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What is the biggest thing that would put you off a house?
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Number 1 would have to be attached neighbours. Number 2 location.
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I know its a strange one but if I spot a trampoline shoved up against the fence in the neighbours garden then I would walk straight out of a viewing. Its a personal thing, having had to put up with the annoying kids next door nosing into our property for the last 5 years, its certainly something I will look out for when we come to buy our next place.8
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Primary school (parents picking up kids creates traffic nightmare), buzzy electric boxes up poles and in the street, factory/shops traffic, attached property, garage you can't get a car in, busy pub ( remember them?), smelly petrol garage, anything that increases pollution (roundabout, t junction etc), tourist area, steep hills, unadopted or shared private roads, crime hotspots, still thinking... may come back with more!
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No off road parking.6
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lack of privacy2
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Shared drive/shared access
No drive at all
No access to back garden other than through the house
Fully open plan ground floor, semi open is ok
A shop, school, takeaway or pub in very close proximity
Bus stop directly in front of the house
Overlooked back garden
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Leaseplan
Main road
Open plan kitchen and living room0 -
That would be mine too. While there are others, the thought of a neighbour being able to do whatever they want across the whole drive to me is crazy. It’s a recipe for disaster.Tiglet2 said:A shared drive1 -
Backs on to a travellers site.
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Lots but on equal footing with a main road would be vendors not willing to move into rented accommodation.
I don't mind no parking, happy with small places, size of garden not a problem.
no scope for a second loo may also be an issue0
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