Would you be put off renting a house if your next door neighbour was the landlord?

[NALondon]

The house next door will shortly be up for sale, I’m debating buying it as an investment.

No, it might put off anyone who was going to noisy, which isn’t a bad thing.

I certainly would. I am a long term renter...in my experience, the more distance between landlord and tenant, the better. I wouldn't be able to relax if my landlord was next door and I would definitely avoid.

I have avoided the following houses.

House where landlord lived locally and wanted to come to mow the lawn once a week.

House where landlord stipulated that no pictures could be moved off the walls...this was an unfurnished house too. He just had loads of pictures on the walls!

House where landlord wanted use of the shed for storage.

House where landlords lived across the road and were over-friendly.

@DustyMaiden

No, it might put off anyone who was going to noisy, which isn’t a bad thing.

Sure it might....but it also might put off good tenants who are wary of over-involvement. Or of landlords wanting ad-hoc access to the house.

Long term renter here and yeah it would put me off big time! Some of our best landlords have been those living far away!!

It will only put off people you wouldn't want renting from you. As long as you respect their privacy everything would be fine.

@Aquamarine1029

It will only put off people you wouldn't want renting from you. As long as you respect their privacy everything would be fine.

Absolute twaddle. It will put experienced renters off. Because when you know what some landlords can be like, you're naturally avoidant of the potentially difficult ones.

I have had about 4 tenancies in 16 years - all long term ones with no issues at all.

Always had all my deposit back and kept a good relationship. We're still in touch with our last landlords because we helped them out a few times...they were an elderly couple and I helped them contact a long-lost relative online.
We only spoke by email because they lived rurally and a long way off (Australia) but our relationship with them was sweet. They visited us once on a rare trip to town...and we had them round for tea and cake because they hadn't seen their old home for years.

I just would not want to live next door to a landlord...especially one I had no history of.

I lived on the same block as my landlord. Never bothered me. If you let through an agency , there will a no reason for potential renters to even know you're the landlord- and as long as you let the letting agency manage it, don't see why this wouldn't work- unless you don't think you could back off about little things.

Before marriage and kids, I was renting someone’s annex for a couple of years. Basically a 1 bedroom house attached to their own.
They were ALWAYS round checking up on things. Very few boundaries.

I would try to avoid anyone I think would be noisy!! one of the reasons for buying it!
otherwise as long as they paid on time I would be quite hands off, I'm fully detached from it no shared drives ect.

Just make sure they've got recent references