Would this put you off buying a house? (And what can I do about it)

[Cucucachu]

We are trying to sell our house. I think it has a lot going for it, we’ve worked really hard on it and it’s marketed as “immaculately presented”. There’s new extension, new boiler, new bathroom, new kitchen, in a desirable location. End of terrace.

Our neighbour is nice enough but smokes weed pretty constantly. Its stinks. He smokes mostly on his terrace behind so if any of the back windows are open, or being in the garden/on the street you can smell it a lot of the time.

if you came to a viewing and the neighbour was obviously smoking weed would it put you off in this case?

and WIBU for us to give him a heads up about when viewings are , maybe ask if he would mind not smoking it outside during that time?

he is generally very nice and we have no issues apart from this - I don’t want to piss him off by insinuating he stinks and might hold us back selling our house

Yes I’m afraid it would put me off. Can’t stand the smell and it would get in my house and on clothes etc. For me it would make no difference if you asked him not to smoke it when you had viewings; I’d walk past at other times to see what the street was like at different times.

Yes, it would put me off. I like to keep my wi does open and wouldn’t want the waft of weed in my home with my DC.

Yes, I'm afraid would put me off too.

Would definitely put me off

Absolutely. Sorry op, it would be a total hard no.

Yes, it would put me off. I would ask him not to do it during viewings but a little part of me would feel quite shit about it as it’s misleading to potential buyers.

Not sure what you could do, just hope for a buyer who wouldn’t care I suppose?

My friends moved because next door neighbour smoked first thing just outside his kitchen door. The smoke wafted up to their bedroom every morning. Might seem petty but they moved to a detached house in the middle of nowhere to make sure it never happened again!

Hard no from me too - as pp if I didn't know the road I would definitely walk and drive past at different times of day.

If I am buying a house, I am going to come back and check out the area again at random times to check for noise, parking, etc. if I come by and smell
pot smoke or cigarette smoke, I’m not going to buy the house. Why choose that house when there are others available? No guarantees you won’t end up with a bad neighbor, but no reason to choose one on purpose.

I'm sorry you're in this position, but absolutely, it would be a hard pass for me, no matter how lovely the house. If they are willing to do that during the day, and openly, I'd be concerned about what kind of people I was loving in next door to, plus could not be bothered having that constantly wafting into my house every time the windows were open

It might put me off but not if it was the right house, even though I loathe the smell and it makes me want to vomit. I might want to check he wasn't a paranoid leeching tosser though as permanent dope smokers might not be the best neighbours in other ways.

Can you grow some strong scented honeysuckle or jasmine along a high trellis to block the smoke wafting.

Maybe plant some scented stocks in pots on the upper windowsills so when the window is open, that's the key smell that wafts in.

It would be a deal breaker for me and I wouldn't be happy if I found out yous deliberately tried to hide it

No, it wouldn’t put me off, unless the house next door looked like a crack den! At this time of year, are the windows going to be open that much? Keep them closed ahead of a visit and it probably won’t be an issue. If it’s still unsold by spring /summer you might have more of a problem.

We are in a rental and the family next door smoke fags and weed outside CONSTANTLY. We couldn't have the windows open in the summer because of the smell, and the kids were really upset because they thought we were all going to die from 2nd hand smoke😬. The house on the other side recently sold, and I was so tempted to go and warn off the buyers.

Yes. I'm surrounded by pot smokers at the moment and it's the bane of my life.

The stench starts at 0630 each morning. At weekends it fills my house, as one NDN smokes in their bedroom when their kids are with their other parent.

At times it's filled my home office during a working day. Summer is hellish if I try to leave doors and windows open.

I fucking hate it - all this "at least it's not crack" nonsense really underplays the severity of the human exploitation, violence and misery of the drugs trade.

It would put me off too.

I'm also wondering with it being a terrace and your neighbour being a pot head if your house is perhaps a bit 'too fancy' for the neighbourhood it's in.

Where I live is a council estate. A lot of people have bought the older houses, tried to do them up nicely and sell them on. But it doesn't really work. Because you still have council houses either side with the potential neighbours that brings (I am not judging, I am one of them!). The houses are more expensive than people who would 'want' to live in that area could afford and the people who can afford it would not want to live in the area because of the reputation.

Just my thoughts.

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I thought this would be the case.

The thing is it’s such a nice area/house otherwise and if we had more space I would never move, stinky but friendly neighbour included. It’s the first house we bought together, we have put everything into this house, our kids were born here. It already feels like such a big deal to be on the market.

we have found the perfect house for us though and I will be so gutted if this just drags on forever.

Hard no if I was bringing children to live there.

Yes it would put me off and I would not continue with the viewing.

It would 100% put us off, sorry.

100% wouldnt buy it

I would be worried they were dealing too. Or if the dealer was coming round to deliver etc. can you talk to him and ask him to smoke elsewhere when you have viewings?

It would have to be really strong smelling in the house to put me off a house I loved. Getting a whiff of it outside wouldn't bother me so much. Most of the people I know who smoke it are respectable, professional types, so I wouldnt assume I was getting rough neighbours.

Would instantly put me off I'm afraid, I hate the smell of it, gives me a headache and makes me feel sick, and I wouldn't want DD exposed to it either. Not sure what you can do about it though.

Would 100% put me off too.