What puts you off buying a house?

[notwhyicamehere]

Other than structural things or location- which can't be changed, what are the seemingly little things that would put you off buying a house?
For me, seeing tumble dryer or vacuum in a random room screams not enough space/ storage. As well as loads of bathroom clutter.

AIBU to dismiss houses based on things like this?

Looking to sell soon so looking to avoid those mistakes!

Cheap, dull new kitchens/bathrooms clearly just put in to sell. Always dull and lifeless and you are a) paying for them and b) being horribly wasteful if you rip them out, so stuck with them.

@IsThePopeCatholic

Plastic / upvc windows Divan beds Pelmets on windows

Why on earth would a bed put you off buying a house? Surely you’d buy your own?

If the structure, size, aspect and location tick every box , then no amount of crap decor, rubbish fittings, horrible tastes, neglected garden, beastly pets/brats, vendor temper tantrums have ever put me off.

pylon in eyesight, lack of natural light. I used to think electric hob but now I've got an induction one so changed my mind on that one.

Flags permantly hanging from windows or on poles in the garden. Smell of pets or smoke.
No hallway.

*permanently

I'm not so much bothered about trivial presentation but experience has taught me that it is far better to buy a house which has obvious work needed and can be gutted than it is to buy something bodgy which constantly reveals expensive issues. I care little for the state of carpets. I'll be replacing them, as I will any 'feature wallpaper'. I'm not buying other people's clutter and it strikes me as really short-sighted to turn a house down over stuff that you aren't going to be living with anyway. Some of the worst problems I've encountered have come from lovely, outwardly tidy looking freshly decorated properties. Ultimately, it's location and basic suitability - enough bedrooms, some outdoor space - for me though.

Parking/other cars parked directly outside. One place I looked around the front door went directly out onto the road (not even a footpath - it was a small village). There was a car parked directly outside the front window, which clearly hasn't moved for a while. I asked the vendors if it was theirs... They said no and they didn't know whose it was. You could literally reach out the living room window and touch it. I don't want to be looking at a random abandoned car about 6 inches from my window, especially as that is the obvious place to park for the property I was viewing. So no idea where I was supposed to leave my car as the road seemed pretty full of parked cars. If it's acceptable in the general community to just dump your old cars wherever you fancy then the what else will they just randomly flytip?

Other then that...noisy neighbours is an absolute no for me.

New build
No windows in a bathroom.
No separate living room

Lots of things:
Garden too tiny and fully paved
Garden too massive and fully lawned
No off street parking
Permit street parking
No visitors parking on road/very little visitors parking on road
Anywhere which needs a totally new kitchen or bathroom- don't mind doing decorative stuff but not up for ripping things out and replacing
No downstairs toilet
Really tiny and totally unusable 3rd bedroom in a 3 bed
Signs of damp
Signs of smokers
No hallway so front door straight into living room
Stairs in living room so noise from living room carries straight upstairs
Separate kitchen with a diner/living room- why do I want to carry my food into a carpeted area?? So many newbuilds still do this and it's horrendous in my opinion- especially if separate kitchen has no space for a decent sized family table.
Flat roofs
Ugly dormer extensions but on balance think I would overlook for the additional bedroom space they provide
Ugly frontage
Scruffy neighbouring properties

This list no doubt explains why I never see anything I like within budget on rightmove

Structural issues
Damp
Mould
Asbestos

Anything expensive to fix like artex or pebble dash. I also REALLY hate shiny tiles on the floor. I live in NI and people go mad for them here.

I'm quite easy going and as long as a house is in the right location and is the right size for me I'll go and look.

I must admit I'm amazed that agents taking pictures of the house not mentioning rectifying clutter, unmade beds and dirty plates to the seller.

I hate free standing wardrobes, particularly if they have stuff stored in top, even if it's in a 'nice' box. I also think if there's lots of stuff stored on top of kitchen units, it gives the impression that the kitchen doesn't have enough storage space. I like cupboards to store everything away in, I tend towards minimalism and am a neat freak.

I loved my sellers' cat, she was a cutie (I moved 5 months ago).

And I love my small garden - I don't have time for lots of upkeep, mine is easy to look after and pretty.

Is it mn thing to dislike ensuites?

I thought it is practically a must that a master bedroom has an ensuite. Not one that is carved out of a small room for the sake of it but one that is decent sized and proportioned and does not result in overloud toilet noises with the door closed. Anyway, who cares - I have been with my dh for years and I am quite sure he poops.

I would not know any higher spec house that does not have a master bedroom ensuite. I thought it is a desirable thing.

I think en-suites were aspirational. Now every tiny new build has one they’re pretty much a waste of space. We have a bathroom and a shower room opposite our bedroom door and I have a dressing room off the bedroom. It would be turned into an en-suite over my dead body.

@Blossomtoes

I think en-suites were aspirational. Now every tiny new build has one they’re pretty much a waste of space. We have a bathroom and a shower room opposite our bedroom door and I have a dressing room off the bedroom. It would be turned into an en-suite over my dead body.

This. They are tiny! And would be much better used for storage because let's be frank, the houses in the UK are generally not a size which should have waste of space on extra shower for no good reason when people have barely space to store a hoover

By the time there is a fitted wardrobe and an en-suite in most new builds there is barely room for the bed.

Flagpole in the garden??? Can't you just remove it?

Tree roots near the house

Dark
Shared drive
Road noise / directly under a flight path
Bad parking
Plastic grass
Windowless bathroom
Rat run road
Nearby pub
En suite/s
No downstairs loo
Conservatory
“4 bedrooms” with the 4th bedroom being a reception room downstairs
Anything that’s clearly been recently flipped - I’ve had several friends buy what looks amazing on the surface but has in reality been done by a developer up to sell. Major issues on all of them within a year or two.

DH and I have bought and lived in 3 houses in the last 15 years. All 3 were very much dooer uppers with the one we’re in now being a total filthy disgusting wreck when we bought it. However, it was location, price and size plus the bones of it were great. 7 years later and a LOT of work and it’s just lovely.

Smell of cigarettes/ dogs/cats
Fleas jumping out of carpets- I kid you not
Noise from a main road
Untidy garden or neighbour’s garden
Minuscule en suites

In Northern Ireland, any sign of a flag within view of the house is a definite no.

Open plan living (as in, all the downstairs knocked through)

Kitchen Islands

No bath

No parking

Paving or stones all over the garden (or fake grass, but I've not seen that)

Location
Tiny gardens (ie newbuilds)
Lots of small bedrooms instead of fewer decent sized
Bathrooms with no windows
General house footprint - I hate 4 beds over 3 floors on tiny plots (again newbuilds), often with too few reception rooms relative to bedrooms
Open plan where it is trying to hide small spaces (newbuilds often have an "open plan" large-ish single room that is nonetheless smaller than the combined square footage of the living room + dining room you would have got in a 70s or 80s house).
Tiny kitchen
No space for a dining table
No off street parking
No garage on a 3 bed or larger
4 bed houses with no separate utility

I love:
Fitted cupboards if simple/neutral style
Ensuite bathroom
Fitted kitchen (we've replaced the fitted ovens in ours and it was no problem, the appliance manufacturer fitted the new ones easily and we have top range miele so quality not an issue)