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Would you buy a great house in a great area but a really not great road?

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Frenchblue · 18/01/2021 07:13

We’ve wanted to live in a particular town as long as I can remember, now our house has finally sold and we have the opportunity to buy in the place we love.

The house we’ve found is really lovely and in a great spot near all the things we want - shops, bars, park etc. However the actual road is awful!

It’s a small turning off a main road so quite tricky to get in and out. The surface is in very bad condition. The houses on the side we’d be are fine but opposite are some really unattractive flats and the area outside our house just has a generally rough and uncared for look about it.

The town is very popular and properties there are always more expensive than elsewhere locally so I know we will have to compromise in some way to get something within our budget. I just can’t decide if this is a compromise too far. We’ve been looking for so long that I’ve lost all perspective - am I being daft about a road I won’t really see once I’m in my house or will it always be an issue?

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joystir59 · 20/01/2021 08:06

I should also have said the unsavoury street is a mix of lovely old houses and blocks of social housing flats. An unhappy mix.

joystir59 · 20/01/2021 08:07

Most of the social housing residents are lovely btw but there are a few awful partying drug taking dysfunctional.flat dwellers that make life on that street significantly difficult for the peaceful majority

Labobo · 20/01/2021 08:18

My first ever flat overlooked some hideous council flats in a lovely area of central London. I put up gauzy curtains and window boxes. I still mourn that flat. Living in that area made me so happy.

But agree with others that if you can find a hideous house in a nicer street in the area, it would be a better long term investment.

Can you share the town, area and budget? I love house hunting for other people Grin

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