Things you wish you'd checked before buying your property

youth_leader

I didn't arrange a pre-exchange visit because of lockdown, but wish I had, lots of things here I hadn't noticed.  My first viewing was about ten minutes and I did notice the windows had locks, and assumed I'd get the keys.    I don't feel 100% safe here as it's a bungalow.  Apparently previous owner didn't pass them on to her, so I'm going to have to source some from somewhere.

hippocrates1

youth_leader said:

I didn't arrange a pre-exchange visit because of lockdown, but wish I had, lots of things here I hadn't noticed.  My first viewing was about ten minutes and I did notice the windows had locks, and assumed I'd get the keys.    I don't feel 100% safe here as it's a bungalow.  Apparently previous owner didn't pass them on to her, so I'm going to have to source some from somewhere.

Window keys are standard. You can buy them on eBay 

Sunsaru

I wish I'd counted how many of the 23 downstairs bulbs (7 in the living room, 16 in the kitchen) weren't actually working. That's not including the one blown bulb in the oven... .or the ones outside...

NaughtiusMaximus

kasqueak said:

We only found out when we moved in to our house that we couldn’t get a Pizza Hut or Dominos delivered here so I wished I’d checked that! First world problems and all that. Haha 🙃

On a related note, it was only when I moved here that I discovered not all Dominos branches have the same menu. The one that delivers to us doesn't do our favourite pizza so I drive and collect from the second closest 

NaughtiusMaximus

Wren14 said:

How close the neighbours have placed their kids trampoline to your fence. Not much fun to have little faces gawping at you every other second for the whole summer! 

tbh the presence of a trampoline in either of our immediate neighbours' gardens would have been a deal breaker.

RelievedSheff

NaughtiusMaximus said:

Wren14 said:

How close the neighbours have placed their kids trampoline to your fence. Not much fun to have little faces gawping at you every other second for the whole summer! 

tbh the presence of a trampoline in either of our immediate neighbours' gardens would have been a deal breaker.

Being able to see the neighbours garden, never mind a trampoline, would have been a no from us.

Hannimal

Why is the trampoline a deal-breaker? I've never lived next to one, I don't get it

bramptonbrew

Hannimal said:

Why is the trampoline a deal-breaker? I've never lived next to one, I don't get it

Neighbours both sides of our current house have trampolines. When both sets of kids are on them, there's no let up from the squeak of the side springs. I don't mind the yelps and screams of enjoyment from the kids, but those flippin' springs are a pain!

RelievedSheff

Hannimal said:

Why is the trampoline a deal-breaker? I've never lived next to one, I don't get it

Some people don't like to listen to next doors kids and see them over the fence while they are relaxing in their own garden!!

SonnyLumiere

Hannimal said:

Why is the trampoline a deal-breaker? I've never lived next to one, I don't get it

Because the first day that next door's seven year old starts using their trampoline while you're sitting in the garden, you get a glimpse of a child's face appearing above the high fence accompanied by cheerful yell of "hello!". Child repeats this endlessly. You say "hello" back a few times. You pretend not to notice. But by the fifty-first "hello!" it wears a bit thin, and you reach for the hosepipe ...