Would you go and talk to the neighbours of a house you wanted to buy?

[Honey1975]

Just wondering if people do this or is it a bit intrusive?
I would like to see the neighbours house of the house we've offered on as they have done an extension just as we'd like to do and I'd like to be able to visualise it as we're going to have a lot of work to do!

I also have a few questions about living in that road. Should I go round? They're only round the corner.

I find speaking to the people in the corner shop and the post man more useful than speaking to neighbours if you want to get a feel for the neighbourhood. They are very honest about troublespots etc in the neighbourhood as they usually don't live there and can be objective. It may be useful to knock on the door to find what kind of neighbor you may have but not many will run down their neighbourhood