Hello,
A house was listed for sale last week (South East England) and I booked a viewing for today. An open house is happening at the weekend but as I'm not available I managed to wrangle a viewing this evening. When I got there the estate agent advised the tenants will be in the house during the viewing. I queried when they are due to leave but he didn't know the date so I was a bit wary of this. However inside there are packed boxes.
When I went into the spare room the tenant was in there working and just before I exited the room I asked him if it would be OK to ask whether he finds it noisy living here. I have misophonia so don't like noise, however I can only afford a terraced property, which this is. The tenant responded that he hears a lot of noise both sides. There is a guy playing guitar all day and they hear the next door neighbour's dog barking for ages until 1am every night and he has decided to live in a detached house after the experience.
I've come away feeling very despondent as really liked the house - offers a lot more space than I have seen over the 6 months but those noises sound awful to live with.
I am wondering whether to take what he says as the truth... I had visited the outside of the house a few times and not heard any noise. This house would only be a 2-year doer upper and then we would probably look to sell so not sure if I could cope for that length of time or not. Have been house hunting for 6 months and not found anything comparable the market has had very little come up in that time. But then I think it would massively impact my mental health if it's as bad as he says!