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What small niggles put you off from buying properties

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Legacy_user
Legacy_user Posts: 0 Newbie
edited 20 March 2014 at 11:03PM in House buying, renting & selling
When you house hunt, somethings you put you off are major things like on a major road, no parking, needs a lot of work doing etc.

What small niggles put you off from looking at a property?

Here are my put off niggles:
, The only sink in the kitchen is a small round one. Not very practical for washing large pots and pans. Before you mention dishwasher, some of these kitchens only have a space for a washer. The same goes for the bathroom, but I don't wash pots and pans in the basin.
. The gap between the bottom of kitchen base units and the floor not boxed in. Crumbs etc go down there and is a pain to clean
. Plasterboard in the lounge cut out to accommodate the TV.
. No shower. Having a a shower attachment on the bath taps does not count. Need a shower from Day 1 moving in as you will be sweaty from lugging furniture and boxes about. Don't like the showers on taps as requires bending to adjust the water and turn on/off.
. Impractical baths like this one in pic 10 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29269251.html?premiumA=true. I have used one at a relatives one and it was uncomfy and a pain to get in/out.
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  • JPG82
    JPG82 Posts: 43 Forumite
    During our recent house hunt we we're put off by those communal parking bays being right in front of the house as they cause nothing but trouble with over possessive people thinking they own them!

    Also put off by the phrase "my husband does a lot of DIY" as I've come across some right clangers in the past.

    Finally looked at one house but every step I took the floor boards creaked and moaned - couldn't cope with the noise!
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,389 Forumite
    1. Junk all over

    2. Dog smell

    3. Cat smell

    4. Animal crap in the garden

    5. Watering can rose used as shower head

    6. Mushrooms growing ...... up the walls

    7. Stairlift

    8. Dripping taps and shower

    9. Clothes hanging over the bath

    10. 35 year old Boiler
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  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,058 Forumite
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    Just not liking the colour of the paint. (In one house, it was the magnolia they'd tried to hide the rather stunning purple that had been a feature wall with.)

    The latest brand new must-read hardback left at an angle on the coffee table alongside the chi-chi flower arrangement.

    Candlesticks on the mantlepiece huddled together at one end.

    Odd spaces indicating things have been whisked out of view. Just the vendor hasn't coaxed the carpet into telling the same story.

    A particular 'obscure' glass pattern which I find repulsive.

    The main bathroom being decked out in seahorses, deckchairs, faux holiday iconography - and all far too clearly from the same catalogue.

    "His & hers" sinks. Just yueuch. (God knows what a future buyer will make of *our* bathroom, with three sinks each on its own pedestal, but it sure works for getting three sons scrubbed rapidly.)

    Heavy-duty antidepressant medication left on view in the bathroom.


    Just little things, really...
  • laurel7172
    laurel7172 Posts: 2,071 Forumite
    I don't know if this is a small niggle or a large one, but I absolutely won't consider windowless bathrooms. Even the downstairs loo.
    import this
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    None of the above in fact I can't think of anything so long as the price was right taking into account the little niggles.
  • GalaxyStar
    GalaxyStar Posts: 209 Forumite
    Having a really well built kitchen, that could be practically new, and makes good use of the space, except they didnt build the fridge in and there is no where to put it, so it is stood on its own away from the kitchen. I dont mind if its not in built, I just hate it being in a random place that makes no sense we saw so many of these when looking. Also hearing the words "my mate's a plumber/builder/carpenter and did this and this for us" hmm yeah how qualified was this "friend" I wonder sometimes.

    Shared drive are a big no, and my main factor for house hunting was a decent sized living room, couldn't be dealing with some living rooms you see where you sit on the sofa and your feet are practically in the fire place though they may be more major niggles than small haha
  • clark24
    clark24 Posts: 794 Forumite
    Nicotine staining on internal surfaces
    Patterned carpets
    Communal areas of any sort
    Not being able to park outside front or back door
    No bath, only shower
    Galley kitchen
    There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
  • Callie22
    Callie22 Posts: 3,444 Forumite
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    We're looking at houses at the moment and the only thing that puts us off is a price that doesn't reflect the condition. If you haven't cleaned or repaired anything since you bought it then you need to price it realistically, and not higher than anything that's ever sold on your street.
  • Contessa
    Contessa Posts: 1,158 Forumite
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    edited 21 March 2014 at 2:22PM
    This is an interesting thread and I hope there are many comments.

    Surely by definition a "niggle" is something minor that can be fairly easily rectified?

    I've viewed 30 + houses in the area I want to move to (so perhaps I'm being too choosy-or they're too expensive?!)

    With most of them I've viewed and liked them to some extent or other-but then next day, after my subconscious mulling it over in my sleep, I've thought
    "where would I store hoover, ironing board etc,?"
    "that's a shared drive"
    "no bath, just a shower"
    "0nly one bathroom"

    A couple of the above could be rectified, or others accepted and come to terms with.

    But not always-for example, I viewed a lovely house that needed a U-Turn on a busy road to get to it.

    When is a "niggle" a "NO"
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
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    Contessa wrote: »
    This is an interesting thread and I hope there are may comments.

    Surely by definition a "niggle" is something minor that can be fairly easily rectified?

    I've viewed 30 + houses in the area I want to move to (so perhaps I'm being too choosy-or they're too expensive?!)

    With most of them I've viewed and liked them to some extent or other-but then next day, after my subconscious mulling it over in my sleep, I've thought
    "where would I store hoover, ironing board etc,?"
    "that's a shared drive"
    "no bath, just a shower"
    "0nly one bathroom"

    A couple of the above could be rectified, or others accepted and come to terms with.

    But not always-for example, I viewed a lovely house that needed a U-Turn on a busy road to get to it.

    When is a "niggle" a "NO"


    A you say what is a niggle and what is a major problem. I would say if it can be altered it's a minor niggle and it wouldn't put me off if price is right. It's a major issue if you can't shared drive for example.
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