What is biggest no-go for potential buyers

user1977

Herzlos said:

silvercar said:

Another big issue is the lack of a bath. Some people really don’t like homes with only showers.

That's a relatively trivial fix though. We had a bath as must have item and bought a house without one because we figure it'll only cost us a few £k to get one installed which is peanuts compared to the £250k we paid for the house.

Unless it's been built/modified in such a way that there's no space for a bath.

Yes, there's pretty much always going to be some way of installing a bath.

Whereas you're not going to e.g. divert a motorway.

TripleH

Near a motorway ( can hear the HUM at varying levels at different times/seasons

I've done all the above but the Pylon.

With pets, the near a main road one bothers me most for their safety but the rest wouldn't detract.

At the end of the day, it's the current circumstances you are in that matter. Access links for me are far more important but if I was retired then proximity to shops would weigh more on my mind.

We had the minimum requirements we wanted from a home decided before we even looked at houses, that way when we found a house we liked, there would be fewer negatives.

horsewithnoname

silvercar said:

Another big issue is the lack of a bath. Some people really don’t like homes with only showers.

First thing I did was take the bath out and get a decent shower installed 😁 Horses for courses…

ThisIsWeird

Near a pylon (health and the sizzling noise)

Near a pylon. 'Cos they are staggeringly ugly.

Elliott.T123

Near a pylon (health and the sizzling noise)

The only two for me that would be a no go would be close to a pylon and too many cars on the road (as in a road that doesn't have driveways) the next closest would be the open greenery (I assume you mean not living near some! Living close to it is a huge positive).

Everything else wouldn't bother me too much.

dinosaur66

Near social housing and/or flats

i had a noisy neighbour who during nice days she would be in the garden and  never stopped for 1 min moaning /moaning /moaning at her children/parents/ex husband/the world in general  / its not nice and would have like to have said SHUT UP which i never did .

i have lived rural scotland l/ i like it still own it /central london liked it/cars i have 2 and a van so cannot moan /lived about 400m from a school but there was no such thing as a school run then /never lived near a pilon or motorway but i like the idea of one of the towns stamford to south yorkshire along the A1 / i like most of the towns along this area and like the idea of turning left of right out of the driveway and a minute or 2 later straight onto the a1  to visit places during retirement

EssexHebridean

dinosaur66 said:

i had a noisy neighbour who during nice days she would be in the garden and  never stopped for 1 min moaning /moaning /moaning at her children/parents/ex husband/the world in general  / its not nice and would have like to have said SHUT UP which i never did .

i have lived rural scotland l/ i like it still own it /central london liked it/cars i have 2 and a van so cannot moan /lived about 400m from a school but there was no such thing as a school run then /never lived near a pilon or motorway but i like the idea of one of the towns stamford to south yorkshire along the A1 / i like most of the towns along this area and like the idea of turning left of right out of the driveway and a minute or 2 later straight onto the a1  to visit places during retirement

I assume you selected the wrong option there and meant to vote for noisy neighbours then, judging from your comment? 

One thing which put us off when we were looking was a downstairs bathroom - one of the towns we were looking in that's pretty standard, and it was certainly a no for us! 

Albermarle

bobster2 said:

Distant hum is fine - but by "near" I was thinking < 400m from a motorway.

Many of these buyers wouldn't normally spot until they came for a viewing. Except #1 - a motorway.

When something is too near a motorway - many buyers won't even come to view it. So they won't ever find out how many cars there are on the road or whether the neighbours might be noisy. Yes pylons are on maps - but most people won't spot them until they view.

It is quite difficult to judge the noise from a busy motorway, without spending a lot of time walking around an area.
For example I live about 0.6 M from a very busy 8 lane Motorway. I only really notice any noise on clear Summer nights with the windows open.
However once you get about half that distance, it is noticeably noisy and just a couple of hundred yards away it would be very difficult to live with. However the level of noise seems to vary with the weather conditions, if it is elevated or not, how much acoustic panelling is used and the time if day.
It is actually less noisy in the rush hours due to it being usually badly congested.