Would a high turnover put you off a house?

[SecretMouse]

We’re getting desperate for a place to buy. There’s just nothing on the market that meets our needs at the moment and we’ve been looking for 6 months. Thinking about offering on a house we viewed months ago that wasn’t quite right. It’s now been on for 8 months and we’re hoping they’ll be keen to sell.

But it’s sold 6 times in the last 15ish years. The longest anyone has been in is 6 years. Most are in for 12-24 months. It’s seems so strange to me as the other houses on the street are long term family homes that rarely come up for sale.

Why is everyone moving in and selling up so quick? Maybe neighbours from hell? Maybe a non-locatable smell? It needs work and we’re up for that. To add to the high turnover, we only plan to be in the house for about 4 years!

Would the high turn over put you off?

I wouldn't buy a house that gave me an odd feeling.

This. We rented a flat that gave us both an odd feeling when we viewed it, but we needed a place quickly. That place gave me the pips. It was never warm. Just couldn't get it warm even in Summer and it was a 1st floor flat with two other flats up and down and was East facing. It never felt like you could make it a home and we left as soon as we could.