Are we being too picky?

bpk101

We viewed a lovely 2 bed victorian terrace over the weekend, but during a second - later afternoon - viewing yesterday i noticed the newly developed houses at the rear of the property block out the sun from approx 6pm onwards, and the west facing garden and rear of house is plunged into shade

More frustrating given the fact this doesn't affect neighbours houses a couple of doors down and beyond and you can see their sun drenched gardens from ours.

Given the house is one of the only terraces with an upstairs bathroom (which we want) and a lovely double bay window downstairs and upstairs... are we being too picky?

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fairy_lights

Yes. Yes you are.
How often are you going to want to sit out in the garden after 6pm anyway? Ok, maybe in the summer you would want to have barbeques out there, but for the other 9 months of the year it won't be an issue.

trailingspouse

It depends -

if you've been looking for ages, and you love every other part of the house and you never sit out in the evenings any way, then yes you're being picky

on the other hand, if you've only just started looking, and houses in this area come on the market frequently, and one of your favourite things is sitting outside in the evening, then you need to embrace your pickiness and keep looking.

It really does boil down to how much it matters to you - and only you know that.

It would bother me, not just because of the lack of sun in the garden, but also the lack of light in the house too.

Mojisola

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You'll probably never find a house that ticks all your boxes so - how important is the garden to you? Are you hoping to spend long evenings entertaining in the garden? Would the lack of direct sun stop you enjoying the garden?

hanfrangipane

I've had a look - personally I'd like to have sun past 6pm as I like to sit outside when I am home from work. However, you'd still have sun for most of the day at weekends and if it had everything else that I was after then it wouldn't necessarily be a dealbreaker for me.

But, with this particular property I'd be much more concerned by the apparent poor state of repair. There seems to be a lot of visible problem areas and potentially a fair view non visible if it hasn't been looked after too well. I'd expect that to be a bit of a money pit in that regard, especially looking at the cellar flooding and the obvious damp problems.

I would also be concerned about that tree out the front which is already practically growing into the house!

If you really love it then I'd certainly be making sure I got a very thorough survey beforehand.

bpk101

hanfrangipane wrote: »

But, with this particular property I'd be much more concerned by the apparent poor state of repair.

Those other photos are from a different property we turned down because of the disrepair. Only the back garden image posted is from the house in question (which is in a much better condition).

bpk101

ps: we've been looking for about 8 weeks. The area (north london) is extremely popular and competitive and i'm worried with the constant increase in prices even a matter of weeks can mean £1000's more when we (if we ) do find the 'perfect' place

hanfrangipane

bpk101 wrote: »

Those other photos are from a different property we turned down because of the disrepair. Only the back garden image posted is from the house in question (which is in a much better condition).

Ooh I see! In which case, if it ticked all my other boxes then I think lack of evening sunshine would be a compromise I was willing to make.

Is there any green space elsewhere nearby like a park or something? You could use that on our (rare) very sunny english summer days!

Halle71

I wouldn't worry too much if all my other boxes were ticked.
On warm nights you can still sit out, direct sunlight or not.