Living next to Dog Kennels ?

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I need to find a house after divorce for myself and two children, we are currently renting. Where I live is extremely expensive, the market is highly competitive and anything I can afford is going to be a mega drop compared to the family home..The lump sum from divorce is the only money I have available to buy a property.

Now with that in mind..there is a property on the edge of town that has been on the market for a very very long time because it is directly next (semi-detached) to dog kennels...I went to look last week at 8.30am in the morning and a dog was barking quite loudly (and a stream of people dropping their dogs off on the way to work). However, the house is somewhat separated from the comings and goings but the barking is inevitable.

I went again today (Sunday) and all was quiet and peaceful it was absolutely lovely..

The website states the drop off/collection times are 8am-10am and 4pm-6pm Monday - Saturday.

Would you put up with this if it meant a much better financial position and a house and garden that otherwise would never be within your price range?

I am not a dog owner and don't really spend time around dogs - am I crazy to consider this ?

I'd not consider it no. There won't just be noise at drop offs/pick up. Some dogs are just barky all the time. I adore dogs but it would be a no for me I'm afraid, sorry.

No way and I have dogs 😆 it would drive mine barking mad.

One of my childhood memories is of hearing constant barking from up the hill near my grandmother’s house. It would have been kennels or a rescue centre but the barking just never stopped (I was a huge doglover as a child, so was probably more tuned into it than most!).
As an adult, it’s not something I could live with personally.
Really sorry - I know you probably want to be told to go for it!

God no I’d bet there’s a lot more barking than drop off time plus it would be a nightmare to sell if you ever want to move

There's a reason that it's been on the market for a " very very long time "

It'll be more or less constant noise and it will drive you mad and I say that as a dog lover.
Sorry OP, I wouldn't even consider it.

Also if there’s a breeze and you’re downwind, there would surely be olfactory evidence too. Yuck.

Don’t do it
There is a reason no one else has wanted to buy it.

aside the barking will drive you mad (some dogs get very distressed in kennels and will bark constantly not just at drop off and pick up) you won’t be able to sell it in future making it a total millstone you are stuck with.

how ever did they get permission to open a kennels in a semi detached? Do the kennel owners currently own the other half of the property too?

get it out your head else everything else in price will see lesser. Accept where you are financially and look again, maybe with a differ compromise if you want to get a bit more for your money (area, downstairs bathroom, small second bedroom, small garden etc etc)

My parents used to run a boarding kennels for up to 50 dogs and yes there are periods of the day where ther is barking, but it tends to be fairly routine. So you’ll have a bit in the morning when they’re being cleaned, walked and fed. The same in the afternoon. Generally like with hotels there are check in and check out times that mean people coming and going for about an hour and then the visitors stop.

There will occasionally be ‘that dog’ the one that barks a lot for no good reason and you need to decide if you could cope with that because you won’t really have cause to complain if you knowingly move to a location next to an operating business that creates known noise.

Thank you really helpful to have a lived experience!

I think it must be owned by the kennels and perhaps used for an elderly relative..it looks as though it could have been one property at some point in the past.

You're probably right with the advice to get it out of my head..I am falling into wanting something more than I can realistically afford..

I've worked in an office near a boarding kennels. The dogs barked literally all day every day.

If it's weekday only doggy day-care, it could be OK as you can then be reasonably sure of peace in the evenings and at weekends. If it's a boarding kennels, I wouldn't touch that house with a barge-pole. The noise is very hard to filter out and we were a lot further away than next door.

Aaah I was wondering how they'd got planning permission for a kennels when it's semi-detached. That makes sense if it is their property.

I wouldn't no - I've volunteered at a kennels and it is noisy. There's a reason most tend to be out on their own away from other properties. All the problem's they're having selling will become yours if you buy it and want to sell in the future. I really wouldn't even consider it. Sorry.

I have licensed kennels. The dogs bark when someone knocks the door. They bark when it's breakfast and dinner time. The rest of the time you wouldn't know there were any dogs on the premises. I'd happily live next to my family.

No way.

TBH I’d think twice if I knew a prospective next door neighbour kept dogs, let alone being next to kennels.

How much cheaper is it than other properties? Are they desperate to sell?
You could buy a house elsewhere and still have dogs kicking off next door.
Personally I’d consider it, at the right price, but I have the radio on most of the day anyway. Good double glazing is a must have though.

Can you go one day in the week (again, but a different time), maybe in the evening?). You coukd just sit in your car, you don't need to go back in the house.

Did it smell? That would bother me more than the barking.

Don’t do it OP. Apart from being driven mad by the noise, you will never be able to sell it when you want to move

Don't invest every penny you have in a property that you already know has a problem.
You need to be super vigilant as a cash buyer. You don't have a mortgage company's view of what is mortgable

I thought about taking a chair and sitting there for a few hours in the garden (with agreement from the agent)!

It’s been on the market a long time. If you ever need to sell, it could prove difficult. On that basis alone I’d say no.

I think someone mentioned price..it is advertised at 635K probably it would be 700=750k if it didn't have this situation..I am interested to know what others think about price..I was thinking if the owner was open to less than 500K I'd consider it..maybe I should have included this in the original OP (sorry).

I don’t think the barking would actually bother me, but I would be worried about selling again if you needed to at some time in the future

I would and it wouldn’t bother me. But then I have multiple dogs so I don’t really notice barking 🤣🤣I would honestly rather hear dogs bark than I would screaming children or have balls kicked against my fence.
And I get what you are saying about going to listen but different dogs will be different. Some will bark, some won’t, so I think you need to decide if you can live with barking dogs. And you do need to consider resale, but if you aren’t planning on moving for a long time? It might be worth it for the space you get.

We live around a quarter of a mile away from a large dog kennels and the barking can be any time day or night. When one starts they all join in. No too bad if the wind is blowing the other way and not noticeable so much from inside the house at the front, but quite annoying disturbing the peace of the garden and sometimes will wake us up in the middle of the night if we’ve left windows slightly open. The barking certainly isn’t just at drop off or pick up times! That’s a quarter of a mile away - I can’t imagine how bad it would be to actually live next to it!

Ooh where is it? Dd wants to work in a kennels and can't drive yet. I could buy it and she could work next door. Perfect!!