What are your turn-offs when it comes to buying a house?

Scotbot

All of the following are nos, do not view for me,

Conservatories, they block out the light in the room next to them which is usually the living room. 

Artex ceilings. Yes they can be replaced but if they have asbestos in them the cost is eye watering

Lots of small round ceiling lights except in bathroom or kitchen. Again expensive to replace ceiling. Also expensive to get electrician in every time a bulb goes. I can never remove the things

Open plan living room kitchen.  I want a kitchen diner plus a separate living space

North or East facing. I want sun in the afternoon/evening 

Large garden

mark_cycling00

9. Investment opportunity. Especially if you've fallen for every investment scam out there and have just watched a YouTube video about how to get rich buying cheap property 

10. Kingham train station is just 3 miles away. If you have a tank and simply drive across everyone's fields in a straight line. Otherwise it's 12 miles on single track lanes stuck behind a tractor 

11. Original features. Subsidence 

12. Inglenook fireplace. Really bad subsidence 

13. Established garden. 6ft high weeds

14. Imagine yourself living here! We did and then we swiftly left. 

ThorOdinson

YoungBlueEyes said:

WellKnownSid said:

I suppose it entirely depends what type of property you're going for - for me it's the dishonestly described properties...

1. "Detached" houses which are actually linked or where the next door neighbours are so close it might as well be a row of terraces
2. "Semi rural location" - which generally means "not quite in the centre of the town"
3. "2/3/4 bedroom" where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th bedrooms aren't really big enough for a single bed
4. "Modern method of auction" - run, run fast
5. "Garden easily maintained" - they concreted over the lot so it now floods annually from October to May
6. "Ideal first-time purchase" - because no-one would fall for it the second time
7. "Convenient for..." multiple uses - either it's right slap bang next door to the school / cinema complex / railway station / shopping centre or only possible via a 15 minute ride in a fast helicopter

^^^ This made me laugh! 

8. "2/3/4 bedroom" where one of the bedrooms is plenty big enough for a double bed and some furniture, because it's the dining room. Or, as seen once on here, the conservatory.

New builds are particularly bad for this, because often all the bedrooms are too small to fit a normal size bed in. 

Similarly the toilets are those little child sized potties because normal adult size ones don't fit.

Another classic in new builds are doors that smash into each other when opened at the same time. We trashed more than one show home by simply opening two doors at once.

BikingBud

ThorOdinson said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

WellKnownSid said:

I suppose it entirely depends what type of property you're going for - for me it's the dishonestly described properties...

1. "Detached" houses which are actually linked or where the next door neighbours are so close it might as well be a row of terraces
2. "Semi rural location" - which generally means "not quite in the centre of the town"
3. "2/3/4 bedroom" where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th bedrooms aren't really big enough for a single bed
4. "Modern method of auction" - run, run fast
5. "Garden easily maintained" - they concreted over the lot so it now floods annually from October to May
6. "Ideal first-time purchase" - because no-one would fall for it the second time
7. "Convenient for..." multiple uses - either it's right slap bang next door to the school / cinema complex / railway station / shopping centre or only possible via a 15 minute ride in a fast helicopter

^^^ This made me laugh! 

8. "2/3/4 bedroom" where one of the bedrooms is plenty big enough for a double bed and some furniture, because it's the dining room. Or, as seen once on here, the conservatory.

New builds are particularly bad for this, because often all the bedrooms are too small to fit a normal size bed in. 

Similarly the toilets are those little child sized potties because normal adult size ones don't fit.

Another classic in new builds are doors that smash into each other when opened at the same time. We trashed more than one show home by simply opening two doors at once.

Is that a new sport for the weekends - show home door smashing?

ThorOdinson

BikingBud said:

ThorOdinson said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

WellKnownSid said:

I suppose it entirely depends what type of property you're going for - for me it's the dishonestly described properties...

1. "Detached" houses which are actually linked or where the next door neighbours are so close it might as well be a row of terraces
2. "Semi rural location" - which generally means "not quite in the centre of the town"
3. "2/3/4 bedroom" where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th bedrooms aren't really big enough for a single bed
4. "Modern method of auction" - run, run fast
5. "Garden easily maintained" - they concreted over the lot so it now floods annually from October to May
6. "Ideal first-time purchase" - because no-one would fall for it the second time
7. "Convenient for..." multiple uses - either it's right slap bang next door to the school / cinema complex / railway station / shopping centre or only possible via a 15 minute ride in a fast helicopter

^^^ This made me laugh! 

8. "2/3/4 bedroom" where one of the bedrooms is plenty big enough for a double bed and some furniture, because it's the dining room. Or, as seen once on here, the conservatory.

New builds are particularly bad for this, because often all the bedrooms are too small to fit a normal size bed in. 

Similarly the toilets are those little child sized potties because normal adult size ones don't fit.

Another classic in new builds are doors that smash into each other when opened at the same time. We trashed more than one show home by simply opening two doors at once.

Is that a new sport for the weekends - show home door smashing?

It was for a while, until we realised that we weren't going to find anything decent. 

The other one was putting holes in the plasterboard because there wasn't enough room to sit around the dining table.

Apparently we were the only ones who actually tried the chairs out.

amandacat

From my experience of living in these types of houses, my initial turn offs are:
rendered house- previously lived in a newish build one and it constantly got dirty and was costly to get the outside walls frequently cleaned 
A garden with no sun or very overlooked 
Rooms too small 
Shared drive/Drive which is next to neighbours with no dividing fence etc 
A kitchen with no space for a dishwasher 
Not being walking distance to at least one pub or restaurant 
No hall way to enter rooms separately 

Other things that have put me off when viewing:
Strong pet smells especially dogs
A kitchen or bathroom that needs replacing unless I’m buying under budget with cash to spare to get these instantly replaced 
Untidy surroundings 
On a steep hill 
Leasehold 
Being on an estate which has a service charge 
Being in an area with high crime or antisocial behaviour