Would this put you off a house?

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We’re currently in the process of selling our house, and therefore looking for a new one.

We’ve found a house that ticks every single box: detached, 3 bedrooms, lots of living space, off road parking and garage and it’s an older house which is what we want. The only off putting thing is the location. Well, the exact street to be specific.
It’s on a road which is predominately old terraced houses, with cars parked on both sides of the street. Opposite are some housing association flats, which doesn’t put me off entirely, but I have a sneaking suspicion they are used to house ex-offenders leaving prison. Not 100% on this. I’ve driven past at various times of the day/night and never seen anything untoward, but I’m just not sold on the street. Apart from that it is perfect, a 10 minute walk into town, schools are all good and most importantly it’s in budget.

Wise mumsnetters, what would you do?!

I think your gut instinct is telling you to give this house a swerve and rightly so. Its not just the halfway house/flats, it's other issues you have listed.

FWIW, my dd is a support worker for homeless 16-21 year olds and her organisation have a block of flats in one particular road. I worked opposite for a short time and on Friday afternoons we had to lock the door for our own safety. It became party house central, drugs, vomit outside, even suicide attempts. We moved offices pretty quickly but this would be your home.

Remember niggling issues will become magnified once you move in.

Location location locating. Those issues would be an issue for me.

I used to live next door to a halfway house. When I locked my keys in my car with 6 month old DS inside it was brilliant - I just knocked and asked if someone could break into my car. Problem solved in 20 seconds

With all these decision, OP, it depends on so many other things. What is worth remembering is that location is the only thing you can't really change. You can usually extend or move walls around and change the layout of a house, you can fit new kitchens and bathrooms, you can decorate, but you can't move the house.
For me, I'd avoid a road where it was mostly street parking, especially if there are flats on it (multiple occupancy = multiple car use) but where my brother lives (very expensive area compared with me) ALL the roads are like that, so it doesn't really factor as a 'choice' like it does where I live.
Then it depends how desperate you are to find somewhere / if you have time pressures (like needing to be in an address before school catchment deadlines). Or if you have time. Or if you've looked at 170 homes without finding one you like or if this is only the 2nd house you've looked at.