Hi, I went to see a flat yesterday, which is all I can afford in London.
It was a second-floor flat in the middle of a mansion-style block, and so sandwiched between the ground floor and top floor flats.
The minute I walked through the door I loved it - the flat was gorgeous and the communal areas of the building were clean and well maintained. The wider area, ie. Woodford, East London is okay, but the immediate locality was "poorer", ie. a few ex-local authority blocks nearby. (Not that this should make any difference.)
However, there was loud music booming out from the flat upstairs and it could clearly be heard as we stood in the living room, so much so that it was hard to concentrate on what the estate agent was saying to me.
I asked him if the occupant upstairs did this regularly. The EA said he had been to the property about 7 times and had never heard it before. He said that the vendor was "pretty straightforward" and would tell him "if it was a problem".
But then he would say that, wouldn't he? Wink:
Is a vendor going to admit to having a noisy, inconsiderate neighbour?
This was 3.45pm on a Saturday afternoon and my first viewing of the property. What are the chances that the occupant in the flat above is normally a considerate person and that this was a rare occasion?
The EA suggested that I come back at the same time next week for a second viewing, to see if the same thing happens again, but I am suspicious! Perhaps the vendor will just ask the noisy occupants to be quiet for the 20 mins or so that I am there?
Avoiding all noise in London is difficult - for example, traffic noise I can tolerate - but having to put up with loud music on a regular basis is not what I want.
Does anyone have any advice for me please? I will be putting most of my capital into whichever property I purchase (a big deal for me as I am a first-time buyer and have been saving for years) and I don't want to make the wrong choice. This flat was really lovely, so it's hard for me to write it off so readily.
All advice - however harsh (or not!) - gratefully received. Thanks for reading.
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stargirl04 · 05/05/2013 04:23
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