Thing that puts you off straightaway looking at a house?

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For me it's open plan type kitchen and living rooms. Like a bedsit!?

The kitchen being tucked away and inaccessible unless you are happy to traipse through the lounge every time... no thanks.

evilharpy · 04/06/2022 10:09

We're currently buying a house out of necessity and desperation that ticks a few of my "definitely not" boxes, but hopefully we'll be able to move on again pretty quickly. One of the downsides is nowhere to put a tumble dryer. I'm not living without it so it's going to have to go in one of the bedrooms that will be used as an office.
Have you considered a tumble dryer above your washing machine (if this an option you can get stacking kits). We had to change our tumble dryer for a heat exchange condensing one and the outlet is plumbed into the washing machine waste pipe as we didn't have a suitable outside wall to vent it outside.

Ooh, that reminds me... we viewed a house with a kitchen extension on the back, leaving the living room in the middle of the house, with no window!

Likewise, loft extensions with a narrow staircase squeezed into an already narrow hallway.

And the house with a garage converted to a dining room, long and narrow with a window at only one end.

I viewed a house with a bedroom in the middle with no windows and a huge extension stuck on the back. No thank you!

I also hate having to walk through rooms to get into other rooms. And loft bedroom conversions with no bathroom up there.

I viewed a house once that had been very strangely over extended. They had stuck extra rooms on here and there wherever they could find a bit of space outside, but without any alteration to the original floor plan. The result was a higgeldy piggeldy layout, too many doors coming off the original rooms so greatly reducing the useable space, and several windowless , dark rooms. It did sell eventually but was on the market for ages.

We viewed this one (empty property before anyone says anything) for a laugh!!

Can't really see why it's a laugh?

Conservatories: fucking horrid things

Round here I keep seeing bungalows/chalet bungalows advertised with bedrooms at the back, and conservatories leading off bedrooms.

WTF?

You viewed it for a laugh? How very odd.

People do this all the time in Australia, it's called having a sticky beak, and doesn't imply loud cackling.
Usually it's neighbours who've never been inside the house and would quite like a look after all this years.

Of course by far the majority of viewings are of the open house variety, Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays.

And the owners are never there.

No driveway for parking. Overlooked garden.
Busy road.
Room sizes, eg we need good equal(ish) sized bedrooms for DC.

We discounted a lot of homes in the last 12m but basically it would be things we couldn't change at the property like layout and location of the house. Everything else can usually be renovated. We bought a house with a north facing garden but the location is perfect for us.

yes if the price reflected this.

Is it in Hebden Bridge - and does it flood?! 😉

My no go's are:
Shared drive/no drive or rights of way through garden/neighbours land etc - too much scope for disputes.

No downstairs loo or no scope to add one - its needed for relatives who can't use stairs

No stairs to access house - see above

Most others things can be sorted out once you've got the location and correct number of bedroom etc.

The only thing that would put me off is having a front door opening straight into the house with no hall. I lived in a house like that for many years and always disliked it. It never felt very cosy.

All the other stuff like off road parking, kerb appeal etc are nice to haves but realistically out of my budget so I can overlook them.

@Stripyhoglets1

Ahahahaha oh god I will have to name change now!!

A water meter.

• Tiny kitchen/tiny bathroom
• No decent walking areas nearby
• No garage (or no good parking nearby at all)
• No elevator in appartment building
• No shopping nearby
• Lack of green in the neighborhood
• Toilet and bathroom far apart if seperate space
• Lack of privacy (neighbours/passers by can look in)
• Awkward layout
• Lack of insulation / old heating system
• Gas cooking
• Tiny bedrooms. I prefer fewer rooms, but decent sized ones.

Just thought of another double sinks and freestanding baths. Or a separate bathtub and shower. I prefer just a shower.

No double garage
Small driveway
Any shared access
Doer upper/neglected
Overlooked garden/ north facing garden
Only one bathroom
Long thin rooms like corridors
Attic rooms with low ceilings
Small kitchen or bathrooms

I wouldn’t look at any property without a garden. I love our garden.
No driveway or at least private parking
Shared access

Things that are cosmetic can be changed, so they wouldn’t stop me looking further.

I can see open plan kitchen and living spaces are not popular on here. Although I’d prefer separate rooms, if I really liked the rest of the house/area, it wouldn’t put me off looking.

Kitchen open plan into a conservatory. Those rooms are cold!

• New build
• Main road
• Shared drive
• Poor location
• Terraced
• Directly on a bus route

Kitchen diner being the only dining room. Don’t mind it for breakfast but would like a separate dining room for dinner/ special occasions.

We'd be looking at detached and for me the problem would be a house where 30% of the downstairs was integral garage. I'd like at least one of a utility room or a small office downstairs, not lounge, kitchen, loo, garage.