How much to offer (next to a rubbish dump)

System

Could get a better house for half of that price in Edinburgh

warehouse

If they're having a hard time selling in a good market for sellers then you've got to appreciate that you may well have the same issues or worse in the future. The house looks great, but the location is obviously an issue for many. In your position if you really want it then go in low, as future buyers will.

carefullycautious

Well the owners have obviously spent 20 years there with no problems?


Although I would not want to pay that price for a house in that location with the problems with parking etc. I would not have any problem living there without a car.


I have also been the recipient of dreadful anti social neighbours so a firm going about their business and a quiet (hopefully) cemetery at the back would not bother me in the least.


Do check the cemetery as our local one is vandalised on numerous occasions by youths going in there at night scaling the fence and causing havoc.

Upsidedown_Bear

berbastrike wrote: »

Could get a better house for half of that price in Edinburgh

It's a heck of a commute to Brighton though

StumpyPumpy

You need to offer how much you think it is worth to you. For instance, if it were me I wouldn't offer £1.

When I made the reply to your post in the "Have a Look" thread I spent some time "virtually" looking around the area and seeing what the internet had to say about it. Quite frankly, there are more problems that "just" the Waste Transfer Station, but let's start with that.

Opening times:
The first thing to note is that the dump operates 15 hours a day (7am to 10pm), 7 days a week, 363 days a year (not Christmas Day and Boxing Day)

Noise:
There have been various complaints about noise, including things like the reversing warning beeps of the lorries, though they should be switched off on site, it would appear they are not and the council haven't enforced this. The beeping klaxons will wake you if you are asleep and the voice ones "vehicle reversing" will irritate you because you will think someone is shouting all the time.

Smell:
Numerous complaints about this, in the words of the Environment Agency: "The design of the building is the other primary contributing factor. Most odour complaints arise when the doors to the WTS are opened, particularly in the morning." They go on to say there is nothing that can be done about it to remove it altogether. Note that this is "black bag" household rubbish, ie it could hold anything and usually does as IIRC Brighton do not do sorted collections.

All this has been going on since 2009 and it would appear that the situation is getting worse (eg longer opening hours) not better. The Residents Association is trying its best but they don't seem to get much joy apart from an inspection followed by a shrug.

It that is not enough to put people off, then there are other issues with the area. For instance, did you know that the old Jewish cemetery (Florence Place) that backs onto that property has been subject to several acts of vandalism/desecration over the past couple of years? It also seems to be a regular drinkers haunt (pardon the pun) as the trustees keep having to clear it of bottles and cans. The graffiti on the next door wall does not inspire confidence in the type of person that may be walking past your front door either.

The house itself, looks fine, and maybe some or all of the above doesn't bother you, which is also fine: people are different. But, quite frankly, if you can't cope with living above a cafe that closes at 6pm, I doubt very much that you would enjoy the experience of living here.

SP

carefullycautious

Just as I thought Stumpypumpy

Bossypants

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

The house itself, looks fine, and maybe some or all of the above doesn't bother you, which is also fine:people are different. But, quite frankly, if you can't cope with living above a cafe that closes at 6pm, I doubt very much that you would enjoy the experience of living here.

SP

Entirely different type of noise though. I take your other points on board though, thank you!

davidmcn

I used to live close to a refuse transfer depot (not as big as this one and not directly neighbouring). It was relatively peaceful until whatever point in the 80s they introduced the vehicle reversing bleepers - you could be listening to those all day. No problem with smells though.

Bossypants

davidmcn wrote: »

I used to live close to a refuse transfer depot (not as big as this one and not directly neighbouring). It was relatively peaceful until whatever point in the 80s they introduced the vehicle reversing bleepers - you could be listening to those all day. No problem with smells though.

Apparently they aren't allowed to use those here due to the proximity to residential areas. Thanks!

custardy

berbastrike wrote: »

Could get a better house for half of that price in Edinburgh

Ha!I had the same thought. Maybe not half,but for £400K it simply too little house for me.
Plus my dodgy knee wouldnt like those stairs