Picking the right property help?

trailingspouse

SMR710 wrote: »

Think of it this way... decide the house by the road is heads & the house with no parking is tails. Toss the coin. In that brief moment when its in the air, suddenly you know the result you are hoping for.
Tossing the coin doesn't make the decision. It makes you realise what you want the decision to be!

Totally agree with this!! You will know as soon as the coin lands whether it's landed the right way up or not.

Davesnave

YoungBlueEyes wrote: »

If I had to pick between these 2 I'd choose the quiet one and deal with the 30 second walk.

Me too. It obviously doesn't bother those who already do it, so assuming the house price is in line with other comparables, it would be a down-side I'd consider. After all, I've chosen to live 40 minutes from a decent supermarket, thanks to the type of property I wanted, but for many people that inconvenience would be unacceptable.

Every house is going to have a down-side or three, but only you know the ones you'll be able to tolerate.

Davesnave

trailingspouse wrote: »

Totally agree with this!! You will know as soon as the coin lands whether it's landed the right way up or not.

What if it lands on its edge?

Had a few like that!:rotfl:

Murphybear

jesterspirit007 wrote: »

Having viewed over 30 properties these two were the ones we liked most. We were purchasing a different one which was proceeding fine until I got a home buyers survey done which had loads of issues including structural and roof so had to leave that one. I am in rented property at the moment and the owner wont renew the lease as he is selling so I have to move out anyway.

Last time we bought a property we viewed about 50 before we found "the one". One we viewed was close to the M1 and the EA convinced us that you couldn't hear it inside the house. As others have pointed out, you can't soundproof the garden:rotfl:.

This property was still on the market after we'd moved into our perfect property and the price was reduced.

If I were you I'd keep looking

Murphybear

Davesnave wrote: »

Me too. It obviously doesn't bother those who already do it, so assuming the house price is in line with other comparables, it would be a down-side I'd consider. After all, I've chosen to live 40 minutes from a decent supermarket, thanks to the type of property I wanted, but for many people that inconvenience would be unacceptable.

Every house is going to have a down-side or three, but only you know the ones you'll be able to tolerate.

Dave, I'm intrigued. We lived in Devon for years and were never that far from a decent supermarket. We lived in the back of beyond on the edge of Dartmoor and Waitrose was only 15/20 minutes away.

AlexMac

My current criteria include a lot of stuff you don't mention (neighbours, easy walk to shops, pub, public transport, doctor ...) so going on your data...

Air qaulity? (recent press article show worrying links between health, intelligence, particulates and pollution (from diesel and traffic)

But the sure fire way to take a decison was taught to me by a mate...

Toss a coin... and as it lands, that little lurch in your stomach or head will signal whether the coin has chosen correctly ... or misled you

Fosterdog

Personally I wouldn't even consider the one next to the busy dual carriageway, we spend far to much time outside in the summer to put up with the noise and even opening windows to air the house would be too noisy for me to enjoy living there at all.

Depending on the layout of the roads and parking areas at the second house I would possibly consider it, I wouldn't be too bothered by having to walk 30 seconds from my car, not when it would mean living in a nice detached house with a nice garden.

To me there wouldn't even be a question between these two houses, one would never have even made my view list and the other I'd consider buying.

Niv

Of the two the quiet road wins but in reality I would not buy either.


My last house was on a quiet(ish) A road with off street parking. At the time of purchase it was fine, there was plenty of space to park and the road was always quiet at night and was never load enough on the weekend to cause an issue.


Fast forward 10years and now that same road is much busier and the parking situation was such that it was the core reason we moved. It got to the stage where people would come out of their houses shouting at you for parking in 'their' spot (when none was allocated at all - I even checked it out with the council). One example of why parking got so bad was that in the ten years children have grown up and now there are more people living in the same houses with more cars. One house I know of went from two cars to 5 - that is just not sustainable.


So my advice is - think of the future a bit too not just the now, you may end up living in this place for longer than you planned.

Davesnave

Murphybear wrote: »

Dave, I'm intrigued. We lived in Devon for years and were never that far from a decent supermarket. We lived in the back of beyond on the edge of Dartmoor and Waitrose was only 15/20 minutes away.

When I said a 'decent' supermarket, I ruled out those I'd never go to, because for me they might as well not exist. I don't do Tesco for, example. Nearest one Crediton.

I can get to Sainsbury's South Molton in 25mins if I push it, but they don't stock some stuff we buy frequently. Similarly, Morrisons in Credton's too limited for a full shop.

Barnstaple's 40 mins, tractors permitting, and so is Tiverton and Okehampton, give or take 5mins. Bideford is slightly longer, but I can do Lidl Torrington and call in at RHS Rosemoor as well on the way home!

At least there's plenty of choice, and Exeter comes into that too.

silvercar

30 seconds away outside the cul-de-sac becomes a problem when you have shopping to unload, a baby and a toddler to manage.

Park the car. Take baby out of carseat. Assist toddler getting out of the car. No hands free for shopping. Put kids in the house - then how do you get your shopping? You have to close the front door to stop the toddler walking into the road, but then you can't see what the toddler is doing to the baby!