The Pub Next Door

ic

I'll just leave this here...

cattom

above is the exact reason I wouldn't live next door to it.

Stubod

It may well suit some people, but for me I would be running away not walking...

Gizzypants_the_wonder_cat

ic said:

I'll just leave this here...

That’s fair comment, but we don’t have a problem with drunk people leaving the premises or early beer deliveries. We knew what we were getting there.  What we are concerned about is the addition of the tables in a pathway which was previously not used by customers - only staff. Prior to this, customers did not get close to our property wall at all, because we understand they don’t have a beer  garden licence. We’re not miserable sods, we love pubs including this pub and want them to do well.

NameUnavailable

Well in that case go for it. People won't be sitting outside in cold weather when they can choose to sit inside.

The concerns raised in this thread does however give you an idea of the mindset of other potential buyers if you come to sell at some point. That said, you're thinking of buying it and so will others, it will just be a more limited pool of people.

moneysavinghero

They don't need a beer garden license. They would only need a license if they wanted to actually sell alcohol in the beer garden. If the customers purchase their drinks inside and then take them outside to the beer garden then no license is needed. If customers like the beer garden then they may decide to keep it after the Corona restrictions go. 

Gizzypants_the_wonder_cat

NameUnavailable said:

Well in that case go for it. People won't be sitting outside in cold weather when they can choose to sit inside.

The concerns raised in this thread does however give you an idea of the mindset of other potential buyers if you come to sell at some point. That said, you're thinking of buying it and so will others, it will just be a more limited pool of people.

Thank you, that’s a really helpful synopsis.

Gizzypants_the_wonder_cat

moneysavinghero said:

They don't need a beer garden license. They would only need a license if they wanted to actually sell alcohol in the beer garden. If the customers purchase their drinks inside and then take them outside to the beer garden then no license is needed. If customers like the beer garden then they may decide to keep it after the Corona restrictions go. 

Yes, I used the wrong term there re licence, but my BIL was a publican and there are certainly rules and restrictions on where tables can be put and can’t be plonked anywhere.  I said in my OP that we expected that this would remain after Covid due to the new awnings.

verytired11

I would not even view a property next to a pub.  I love pubs, but I like to have at least a 5 minute walk home from one.  However, what other people think is only relevant when it comes to resale.  One question to ask yourself might be - if you could choose to live in the same area either next to the pub or further away from the pub, which would you choose and why?  Then you could ask yourself, if you could live in this location next to the pub, or in another location away from a pub, which would you choose and why?  That might help clarify what you want and value in a home and what's most important to you and move the question away from whether you should buy this house or not.  It seems to me though that the idea of having people seated along your wall is raising significant anxiety, and that suggests that there is something about it that you don't like.  Do you know what it is about people being near your wall that worries you?  It sounds like it's not the noise aspect.  I personally would not buy a house that I had an unresolved anxiety about.

lookstraightahead

In my experience people aren't noisy leaving a pub but they are noisy when the fresh air hits them a few hundred yards on.