What is the biggest thing that would put you off a house?

Scotbot

Davesnave said:

Scotbot said:

davilown said:

I've thought long and hard about this - Neighbours within talking over the hedge distance......... Oh to live in the middle of a field

Wouldn't you miss the utilities, running water and a flushing loo? 😁

Running water goes through the middle of our field. If it didn't, no one in the village would have a mains water supply.

A flushing loo is achievable using the same water, but we  have to deal with the results ourselves.

Each to their own....
And I bet your mobile reception is better than mine in deepest suburbia. Sigh. 

NaughtiusMaximus

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

Scotbot

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

I don't like them either. Who wants toilet smells wafting through the bedroom?  A lot of people apparently...  I  want two bathrooms one with a bath in it and a shower room, neither attached to a bedroom. 

Norman_Castle

Nimby's, they're not bad people but I wouldn't want to live by one.

krusty101

Scotbot said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

I don't like them either. Who wants toilet smells wafting through the bedroom?  A lot of people apparently...  I  want two bathrooms one with a bath in it and a shower room, neither attached to a bedroom. 

Me too. We’re buying a new build and neither of us are keen on the ensuite but have negotiated we won’t do number 2s in there! 

Avalanche123

krusty101 said:

Scotbot said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

I don't like them either. Who wants toilet smells wafting through the bedroom?  A lot of people apparently...  I  want two bathrooms one with a bath in it and a shower room, neither attached to a bedroom. 

Me too. We’re buying a new build and neither of us are keen on the ensuite but have negotiated we won’t do number 2s in there! 

We got 14-year-old house. Its three floors and has shower room downstairs, loo on the first floor and a family bathroom upstairs. It also has an ensuite which we don't currently use as it needs work done.

I was thinking of turning it into the walk-in wardrobe as I don't really need/want an ensuite. But this is not our forever home so I worry about it losing value.

NaughtiusMaximus

Scotbot said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

I don't like them either. Who wants toilet smells wafting through the bedroom?  A lot of people apparently...  I  want two bathrooms one with a bath in it and a shower room, neither attached to a bedroom. 

Two bathrooms is definitely a better idea.

The most ridiculous one I ever saw was in a 2 bed flat my BiL rented with his then GF. The second bedroom was a tiny box room, it would have been physically impossible to fit a standard sized single bed in and still be able to open the door. If the developers had omitted the en-suite, the second bedroom could have actually been a useful size.

RelievedSheff

NaughtiusMaximus said:

lady1964 said:

No en suite or no way of having one put in

I know I'm in the minority but I consider an en-suite to be a negative. I would much rather the space be utilised for a walk in wardrobe or just to allow for a bigger bedroom. Their prevalence nowadays is one of the long list of reasons I'm not keen on new builds.

We never thought we were bother about having an en-suite. But now that we have one we wouldn't really be without one. It is very handy. With the layout of the master bedroom not having the en-suite would just result in wasted space in the bedroom. It couldn't really be utilised for wardrobes due to the window location so would just be a large empty space.

Phil4432

Barking dogs.  They devalue your house, keep you up all night and the owners are sociopaths.

Scotbot

Phil4432 said:

Barking dogs.  They devalue your house, keep you up all night and the owners are sociopaths.

Perhaps that is why the dogs are barking, would you want to live with a sociopath?