Would you buy a house if the neighbours were a bit weird?

[blueberrybluey]

We went to view a house today, as we pulled up there was a car behind us who revved and hovered in the road looking at us, my husband wound down the window and asked what was wrong and the man said that was his house and he parks there so humouring him we apologise and park further along.

The house we viewed was next door to him and it really was lovely and ticks all the boxes other than having a drive so is on-street parking only, which I thought we could live with but I can’t help wondering if the parking incident is a sign of what’s to come.
Would this put you off an otherwise perfect home?

Do you live in Royston Vasey?!

But how would you do that?

The thing is, perhaps it’s the people you’re buying from that are the nightmare? He may have had a huge problem with them leaving cars/vans outside.

Absolutely not! I bought my current house because it had a driveway and moved from a house without it and the driveway was numer 1 item on must have list because there were issues with parking availability in my old house. I wouldn't even look at a house without driveway or a possibility to turn front garden into one. When I don't need a car to commute then this will not be an issue but as long as I do the last thing I want is to try to hunt for parking when I get home.

This obsession with parking directly in front of your house at all times. As if roads are not shared. Ffs does my head in.

don’t even bother, sounds like years of stress and bother. Unless you can put a drive in and factor that into cost

for some reason parking 20ft away is cardinal sin the requires war with your neighbours for decades in certain places.

No.

Would avoid like the plague, neighbours can make your life so miserable and there's nothing you can do once you're in!

I wouldn't buy it, it is a sign of things to come. Even if you have the option to put a drive in for your own parking, there will always be issues with guests and of he's that hot headed god knows what else, boundary lines, noise etc. dont risk it, it's horrible and stressful having A hole neighbours

We have a neighbour like this, which has led to a long drawn-out game of car chess. The thing is, we know she is unreasonable and a bit unpleasant, so at this point we just don't answer the door when it's her so she can't tell us her latest thoughts about the fence, the weeds etc. We're detached. It's fine.

No, I wouldn’t.

I always check out the neighbouring houses - are they generally wept kept and tidy, any red flags?

I also used to look out for obvious areas of dispute - shared driveways, shared paths, limited parking, dilapidated fences, etc.

Wouldn’t touch with a barge pole

I wouldn’t move into that house if he’s that aggressive over parking. Wonder why the owners are moving out!

I've lived in a house with on street parking only, and had the odd territorial neighbour who tried telling me where to park etc, but I just ignored them as it was a public road, and people were parking where they liked all the time. I was glad to sell up and move on when I could though - I could never go back to any property with on street parking now.

There should be thousands of large signs all over the country: THIS IS A PUBLIC ROAD. RESIDENTS HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHTS TO CLAIM ANY PART OF IT AS A PRIVATE PARKING SPACE.

Moving from somewhere like this, to somewhere with very minimal neighbour issues has changed my life. Don't buy it.

Absolutely not. We made the mistake of falling in love with a house and ignoring some (fairly minor but still concerning) red flags from the neighbours.
We only managed to escape 7 years later (due to the banking crisis), I was a shell of myself, jumping at every knock or bang noise.

It would put me off incase he’s a nightmare neighbour. There was no need for him to be reviving his car like a passive aggressive prick.

I have moved a lot and from experience know to always knock on the neighbours door - both sides- and ask about the area etc - don’t take the seller’s word for it when they say the neighbour is great

Having lived next to a man who was obsessive about the space outside his house being ‘his’ and took it upon himself to stick fake parking tickets on people’s car windows if they parked there, it would be a huge no from me.

It sounds as if the arsey neighbour did you a favour on the day of viewing. If you had bought the house first, it would have been too late in the day if he turned out to be a problem,

A hard no from me! Run, don't walk away from this.

Absolutely do not buy this house. We only have on street parking and I’m so lovely that no one around here “claims” a space we all just park where there is space and if it’s outside our own houses then that’s even better. We may move our cars if a spot closer to our house becomes available but that’s it we would never tell anyone else to move! he will be an absolute nightmare I would take it as a-bit of luck and a fair warning you had this happen because at least you know what he’d be like to live next too

No! Bad neighbors can make your life a living hell. Speaking as someone who lived next to one for almost 20 years.

Hmmm. Buy in haste, repent at leisure with angry guy next door....
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Run like hell!!