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.

Happy new house OP!

Do update us with a thread, perhaps after the Easter hol period?

I think you'll be alright! Happy moving

I’m glad you decided to go for it op. On another note I really want to go to Ambleside now! We has such a lovely holiday there 6 years ago now. How amazing to live there!

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Neighbours in a v pretty West Country village rent out their property as a holiday let in the Summer, and move to their static caravan. In the winter, they move back in. Which might explain why the property next to you is ‘booked’ solidly through the winter, if its owners do the same

We used to own an apartment in Cornwall by the sea, most of the other apartments around us were holiday rentals. It was lovely and quiet at Christmas time! You barely heard any of the emmets, there was an occasional drunken barbecue but everyone was generally cheerful. Glad you’ve gone for it.

As a Cumbrian born and bred, Ambleside is such a lovely place but summer doesn’t last long up here because of the weather!
It attracts mainly walkers/hikers etc, folk just wanting an easy pace of life. There’s no rough clubs around there so I would consider it, unless there’s another alternative property to choose from.

Hope you are very happy there, sallygoround!

I would go and walk past it and walk around a lot at different times of the day, night, week. See what's going on there!

Are you renting or buying? If renting give a go ,it may be fine and you've got a lovely house at a good price, if buying take a bit more time to think about it, summer is busy in the lake's but that's only a small amount of time, the rest would be quite, good luck with what you decide 😁

Thanks again.
I’m awaiting the admin crap going through now. References. Etc..

I would love to update this thread in summer, perhaps, just in case it may be relevant to someone else in the future.

I’m fairly content to just let it unfold and see what comes of it.

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@Sallygoround631
Your rental is, a great price

The holiday cottage is:
crammed all year it seems, not a spare booking until 2021!
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What I can’t get my head around is how can it be fully booked from now to next year? Website says it’s popular, fine, but how likely is it?

So...
Is there any way that you can check to see if the holiday cottage has plans to renovate? Could be why it's not available at all.

As for the house you are conidering, has it been a rental for a while?
Or owners living there up to this point?

I only ask, since, as it's a great price - if the holiday cottage has plans to renovate, it will be noisy and messy. If the owners of the house that you are considering, do live there now, maybe they intend to rent it out until the holiday cottage renovations are done; then move back in when all is quiet again.

Sorry -- but having been governed by Sod's Law a few times, I am always questioning possible scenarios.

Of course, it could be totally unrelated, and the owners of the holiday cottage simply don't want to bother with it for a while. Maybe due to an illness. Or perhaps they're on extended holiday themselves?
I which case, even better for you - so no people or noise issues at all!
That would be lovely!

And I'm like you, traffic noise doesn't really bother me too much, but am agitated by the slamming of doors.
And renovation noise, in close proximity.

Sorry, I'm coming in a little late on this, but wanted to mention it, just in case you can check it out first!
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We own a holiday cottage in a popular tourist spot which is heavily used. We have only ever had one complaint from the neighbours - when a nightmare family verbally abused her when she asked them not to repeatedly kick the ball against the fence. Apart from this, we have had no problems with the neighbours. Although we do put effort in with them, that they can contact us if any issues and we have also allowed them to use the property themselves (at cost) for special occasions etc.

Oh and we are dog friendly, we have never had issues with the dogs staying at our property only their owners...

It depends on what your alternatives are!

As others have said, at least any idiots are only going to be short-term, so unless you have an option to live somewhere with NO neighbours, which I doubt from the point of affordability and transport links (as you don't drive) you would be wise to reframe this and prepare for some weeks where it will be noisy and some where it will be quiet.
I think those saying two couples and 4 kids need to do a bit of maths revision. It sleeps 7 MAXIMUM so often that would be 2 couples and a couple of kids or a family with 3/4 kids.
Being based in Ambleside, you will prob get a lot of walkers (who tend to be brilliant guests! I speak from experience of letting our Cottage in Southern Spain). They are the very best neighbours you could wish for.

We have a similar thing really. We are a heavily populated student area. In a road of ten houses, seven are students. On the surface, it sounds awful, but I wouldn’t change it, and dread ‘ normal’ families ever moving in! Most of the time they are fine. They have to abide by rules as they risk losing their degrees if they don’t. Their tenancies can be stopped in a heartbeat. They never bother you. They’re not round all the time wanting to know your business. They don’t care what you do. Their time in the house is short, and then they leave, so if you do encounter bad ones, they’re soon gone. I would imagine it’s much the same with tourists. Here one minute, gone the next. In your area, the holiday won’t be cheap, and the last thing they’ll need is a problem with the neighbours! I think it more likely you’ll meet lovely people who you may keep in touch with after, and you are just renting yourself, is that right? So you can always move again if it doesn’t work. Hope you enjoy your new home.

H’mm. you could certainly check online for planning applications next door