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What would put you off a house...?

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  • happyandcontented
    happyandcontented Posts: 2,768 Forumite
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    My big no-no is being overlooked, I like complete privacy when sitting in the garden, so I would discount any house that didn't give me that.
    Other things would be:

    Miles from anywhere.
    Neighbours who didn't look after their properties.
    A Bungalow.
    Three storey houses.
    No downstairs loo
    Small kitchen
    Dark rooms.
    Tiny/no outside space
    No hallway.
  • Li0nhead
    Li0nhead Posts: 16,922 Forumite
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    Houses that scream "I came with a free parking dispute!" As part of the sale, even in an area i am looking at, at a very attractive price.

    Note the message on the side of the house in the following:

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-52993233.html

    Screams parking dispute.
    Hi there! We’ve had to remove your signature. It was so good we removed it because we cannot think of one so good as you had and need to protect others from seeing such a great signature.
  • Kim_kim
    Kim_kim Posts: 3,726 Forumite
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    remembermee wrote: »
    I would never choose to buy a house that you have to go through the living room to get to the kitchen.
    Nor would I want to find myself in one that had the stairs coming off the living room.

    As you can tell, I see the point of hallways lol

    I don’t like houses without hallways.
    I also don’t like downstairs bathrooms.
  • ancientofdays
    ancientofdays Posts: 2,913 Forumite
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    There are lots of compromises that I'd put up with with a plan of making changes in the long run.

    The really off putting things for me would be

    Bathroom or a bedroom accessible only via another bedroom

    Total open plan

    But the biggest turnoff for me woukd be a bungalow
    I was jumping to conclusions and one of them jumped back
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    What's wrong with bungalows???? :)
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  • [Deleted User]
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    The things that would be a turn-off for me are:


    * Small windows - traditional olde worlde cottages have no appeal for me because of this !
    I like large windows that give bright, airy, rooms.


    * Period properties - their 'traditional features' just leave me cold.
    I like spacious, contemporary properties.


    * A single bathroom, in the property, that is located downstairs.


    * A north facing/shaded back garden.


    * Located near a school.


    * No driveway/designated parking for a car.


    The more i type, the more i think of .......
    It's the most expensive purchase you'll ever make so it has to be as near perfect as it can get.
  • ancientofdays
    ancientofdays Posts: 2,913 Forumite
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    edited 6 March 2018 at 8:25AM
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    What's wrong with bungalows???? :)

    I know you have one and I'm sure it is lovely but I just don't like them. I think some of my dislike may stem from being brought up in an area close to the coast, where the serried ranks of identical bungalows looked so dismal.


    ETA I have lived in a bungalow, my parents bought a new build bungalow when I was a child. It had the nicest garden, gorgeous as my dad was a very keen gardener but I never liked the actual building.
    I was jumping to conclusions and one of them jumped back
  • shortcrust
    shortcrust Posts: 2,697 Forumite
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    vicki2221 wrote: »
    A garden that is in the shade all the time would be a no go for me.

    Me too. A place to sit in the sun and grow and few things was top of my list when house hunting. I almost didn't view the house I'm in now because on google earth it still showed old tree in the neighbour's garden that used to block all the sun for most of the day.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    edited 6 March 2018 at 9:05AM
    ancientofdays wrote: »

    But the biggest turnoff for me would be a bungalow

    We bought our bungalow because a massive turn-off feature, a flat roofed extension at the front :eek: was just one of the weirdness factors which made it highly affordable.

    Realising that our council's planning dept must be a soft touch, we then obtained PP to add another floor, but looking at the plans critically, it was a large outlay for a small area of usable floor space, so we extended elsewhere. Now, I never give the bungalow situation a second thought; it's our normal.

    I can understand people who don't want a long term home ruling places out over relatively trivial things. Not everyone wants the fuss and bother of remedial work, or knows how to go about it. However, if it's a long term home, being more flexible can pay dividends, especially with ugly ducklings in a good situation.

    We have no flat roofs now. :)

    EDIT: This great example of what we haven't ended-up with just happened to pop into my in-box......It might be roughly what you mean too, being coastal.

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53240802.html

    Yuk!
  • lookstraightahead
    lookstraightahead Posts: 5,540 Forumite
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    Anywhere with the risk of a huge new housing estate being built nearby. Anywhere near a main road. Anywhere where the neighbours (properties) look unkempt.
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