House viewings - neighbour refuses to take down flag

[KayleighhMum]

Our house is up for sale and we have viewings commencing from tomorrow - 7 in total lined up over the course of the week.

Our neighbour hung a large England flag from his top window on Friday and it has remained up. DH saw him outside the front on Saturday and politely asked if he could take it down before Tuesday. He basically laughed and said if any prospective new neighbour dislikes the flag then they won’t be the sort of person he’d want living next to him. It remains up now.

I am concerned this would be off putting, but speaking to my mum earlier she thinks I am over thinking things and it wouldn’t make a difference if someone likes the house.

Do you think we should try and ask again or would you assume it shouldn’t put people off? We are semi detached so it will definitely be noticed.

No prior issues with this neighbour who has always been friendly etc.

I wouldn’t get out of the car

Potentially purchased via the Britain First Campaign…

If i was a white person id be put off as I’d be worried the neighbour was chavvy and a bit of a Neanderthal at best.

if I was black/Asian I don’t think I’d even bother getting out the car to undertake the viewing.

Better a flag hanging from a post than an old fridge, mattress dumped in the front garden. That would really put me off

Honestly it would put me off moving in.

Why not offer him £20 per viewing to take it down?

And you know this because ........

Not seen a single one in my nice (large) rural village, nor any in the nearby city yesterday. Which reinforces my belief this sort of thing only happens in rough areas/or by rough individuals 🤷‍♀️😁

I’d also walk away. Good luck op.

Oh, another England flag thread.
All the flags round here seem to be Palestinian.

No issues with flag but you know and so do I that at the moment the far right are encouraging anti-immigrant hate and using the flag as a symbol to demonstrate hatred.

The viewers often ask about neighbours, tell them he's just a supporter of the women's rugby.

Didn't a Labour MP have to resign because she was mocking an England flag in a house a few years ago.

I must say, outside of types wanting to show allegiance to ‘white power’ in England with that particular flag, I do not understand why people fly their own country’s flag at home in that same country.
I live in Ireland, and there’s always tricolours flying all over the place. (As for the USA, well they are flag-obsessed certifiable.) Why do we do it? We, and all our tourists, know where we are!
I’d understand displaying your national flag if you live abroad, but at home, it seems sort of tautological.

If that flag is freighted with negative associations though, as is the case with the Cross of St George, I reckon it’s just boneheaded provocation to fly it in England now. It’s daring anyone to complain.
To whom is one declaring pride in one’s Englishness, if not to signal to others coded messages about +/- acceptability?

(What do I know. I’m very much with Dr Johnson, anyway. Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.)

I thought you had to fill a form in now to say if there was any ongoing neighbour disputes. So the buyers would know anyway flag or no flag.

I hate that, because then people will feel reluctant to fly them to support sporting events. Which is a shame.

The Tweet says:
“Golding -
@GoldingBF • 12h
!! OPERATION RAISE THE COLOURS
Britain First has, so far, donated 75% of its flag stock to local teams in Manchester and the West Midlands for 'Operation Raise The Colours. Most of the flags in this photo are now on lampposts and bridges in Manchester and Birmingham!”

Maybe we need a separate forum on here called 'Flags'

It’s because the English flag has largely been hijacked by individuals hiding behind it to make xenophobic, racist comments. One particularly nasty video showed men putting up an England flag and then shouting racist profanities at a Muslim woman and child walking past.

Is everyone who displays and England flag racist? Absolutely not. Have they been tarred by the actions of some awful people? Absolutely.

I don't think she resigned but Emily Thornberry was definitely involved in a flag-gate kerfuffle once.

What a load of drivel, @Tandora . William Wilberforce in Parliament campaigned for the abolition of slavery, with the help of our Naval Fleets achieved it. As for colonisation, the Ottoman Empire was far greater and ruled for far longer. Get your facts right.

Not much you can do unfortunately. You're right it's definitely a detraction. I go into loads of houses as a Paramedic and we just seen it as a warning sign the occupant is likely to be volatile/not very nice and we need to be careful.

Kerb appeal means for your house. You can’t and don’t control the street. Such entitled behaviour. They aren’t doing anything illegal or wrong. Honestly if my neighbour asked me this (and we don’t have a flag out) I would put up another one. Give yourself a shake.

Yeah I would leave MY England flag up too.

Thread No. 23 about this same subject in less than a week. 🙄