To be wary of moving next to a holiday cottage?

[Sallygoround631]

I’m due to move soon, I rent and live in the Lake District. Have lived/worked here for past 5 years and am very happy in general. My partner lives in Lancaster although we stay at my place mostly when his work allows.

I am self employed, work from home. Mid forties, no kiddies. Major priorities for me where I live are usually peace and quiet and not in a flat block.
Been to view and been offered a gorgeous place in Ambleside, close to the museum. It is a lovely period property, not overlooked, mountain view and access to great walks (I’m a keen fell walker) a great price and has only one joined on neighbour - a couple who stay in summer only.

Since putting down a holding deposit I have done a bit more research. There are a couple of nice holiday cottages adjacent to my property, which looked quiet and empty when viewing. Since doing a bit of web research it seems the one right next to me is a 4 bed family friendly cottage allowing 3 pets.

It is not attached to my property, but about 6 steps away from my door/side.

I love kids, and dogs, and Im fairly cool with most of the touristy stuff in the lakes - am used to it now. But this worries me a bit as we’d share the side patio (our outdoor sheds are in it, so their comings and going would be close to my front door). The place sleeps 7 and is permanently fully booked, according to the agents who let it out.

Would I be mad to take this?
Their parking is also close to my door but I don’t use a vehicle so not too worried about that.
If I back out I loose the £100 deposit, so just not sure.

And yes I ought to have researched prior to slapping the money down but hey ho, it’s been a funny few weeks.

I think 'Dog Friendly' will tend ( massive generalisation coming) to attract responsible visitors.

I'd take it. Wherever we're staying somewhere like that on holiday we're out all the time (unless the weather is continually awful, in which case we might stay in and play board games). You don't pay a fortune to stay in beautiful Cumbria and let your children play in a glorified car park!

I have a holiday cottage which sleeps 5. My neighbours say they have had no problems at all. It is mostly a family with 3 kids or often just a couple.

The good thing is anyone who was a problem would be gone after a week.

Err 'scuse me! Some Scousers live in the Lakes, quite peaceably I might add! I'd be wary of sharing a lane with a holiday cottage, but if the owners are hands on and approachable then you can address any issues with them.

Sounds amazing go for it x

Just a thought. I live in a "touristy" city but you live in a beautiful place and i remember going their back on a school trip in 1966! and it wasnt that much fun, it was raining all the time and I had to come home early for family reasons but i did go back there around 1973 with the absolute love of my life then and loved the place!

These tourists?, are they the ones that cause mayhem in megaluf and the like?. Get rat arsed drunk all the time?. I'd hardey think so seems to me the people who'd go there would be the ones who would appriciate the place and behave appropriatly:)

Todayisontheup Brighton is nowhere like Ambleside! For a start Brighton attracts all the hen and stag parties so it's no wonder your neighbours got fed up.

Barbecues, drinking in the garden, lairy voices, kind of people who have to blast their music and conversation wherever they go - I'd be wary.

@Sallygoround631 A quick shufft y on RM shows only a couple of cottages around the £500K plus price that might be 'yours'? (The Haven? Period home.) Or a tiny place that needs complete renovation.

I think you need to bear in mind parking issues- not just for you but your visitors.

I guess the upside is that even if they are horrible tourists they are likely only to be there for 2 weeks max unlike neighbours who could be there for years!

In terms of boozing and party stuff, bowness is the hotspot round these parts.
Ambleside gets super saturated with tourists but leans more to walkers, families, etc.

On the plus side, noisy neighbours would be temporary. You could end up choosing something else and find yourself with permanent party animal neighbours...

Could you divide the shared patio with some planters or something?

Can't imagine =holiday makers in Ambleside going there to party ab=nd disturb their neighbours.

OP you've been given loads of advice - as PPs have said you're renting for just SIX months! if you don't like it then you can move.

@katy1213 you could have a neighbour like that permanently or someone twice an awkward -

Jingling - I’m renting.

Look at the plus side - because neighbours aren't working, the fact that they are around at unpredictable times of days will discourage burglaries.

I don’t share their patio, just the gravel path bit that leads to it.
I think the reason my property is cheaper is because there’s no parking for me, and no substantial garden space.
That’s great for me, but would put many others off.

Yeah Bowness is rave town. Saturday night in Kendal is crazayyy as well. If it's full on fights you're after then you have to get out to Barrow or Carlisle

Bowness a rave town?
When I was little it was a really boring jetty with some boats we never went on because “we’ve been on one once and anyway, we’ve got our own rowing boat back at the caravan site” . And arsey swans (although they still seem to be there).

I think Bobbin is teasing, Professor

Well the two downsides to me would be parking and visitors knocking on your door to ask things. As the parking isn't an issue for you that only leaves holidaymakers asking questions. If that does happen you could either put a sign on your door to say you're not linked to the holiday cottage in any way and/or ask the owners to reference it in their manual.

Sounds nice OP I'd go for it.

I’d look at the profile of the letting agent tbh. Classic Cottages are very family orientated whereas Air B n B.....any tom, dick or harry. I think 3 dogs max is a high ratio for that cottage....I’m surprised at that. I’d have said 2 max ...can you contact the owner on this or would they tell you to bog off??

Area is quiet, apart from a busy road

How near is the busy road?

That would be a much bigger factor to me than a rental cottage.

Haha the arsey swans! In winter they congregate outside of the little Tesco waiting for people to buy them a croissant. Like a group of bored teenagers 😁

Bowness is only really upbeat compared to the other places, like Ambleside, Troutbeck , Grasmere. There are a lot of places to eat there, far more than Windermere itself, so it gets more wedding groups, etc.

@BobbinThreadbare123 specifically Booze Canyon

Houses that sleep 5 are often taken by one couple (I speak from experience of renting out holiday cottages).