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What would put you off a house...?
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glasgowdan wrote: »Why not? It looks smart and is zero maintenance for decades!
For example2.22kWp Solar PV system installed Oct 2010, Fronius IG20 Inverter, south facing (-5 deg), 30 degree pitch, no shadingEverything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the endMFW #4 OPs: 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07
2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500, 2024 £13502025 target = £1200, YTD £690
Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur0 -
2.22kWp Solar PV system installed Oct 2010, Fronius IG20 Inverter, south facing (-5 deg), 30 degree pitch, no shadingEverything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the endMFW #4 OPs: 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07
2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500, 2024 £13502025 target = £1200, YTD £690
Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur0 -
Things that have put me off
No off street parking
No garage
A house that was described as 4 bed but in reality had the dining room as a bedroom, (therefore summer evenings out in the garden/lie ins in the morning were not possible) AND the smallest !!!8216;bedroom!!!8217; was an odd shaped groove without space even for a cot!
A house which was uninhabitable. Our first house was, and we lived with parents. That!!!8217;s not an option with 2 children now.
I discounted our house on the basis of no privacy - roads out front and back. Now, I think it!!!8217;s great to have a bus stop outside the front door!
Rear acess - so no mid terraces.0 -
Next door to a pub - never again!0
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On-road parking (I currently struggle with parking at my house, carrying crap from car to the house, can't wash the car, etc.)
Disinterested or rude estate agents or sellers - I know it's a business decision but as far as I am concerned they can go stuff themselves.
Smells, especially cigarette smoke or cat pee.
Completely hardscaped back garden.
On a busy main road.
Opposite gates to a school.
Signs of neglect, unless the house is clearly a complete "gut it and do it up" job.
Crap DIY owners. They expect to make back the money they invested in making changes, but their work contains so many potential dangers you end up having to complete undo, or re-do their work. Current house was like that, needed wiring and plumbing all checked and about £2k of remedial work done.
For the right price, I could maybe live with some of the above, because I'd have spare cash to solve the problem (e.g., ripping out and replacing cat-pee permeated floorboards)(Nearly) dunroving0 -
On a road with huge solid speed bumps! I don!!!8217;t mind the tarmac sort where you can slow down and line up and go over gently, but the huge solid ones where however you line up or slowly you crawl over it smashes your suspension and jolts you about.
Oh, we have those; about 25 miles of them.
We call it the A377.0 -
I would not buy a house on a main road or dual carriageway. Or a house with a loft conversion. If I wanted one on 3 levels I would buy a purpose built one not one where a staircase had been squashed in somewhere where it was not part of the original design.
I wouldn't by under a flight path or a house where the back garden was overlooked by a block of flats.0 -
I don't like open plan, but like a kitchen/diner.
Wouldn't buy a house that only had a shower room, would need to have a bath with over bath shower or separate shower cubicle.0 -
I guess you wouldn't employ someone to do a survey? If you're making such a big investment, it would seem wise.
When we bought this one, we didn't bother. I've got a good enough idea about DIY to have not had any real surprises in the five years we've been here.
When my mother was buying a couple of years ago, I went over the place she'd set her heart on. I didn't like what I saw, so got a builder to give a second opinion on the specific details that unsettled me... I was right.
What would be a showstopper for me? Price that didn't allow for things I found, or finding things that aren't easily changeable. Trivialities like carpets and showers are easy.0 -
Things that would be a no for me:
- A north facing very shady garden
- An extension on the back of a house which leaves an original room with no window. We looked around one where a room built on the back of the kitchen which just made the kitchen feel far too gloomy. It also had s north facing garden so was a define no!
- A back garden backing onto a noisy road.FTB 20170
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