What would put you off a house...?

Slinky

Our new house (currently rented out) has no fridge in the kitchen. There's a fridge/freezer in the adjoining utility. The kitchen was redone about 5 years ago but the elderly lady was apparently so used to having to go into the utility to the fridge they left it there. The vendor told us there's electric supplied behind one of the cupboards so that could be taken out and replaced by an under counter fridge. When we move there we'll most likely take down some wall cupboards on the end wall and get our tall fridge in there. We don't want to buy another fridge (we inherited the old one with this house) as we already own a fridge, a chest freezer and a fridge/freezer plus the one in the rental house.

Crashy_Time

Davesnave wrote: »

What would put me off a house is finding Crashy renting the one next door!

"Lovely weather, eh?"

"Well, it would be, if there wasn't a massive conspiracy to stop me buying a house!"

etc... etc.... ad infinitum

The "conspiracy" means that very few can afford to buy a house, therefore the "features" of the house become quite meaningless

buggy_boy

Crashy_Time wrote: »

The "conspiracy" means that very few can afford to buy a house, therefore the "features" of the house become quite meaningless

The government have conspired to increase house prices...

We never landed on the moon...

Aliens walk amongst us...

The film ET was based on real life...

The US was behind 9/11...

The Earth is flat...

YoungBlueEyes

Crashy my thread isn't about house prices or credit bubbles. It is an interesting conversation about what people would accept/expect to do to a new house and what is beyond the beyonds.

If you want to talk about monetary issues, start your own thread and see if it turns into an interesting conversation. Or talk to your walls. Whatever.

moneyistooshorttomention

buggy_boy wrote: »

The government have conspired to increase house prices...

We never landed on the moon...

Aliens walk amongst us...

The film ET was based on real life...

The US was behind 9/11...

The Earth is flat...

You've been watching YouTube conspiracy theory videos then?:)

Admits that the ones re aliens there mining on the far side of the Moon (and we've been "run off the ranch" by them - hence no more moon trips) does sound a possible one....maybe...conceivably...:). Got an open mind on that one...

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But - back to houses - and yep...I think a lot of us are going by the location as THE thing that would/or wouldnt put us off. I'm surprised by how little it takes about the house itself to put a few people off - but I guess most of us (ruefully and reluctantly) are prepared to rip out the whole inside of a house if we must (heavy sighs at the thought....).

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I think a lot of us are going by the location as THE thing that would/or wouldnt put us off.

Crashy has a point about prices, and if one considers that it's possible to pay anywhere between about £50k and £300k for a first home (never mind house) then location comes into that on a macro scale, quite apart from the micro stuff like which way does it face, or is it near a bus route?

So, for those who don't see much prospect of personally influencing macro-economics, or favour Micawberesque "waiting for something to turn up," the question of whether they can buy or not comes down to how far they're prepared to move.

For some, affordability might only be a few miles, but for others it could be much further.

Recent experience shows when a Crash occurs, the first thing to dry-up is the opportunity for the least able to buy at all.

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

For some, affordability might only be a few miles, but for others it could be much further.

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True - as we both know.

I'm watching with sorta fascination re one particular blogger in this area that is getting very hot indeed under his collar (as usual):rotfl: - on one of his theme tunes at the moment - which goes "Agh! All those people that intend to buy in Bristol and are starting to buy in Newport, South Wales, instead - as it's commuting distance away". (The equivalent houses seem to be around half the price). Followed by "OMG - and the Severn Bridge tolls are going soon....there'll be more......".

Crashy_Time

buggy_boy wrote: »

The government have conspired to increase house prices...

We never landed on the moon...

Aliens walk amongst us...

The film ET was based on real life...

The US was behind 9/11...

The Earth is flat...

Most people now know that banks and politicians allowed a housing bubble to cover the lack of wage rises and to get lending moving up a few notches (quite a few!) To try and class that as "conspiracy theory" just makes you look not very sensible I`m afraid

buggy_boy

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Most people now know that banks and politicians allowed a housing bubble to cover the lack of wage rises and to get lending moving up a few notches (quite a few!) To try and class that as "conspiracy theory" just makes you look not very sensible I`m afraid

Or there was a huge banking crash that threatened to cause decades of depression and high unemployment so the various powers used the tools available to them to avoid this.... House prices not crashing was a consequence not part of the plan, hence why they put in place HTB and the taxation of landlords to try and help FTB's

Or you know it could be your conspiracy theory, it was all a huge plan to screw you over as the world revolves around you....

slicence

Ignoring the political debate, I think this is a fascinating question, and it really comes down to question, are you in a position to be fussy? I know I'm not at the moment.
The 20 years in the future me wants to live on a boat