Would a neighbours back garden full of rubbish put you off a house?

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This morning I’ve looked out the window and I’ve seen the neighbours garden now has piles of trash covering it - literal junk.

Now it’s their garden and they can have whatever junk they want in it but I’m worried it’ll stop people from buying my house that goes on the market next week.

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Yes. It attracts rats, it's unsightly and I would be wary of the mentality that would do that.

What is it ? Maybe they're having a clear out. I am and have piles in the back garden before I order a skip.

It could do. There's not much you can do. If the neighbour is otherwise okay or it's a recent occurrence, just tell your real estate agent.

In our last place our neighbour played loud music during the first open home! One person complained to the real estate agents who asked us about it and we explained it wasn't too often and he was actually a nice guy who just didn't think and was very reasonable about turning it down. He'd help us out with stuff and stop for a chat. We did sell in just a few weeks.

Exactly

Yes it would put me off. The hoarding of rubbish usually comes with other issues.

Er yeah

Sorry but yes.

It would massively put me off.

We used to rent a house years ago. The neighbours used to let their dog poo everywhere in the back yard. It was disgusting. Over the course of the year, it progressively got worse, they would leave the dog shit for weeks at a time. Eventually adding a manky old mattress, overflowing bins that they never put out for the bin men, junk everywhere. I saw rats several times. The smell was horrendous. We stopped putting our washing out, it was that bad. We couldn’t enjoy our garden.
We ended up calling our LL about it, who then made some calls, I’m assuming environmental health. It eventually got cleared up, but took some time. We moved out a few months later. When we came to buy our own home years down the line, I always checked the neighbours gardens, front & back. It’s a deal breaker.

It would put me off.

It absolutely would, yes. As others have said, junkyard gardens usually mean a certain type of person. That I would not want to live next door to.

But be careful of getting into a dispute with your neighbour as you have to declare that in the event of a sale.

I'd go round there talk to them brightly - 'I see you're having a clear out! Do you mind if I ask about timescales? I'm putting the house on the market and want to be able to reassure buyers about what your plans are'. And then hopefully you can tell buyers 'Sorry, they're just doing xyz and it'll be gone by X'.

Yes it would put me off … sorry. Would you be able to talk to her about it and offer to help clear it?
Tricky I know.

Well yes, but if it's new talk to them. We have a skip coming on Friday so have piled shit loads in the garden ready to load, what are they usually like?

Yes it would.DH went to view an house with a garden pull of rubbish, it put us off and we didn’t offer. Especially is a semi/ terrace. I’d be worried about rats.

It put us off a house that we were keen to buy. The garden next door was full of boxes, packaging and all sorts of rubbish. We asked about the neighbours and the sellers said they didn’t know their names even though they’d lived there for a few years and went on to say that they were very keen on DIY…too many red flags flying unfortunately.

I'd chat to your neighbours: See if they want to jump on the bandwagon of getting a skip/sharing one with you

A bit of rubbish, no, it wouldn't put me off as they'd be unlikely to have a hot tub, tiki bar and outdoor cinema with loads of kids playing around.

I like a bit of peace...🙂

I agree with the others. The rubbish in itself is bad enough, but it's often correlated with antisocial behaviour of various kinds. I'm guessing they are antisocial, since if they weren't you would just talk to them about it.

I'd offer to get a skip for them and clear their garden myself, if they would agree. It will cost two or three hundred but you'll be saving loads by not having to drop your asking price.

In fairness its pretty expensive to get a skip, or have stuff removed if you struggle financially or even physically it's difficult.

Yes, sorry.

I wouldn't buy a house with a neighbour who uses there their garden as a dump. I'm sorry.

Exactly this.. it is also a well known fact amongst Estate Agents that caravans parked next door can be off-putting to potential buyers.. my Stepson has a shared drive, his half is used for his car, the neighbour's half is engulfed by a caravan with a covering over it and things look very shabby. Stepson's Father and myself are under utterly no illusions that should Stepson ever want to sell the house then they are going to have huge problems finding a buyer.

Just say you've seen rats in their garden and it might help if they cleared it up. Then give them the business cards for a skip company and pest control.

Yes. For all the reasons above. If it's so bad could you report to environmental health?

Yes, definitely and it did.
We used to rent with next door neighbour being a hoarder, one summer it was practically impossible to open windows due to smell.