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

martindow

Nobody yet has mentioned traffic noise which is a big no-no for me.

maisie_cat

My needs were simple
No near neighbours, which we got, nearest 200m away, although we do have many of the things that people have mentioned.

The only things that I wish we had relate to bathrooms, we have a bath sized shower instead of a bath and only one loo, we had 3 in the last house.

booksandbikes

maisie_cat said:

My needs were simple
No near neighbours, which we got, nearest 200m away, although we do have many of the things that people have mentioned.

This is what we would like, yet houses like these are way above our budget. Must be so peaceful!

Cressida100

I would avoid these:

No driveway 

Plastic grass

windowless bathroom

overlooked

housing estates

no side entrance so no terraced houses

house where front garden sacrificed to park cars

Guess I'll be staying put. 

propertyrental

Dead dog(s) buried in the garden.

Skiddaw1

propertyrental said:

Dead dog(s) buried in the garden.

subjecttocontract

Single garages.
Property with insufficient parking space(s).
Narrow access roads.
No parking for visitors.
Flats without lifts.
No stables for horses.
Small bedrooms.
Small property generally.
Anything with just one toilet.
Electric heating.
No access for my tractor.
Poor security.
High crime area.
Any property difficult or expensive to insure.

Olinda99

where are the rubbish bins kept 

MaidaVale3499

Bad area (high crime)

Main Road/high volume of traffic

Minimal traffic noise

Leasehold

Anything but Detached

Minimum (2) off road car parking space to front of property but still retained some planting 

Shared driveway or any access over my property to 3rd party

No rear access to garden

No Rear Garden

Concrete/all hard landscaped garden/plastic grass

Postage stamp sized rooms

No downstairs/guest cloakroom

No upstairs bathroom

Main Bathroom without room for a Bath

Must be on Mains Gas supply

strawb_shortcake

I'm looking at moving soon, our only real must haves (on paper) is a garage, a downstairs toilet, and a level access to the house for less mobile family members. 
However, I do find myself discounting a house for cat flaps and too too much grey. There's probably loads if others that have no real bearing on the house