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

bolwin1

My no-no's are ;
Main road
Steeply sloped garden
No hallway
Tiny garden
Nowhere to park

onylon

1. I'm not looking for my forever home yet so I must be able to sell and re-coup enough value to put into my next purchase. Anything that made it a poor investment eg. overpricing or high management fees would really put me off.
2. Location - must be a walkable location with shops, pubs, restaurants etc and a station with good access to the nearest city.
3. Must have outside space where I can have a BBQ and a couple of chairs
4. Anything else is fixable but it has to cost in (see point number 1). I wouldnt want workman in and out of my living space so if its not something that I can DIY then I would want work to be done before move in day.

Davesnave

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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. 

Just the wrong side of the hill....but this means people often stand on the other side of our garden hedge and shout their life's dilemmas into their mobiles. It's better than Coronation Street.....though that's not saying much, is it?

And we didn't get moving pictures on things like You Tube till 2014. Until then it was mostly just a twirly circle.

Walesgirl

We are currently looking to buy (FTB), On our list is:

Large garden for husband to have a descent size man shed & kids to play
3 large-ish bedrooms
Bathroom big enough for bath & shower or have an ensuite for the shower
Downstairs toilet
Living room then a separate kitchen/dining room/seating area
Garage
Drive way big enough for at least 2 cars but more the better 
South facing garden
I'd love a utility room but if could extend to include one that would be ok

I don't want to move again with 2 kids. It would be our forever home

mabbit

A rotary washing line in a neighbour's allocated parking space.

ouraggie

A"rotary washing line in a neighbour's allocated parking space."
😂😂😂

juliedee4663

The things that have put us off houses we have recently viewed are:

Attached neighbours
Trampolines, football nets, hot tub, wind chimes or "pub" in the neighbouring gardens
No utility room
No downstairs toilet
Housing estate full of young families (we are empty nesters now so need to be away from the hassle of lots of kids constantly playing football in the streets)
Barking dogs
Noisy main road
Cramped parking or shared driveways
North or east facing back garden
Backing onto woodland because of the leaves, shade and worries about security
Badly overlooked garden

I'm sure there are many more, we really struggled to find something we wanted to buy!!

Tippytoes

juliedee4663 said:

The things that have put us off houses we have recently viewed are:

Attached neighbours
Trampolines, football nets, hot tub, wind chimes or "pub" in the neighbouring gardens
No utility room
No downstairs toilet
Housing estate full of young families (we are empty nesters now so need to be away from the hassle of lots of kids constantly playing football in the streets)
Barking dogs
Noisy main road
Cramped parking or shared driveways
North or east facing back garden
Backing onto woodland because of the leaves, shade and worries about security
Badly overlooked garden

I'm sure there are many more, we really struggled to find something we wanted to buy!!

Your post made me giggle to myself.  The last house I sold had:
Trampoline, hot tub, outdoor speakers, lights that would give Vegas a run for it's money and a Club Tropicana-style bar in the back garden.  The owner had more mouth than a cow's got udder, which was far from ideal when she was hollering at her kids.

The next door-but-one house had chickens and a dog which barked at anything that moved.  It's strange that what drove me up the wall appeared not to bother anyone else!

Swash

attached 
small kitchen
stairs into living room
main road
no off-road parking
shared access
in an 'elderly' area
moaning neighbours
no green space local to walk 
city centre
no bath
I could go on..

zagubov

In London, space is a premium. Don't need much of a garden. Enough space for a barbecue would be good.
A bathroom upstairs, better if the toilet's separate. Ensuites take up space that would be better used for storage.
Additional downstairs toilet, better if it has a shower.
Dining area attached to kitchen, never the living room.
Utility room upstairs (my first house had this, it was ace).