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.

Yes. Neighbours are one of the few things about a property that you can't change.

Yes,sorry. I would suspect that people who neglected their garden would also neglect their house and that could impact on me if it were things such as roof or gutter repairs.

Our moronic NDNs' house, now 25 years old, is a sh*t tip from top to bottom, including filthy, non-used solar panels on the roof, dirty soffits throughout, manky Christmas lights draped around, unmaintained front garden and badly-fitted death carpet at the back, surrounded by dirty, abandoned play equipment and an unmaintained fence. Rats are regular visitors.

If our house were on the market now, I would expect potential buyers to be put off by it.

That’s the odd thing, I have been away for a couple of days but this build up literally looks like an abandoned house and it was so quick! It’s just junk, like piles of cardboard, a pushchair, sheets etc.

Sadly they also aren’t the type of people to care. They would leave rubbish bags out the front (because their bin overflowed) for weeks. It split and they never attempted to clean it up.

Just for reference, they are next door but one. I live in a semi but I’m not attached to them.

Would still put me off

It would put me off.

1. It’s unpleasant to look at
2. It can smell
3. It will attract rats
4. It makes the area look downmarket
5. The neighbours are waving a big red flag

no it woukd t put me off but I might offer less

Not as much as a hot tub, tiki bar and outdoor tv would.

It would, yes. Sorry :(

Yes it definitely would. We bought a similar house 15 years ago and the neighbours house has gradually got worse and worse. Garden is a jungle and they don't look after their house.

It's not on to dump stuff in your garden and leave it there for any more than a week or two if you are having a clear out.

We have a house on the next street that has been dumping stuff into their front garden for months, my friend lives next to them and is so fed up with the mess she feels like selling up but of course can't because no-one would buy with that eyesore next to them.

Yes, I wouldn't buy any house next to an obviously terrible Neighbour.

Perhaps having done sort of clever out. Fingers crossed they dispose if it.

Yes , my neighbor direct opposite me has a run down unkept front garden . Not only does it look depressing every day I see it , but it would put potential buyers off buying my property,

Yes, unfortunately. My next door neighbour's garden is a mess. Not full of rubbish, thankfully, but completely overgrown and with loads of incomplete projects. Patio half laid, steps base built but no tops etc. The front small bit of garden was stripped out many many years ago and hard core put down to form the base for a parking area. It never got any further than that but they do use it for parking. The constant heaving up and down to get over the raised edge to the hard core bit has caused the surface of the (shared) drive to become worn away now.

The thing is, they are lovely neighbours and have had some problems which I know have contributed to them not having the energy to get these things finished. However I do worry that it will bring the value of my house down if I ever choose to sell. We are doing our bit to make the kerb appeal of all 3 houses that share the drive better, but it seems we are the only ones that do.

Perhaps try to have a word with them - diplomatically! I find it really annoying to see that. We had neighbours who's back garden was literally a junk yard. It was so depressing that I'd even avoid looking out of the window!

This thread was actually last August- I wonder if she's moved yet or the neighbours have moved their junk.

Yes, I would assume they would be a problem when I moved in.

Unless they were landscaping... it would stop me putting an offer in for a few different reasons

The house behind mine is like that. The front garden is waist high grass with an old car in there somewhere. The back garden is just as bad and full of rats, my cat brought one home almost every day, so I couldn't open any doors or windows in the summer, just in case she brought one into the house, I'm absolutely terrified of them.
I don't have the cat any more, but still see the odd rat running across the garden though😱

Yes. A scruffy garden, no, as it’s now an ‘inbetween’ season, but rubbish everywhere, yes.

Could you pretend you've got a buy one get one free garden clearance and ask if they want you to organise someone to come to both gardens? You could pay an org to get rid of their rubbish?

THIS THREAD IS 8 MTHS OLD

Well maybe the OP will come back and tell us what they decided in the end.