Loud dogs next door, would you buy?

pinkteapot

diystarter7 said:

Hi

I was thinnking about this thread having contributed to it yesterday and had a quick skim today/look

The vasty majority as saying no and as I said, even owners of dogs would not want to move next door to loud dogs.

Therefore, with respect, what is the point of this thread? I'm honestly confused.

OMHO, people will consider moving if new neibours moved in next door with loud dogs but to move to a property where one was aware of loud dogs, not sure who would move into that

Thanks

OP has a heart vs head moment - they really like this house, but their head's telling them it's not sensible given the dogs. Sometimes you just need a whole bunch of other people to confirm your head's right.

TonyMMM

Wouldn't even consider it ....

Bowey123

You also have to consider the position if you were to sell. 

Whist you may have no issue with this, any there are a few posters here that don’t have an issue, the majority would have an issue with it.
By reducing he pool of people who would then be interested in your house, you are effectively reducing the price. 

The other point is that when you do come to sell, you have to declare neighbour disputes.   If you  move in and then complain, you would have to declare this.

SensibleSarah

It would be a no from me - and I have two big dogs myself. My next door neighbour (terrace with fairly thin walls) got a new puppy during 2020 after their last dog passed away and used to leave her to cry for hours in the kitchen every day when they were working from home upstairs and every night while they were in bed - apparently so 'she could get used to being left'. Also left for hours outside many days/early evenings to bark at people seen passing through the park at the end of their garden. 3 years on and I still hear it barking most days, crying (howling) most nights. I'd never have bought my house if that dog had lived there then - but them's the breaks. 

One of my dogs (both rescues) has guardian traits so is a 'bark now, think later' type, but I don't allow him to bark for sustained periods. He has a quick bark when someone comes to the door, usually barks once at the milkman in the early hours once a week, and the odd bark at a squirrel in the garden during the day, but that's it. I have fencing up at the back so he can't see people/dogs in the park and they can't see him. Thankfully, he isn't triggererd to bark when the neighbour's dog does. When I first got him, he used to look out of the front bay window and bark at everyone that walked past, so I got film for the window and that solved that issue instantly. I miss being able to see out of my windows but it's a small price to pay really. I'm very aware that I live in a built up area and won't allow my dogs to be aggravating to other people that live nearby. 

diystarter7

pinkteapot said:

diystarter7 said:

Hi

I was thinnking about this thread having contributed to it yesterday and had a quick skim today/look

The vasty majority as saying no and as I said, even owners of dogs would not want to move next door to loud dogs.

Therefore, with respect, what is the point of this thread? I'm honestly confused.

OMHO, people will consider moving if new neibours moved in next door with loud dogs but to move to a property where one was aware of loud dogs, not sure who would move into that

Thanks

OP has a heart vs head moment - they really like this house, but their head's telling them it's not sensible given the dogs. Sometimes you just need a whole bunch of other people to confirm your head's right.

Hiya

many thanks for the enlightenment, appreciated

In that case, steer clear OP and run several miles, rest and then run another several miles
and then get on a bus going away from the property.

Personally I dread the day we get someone near us with dogs, never mind loud dogs.

Thnak you for the heads up @pinkteapot and good luck OP

ProDave

Silvertabby said:

But...... you could forego this house in favour of one with quiet neighbours, then said neighbours get a couple of dogs/decide to learn to play the drums/get a hot tub.   

That is why I so enjoy living in my detached house in a large garden with the closest neighbour far enough away his yapping Jack Russel does not bother me.  I would not know if either of my neighbours played the drums and it would not bother me if they did.

Postik

Everyone's saying no, and I feel much the same, but bear in mind you could buy somewhere quiet and then a year later the neighbours could get 2 rescue dogs, or do something else equally as annoying.

diystarter7

ProDave said:

Silvertabby said:

But...... you could forego this house in favour of one with quiet neighbours, then said neighbours get a couple of dogs/decide to learn to play the drums/get a hot tub.   

That is why I so enjoy living in my detached house in a large garden with the closest neighbour far enough away his yapping Jack Russel does not bother me.  I would not know if either of my neighbours played the drums and it would not bother me if they did.

Hi

Thats lovely ,  I'd recommend not only looking for a detached house but that is in a older property area as often the roads are wider and more spaces between the properties. News ones build on large estates inc gated estates, often narrow roads and small gardens and space between houses even detached is bare minimal.

It's hard to beat an older, solidy built detached house with drives etc in a nice area.

Live and let live is what I say as long as its acceptable within the rules/law

Thnaks

pinkteapot

Postik said:

Everyone's saying no, and I feel much the same, but bear in mind you could buy somewhere quiet and then a year later the neighbours could get 2 rescue dogs, or do something else equally as annoying.

A couple of people have said this and while it's true, if you worried about the "what ifs" for future neighbours you'd never buy anywhere (unless it was genuinely isolated). There's a big difference between a theoretical future bad neighbour, and a known one that already exists. 

lookstraightahead

ProDave said:

Silvertabby said:

But...... you could forego this house in favour of one with quiet neighbours, then said neighbours get a couple of dogs/decide to learn to play the drums/get a hot tub.   

That is why I so enjoy living in my detached house in a large garden with the closest neighbour far enough away his yapping Jack Russel does not bother me.  I would not know if either of my neighbours played the drums and it would not bother me if they did.

But then you have the problem of people keeping chickens (which attract rats) etc and strimming their hedges and building other buildings in their gardens.

unless it's very very remote, which also brings its problems