, but most of them I can compromise on.

bouicca21

No coffee shops or restaurants near(ish). I have actually just decided not to offer on an otherwise lovely house for just this reason. I spend at lot of time in my home and would go stir crazy if there weren't somewhere to go for a break ...

Ivana_Tinkle

Overly "tarted-up" houses. The kind with feature walls in fussy wallpaper. No point in even viewing them as the asking prices are always so widely unrealistic

browneyedbazzi

Dan-Dan wrote: »

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

Funny because they answer the OP's question?

Op didn't ask 'What unusual thing puts you off a house' or 'list all the things that put you off a house' they asked what the most/biggest off-putting thing is - and for a lot of people I expect the character of the road/neighbourhood will be that thing.

As for who does want to live on a manky estate - some people have lower standards (or budgets/choice) or grew up on the estates so know everyone/feel at home there in a way an outsider wouldn't.

zerog

In a flat, if the windows mainly face southwest. This means it gets extremely hot and glaring in summer and doesn't get bright until 10 am in winter.

In a house this matters less, unless it's terraced/very narrow, but I would still need to consider which rooms people are likely to be in at which times.