Advice please! Cemetery expanding on land virtually next to house

Ftb_54

We are in need of some advice, we are set to exchange contracts on our first property shortly, but we have just read in the paper the cemetery nearby are set to expand on the land next to our estate which will mean to the left of our property there will be thousands of burial plots sectioned off by a fence! We are unsure how this will effect the price and resale of our property.

spacey2012

I take it you had a surveyor and solicitor who both fell asleep at the wheel.
You had to read this in a paper ?

The answer to value is Yes, it will fall, many people do not want to stare at graves all day long.

I would be asking those taking your money why they felt not doing the searches correctly is acceptable.

googler

Quiet neighbours. No possibility of further development. Grounds and boundaries most likely to be well-maintained. You won't be overlooked by anything.

Would rather have that than council housing, commercial or industrial development, or a development with three-storey town houses on the border.....

Doozergirl

There was thread on here within the last week or so about cemeteries. The vast majority of people wouldn't mind at all.

I don't believe it will affect house value at all. Most new building works don't - it's more the uncertainty than the finished article. For every person that may not want to live there, somebody will not care or find it a benefit that they won't have a supermarket there or a neighbours that can't argue.

We have a small new build estate right bang next to the cemetery, which is round the corner from me. The houses there were no less expensive, in fact, they were more expensive than the street they were built off.

Mojisola

googler wrote: »

Quiet neighbours. No possibility of further development. Grounds and boundaries most likely to be well-maintained. You won't be overlooked by anything.

Would rather have that than council housing, commercial or industrial development, or a development with three-storey town houses on the border.....

I was typing a reply when I noticed googler had got in before me - I second all of the above.

Doozergirl

spacey2012 wrote: »

I take it you had a surveyor and solicitor who both fell asleep at the wheel.
You had to read this in a paper ?

The answer to value is Yes, it will fall, many people do not want to stare at graves all day long.

I would be asking those taking your money why they felt not doing the searches correctly is acceptable.

Usual searches affect only within the property boundary. Nobody has done a bad job. If a buyer wants further checks carried out to neighbouring properties or empty land, they need to ask.

Not the first time I've seen you offering up dud or frightening advice, which is a shame, because your dog is cute.

worried_jim

googler wrote: »

Quiet neighbours. No possibility of further development. Grounds and boundaries most likely to be well-maintained. You won't be overlooked by anything.

Would rather have that than council housing, commercial or industrial development, or a development with three-storey town houses on the border.....

Perfect response. I have two schools for neighbours and would happily swap for a nice maintained peaceful graveyard any day.

dacouch

You'll soon be living near the dead centre of town

SG27

An old church graveyard is about the best thing to leave next too. (Or 10ft opposite in my case) but like the other poster says a brand new tightly packed cemetery might be a bit different.

Mojisola

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

These fresh new cemeteries couldn't be more different. Both visually and atmospherically. They will also be busy as even after the burial, the relatives will still be alive and visiting. You'll have to look at all that sadness every day amongst all the colourful plastic and you'll feel inhibited to make any noise when the plots and visitors reach your fence.

A high fence or a hedge would mean you won't have to look at the graveyard.

I've never seen a "busy" cemetery - occasional visitors, yes, but busy, no.

If the area has only just been designated, it could be years before the graves come anywhere near Ftb_54's garden.

Selling a house near a graveyard is like selling a house near a school/pub/industrial estate/railway line/busy road/etc - some people would be put off by it but many won't.

ConfusedofYorkshire

i'd rather this than living next door to a big field with the constant worry that it will be turned into a big housing estate or something....
but you could see if you can get money off as it may lower the value- hard to judge really. it might put some off but certainly not everyone.

other than resale value- does it bother you?