Would you buy a house with a lane (popular with dog walkers) along the end of the garden?

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Just looking at a house to buy and wonder if this a security risk? What do people think? It’s in the suburbs of a city

How big is the garden and how far is the lane from the house? And is it fenced off from the garden? Friend lives in a similar situation but more rurally and has all sorts of problems including dogs off leads access her garden and owners coming in to get them, people not picking up after their dogs in the lane which then smells, people letting their dogs foul in her garden, dog walkers having fairly loud conversations with each other in the early morning/late at night. She also has people riding dirt bikes down it now and then too. She can't fence it off, only a hedge.

It has a solid stone wall 6ft. The lane is directly at the other side. It is wide enough for a car though. Just has bollards to stop them. So perhaps dirt bikes could be potential issue

We live rurally and have this set up. Our only issue is our dogs bark at anyone walking apart as they think of the lane as their territory. We are much more rural than you sound like you will be though, so yes, potentially I would be more concerned about kids on bikes and a quick getaway route for thieves. What’s the crime stats in the area though? Only you can judge if that’s a potential issue based on the local demographic.

In our town, NW, pretty much every road has one of these lanes.
ours is lovely, now. Very few people use it for garage access, nature has taken over and it’s a real wildlife haven. Fixes, hedges and the occasional badger at night. Lots of dog walkers, most responsible and it’s never been a problem. Wouldn’t put me off at all.

Foxes and hedgehogs!

The best thing to do would be to ask the neighbours if they have had any problems.

Go to the lane and check it out. Ask neighbours too. Plus crime stats. Think it depends how busy and how civil the locals are. Research, research, research!

My house is like this. It's fine. It's never been a problem aside from the odd dirt bike but otherwise it's just a quiet lane.

Are their crime stat websites?

We live in a house like this. It’s lovely. No through traffic, very few disruptive bikers ( it’s not made up so maybe can’t go fast). We have lots of walkers, pushchairs, joggers….the dog owners seem to have dogs pretty much under control, especially now the lockdown dogs have vanished ( where to?) and we are back to the regulars.

we have a hedge but no gate, which I would quite like for extra security, but if you have a gated wall I would jump at it.

Do you think a gated wall is more secure?

We viewed a house like this and decided against it even though it had a six foot fence and gate along. It was fairly rural and mostly used by dog walkers to get to the fields beyond.
If the house is perfect though you could get a gate alarm, CCTV cameras, gravel, thick spiky hedge plants if you're mainly worried about security

The current owners have cctv which I think maybe isn’t too good a sign? Or maybe they are fine with cctv there