Your 'must not have' list for a house

[Pulse]

Following on from my thread 'Your 'must have' list for a house', I thought I'd ask people what they would discount houses on the basis of.

For example, too near to a road, too far from a pub, too close/near to family.

What would you discount a house on? Or at least, what would really put you off?

[JoeBolt]

I would never consider buying a house which has had the garage converted into a dining room / study / granny flat, etc.

Garages are for cars and motorbikes. Storing them and fixing them. There should be a law against garage conversions and severe punishment dealt out to offenders.

[DoubleSix]

Shared Access.

[Podie]

JoeBolt said:

I would never consider buying a house which has had the garage converted into a dining room / study / granny flat, etc.

Garages are for cars and motorbikes. Storing them and fixing them. There should be a law against garage conversions and severe punishment dealt out to offenders.

Unless they built a larger garage / workshop on the plot as well.

[Munter]

Next to a railway line, pub, social club, church(or other place of worship), school, river (or stream), pond, overhead pylons, industrial sites, or undeveloped land (it soon will be developed and you'll be out of pocket).

Also mustn't be too far from the telephone exchange to get good broadband.

[User33678888]

DoubleSix said:

Shared Ownership

HTH

[JoeBolt]

Podie said:

JoeBolt said:

I would never consider buying a house which has had the garage converted into a dining room / study / granny flat, etc.

Garages are for cars and motorbikes. Storing them and fixing them. There should be a law against garage conversions and severe punishment dealt out to offenders.

Unless they built a larger garage / workshop on the plot as well.

Still not good enough. There should be two garages in this case.

[Munter]

User33678888 said:

DoubleSix said:

Shared Ownership

HTH

You mean privately rented. Live next to a privately rented house if you like: wes, drugs, domestics, out of control kids, 1/2 dismantled cars, illegal immigrants 20 to a room, rats and loud music.

None of the shared ownership houses present these problems. Most of the rented ones do.

[DoubleSix]

No I mean shared access as in two properties at the end of one lane for example. Not shared ownership.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Anything on a main road, more than 15 mins walk to the pub or in a city.

[jdw1234]

DoubleSix said:

No I mean shared access as in two properties at the end of one lane for example. Not shared ownership.

Ineteresting.

Mine is one a shared 150m lane (we each have large separate driveways and double garages). Houses about 100m apart.

Genuine question - what is the issue?

[joewilliams]

Too far from a pub.

My local used to be 40 steps from front door to bar. That's closed now, and I have to walk from almost two minutes to get to the next one. It's a bloomin' disgrace.

[DoubleSix]

I have shared access to the rear of my property to access garages.

I am finding the constant consultation from other interested parties on issues of upkeep, security, and other general issues such as privacy to be a bore.

I can see the potential for dispute to arise should a certain 'type' of person buy a property nearby.

[fido]

Small rooms. So modern and cheap houses are out.

[Robb F]

jdw1234 said:

Ineteresting.

Mine is one a shared 150m lane (we each have large separate driveways and double garages). Houses about 100m apart.

Genuine question - what is the issue?

For you it sounds like there isn't one. There are plenty of threads here, however, that show there is a chance of having to share space with some truely tttish people.

[Johnnytheboy]

I saw a lovely house yesterday, up a dead end lane in the sticks, but just off an A road with a pub on the corner of the lane. Perfect, but:

Only bathroom is downstairs.

Those horrible diamond pattern fake leaded windows.

[Timberwolf]

- On one of the major routes back from the pub or station. In my experience it pretty much guarantees late night noise, litter and/or vandalism several times per week. Frequency and severity obviously dependent on area but even in the nicest places you'll still get some. This tends to rule out main roads as well.
- Obvious parking problems (regularly blocked driveways or garages, or on-road parking without a single space free)
- Living areas with direct noise transmission path to the adjacent property. Having lived in a flat, and a semi-detached house with side-to-side joists keyed into the party wall, I've learnt more than I ever wanted to know about impact and transmission noise.

[randlemarcus]

From the last two houses, I'd now put neighbours on my list

Last set were a mile away, over fields, I now have a set across the road.

[jdw1234]

Robb F said:

jdw1234 said:

Ineteresting.

Mine is one a shared 150m lane (we each have large separate driveways and double garages). Houses about 100m apart.

Genuine question - what is the issue?

For you it sounds like there isn't one. There are plenty of threads here, however, that show there is a chance of having to share space with some truely tttish people.

Ah, do you mean like on a newer estate where your neighbour blocks you in or parks in your bit etc.

That would be annoying.

[singlecoil]

Rights of way across any part of the property.