Would you buy a village house that was RIGHT next door to a pub?

[ChampagneSupernova]

We don't know the area v well but have totally fallen in love with a gorgeous house in what seems to be a lovely village (playgroup, shop & Post office, church) with a nice busy town about 6 miles away.

There are two pubs in the village and apparently everyone goes to the other one (which does food). The one next door to the house we're looking to buy doesn't do food and has been struggling apparently - three landlords in as many years from the brewery. It also doesn't have a beer garden - only a car park which isn't overlooked by the house (there's a row of cottages in the way)

It's to the back of the house. We're about to have DC1 and I don't know how many more we would have but we're certainly planning on staying in this house for at least 10 years - but do you think it would be hard to sell on should we want to later.

TIA for your viewpoints on this...

No I wouldn't, because of the potential for noise. And also the smell of cigarette smoke from the people smoking outside

I don't think so. I'm sure it would be hard to sell on and it could change hands and turn rowdy.

Have you been in for a drink in this pub?
First thing we did when buying our house.
If its friendly then yay...
On what you've said then yes I would buy it.
Obviously the brewery may change/owership etc, but sadly a lot of village pubs are going under so it might not be a pub for too long

yes because i could come out of the pub and fall straight into my house

God yes - bargain!

I live opposite a village pub and in the 4 years of being here, I've been annoyed twice with the level of noise (and that was when landlord was away - his son had a couple of parties!)

Our pub doesn't do food and TBH it is mainly the men from this street and the next that frequent it.

Weekend parking is a hassle (does the house have off-street parking?) and other than a few smokers here and there (literally one or two an evening - not even that often) and some arguments being shouted down mobile phones/people leaving a little too loudly on a Saturday night it is fine; I don't even notice it.

Our street has had 6 houses sold recently - they were all on the market for only a matter of weeks; the pub certainly doesn't hinder house sales here.

no.

not just because of the noise potential but also because it might be harder to sell on.

and you don't know what it will become if it fails again, this pub.

I was going to say yes but tbh there is a pub at the end of this road and it is a real pain in the arse because of the outside smoking as it always had leery drunk, pass remarkable scafolders outside.

No I would n't . Looked at one with pub next door which already had development plans in place and retrospectively was the right decision. Reasons lack of privacy in garden , noise (deliveries at odd hours and late night), waste disposal. A failing pub will almost certainly be revamped if it is going to survive.

Definitely not. Lived next to a pub as a student and they would come out at closing time every night and empty all the bottles into the recycling bins..

Not such a problem as a student but if I was being woken up now by SMASH, SMASH, CRASH every night I'd go mad..followed by drunken arguments or just the increase in voice volume people have when leaving a pub after a few drinks...and not forgetting the extractor fan of cooking smells, stale chip fat is not my favourite scent..

You also never know what the pub will become, busy cafe/restaurant etc...we lived opposite a row of shops in our old house and were always nervous as to what they were putting planning bids in for...

depends how much you notice noise..we live in the middle of nowhere now and I've never been happier so if you're not a light sleeper might be okay..although you'd have to presume your buyers would be deep sleepers as well..

Chucking out time in a village pub is very different to a town. We moved because of noise, but we were in town.

Another noise you may get is brewery deliveries. But these probably won't be too often.

Visit at different times of day and GO to the pub on a Friday/Saturday night

Our village pub is lovely (and across the road)
Landlords are brilliant and theres never (touch wood) any trouble .. other than if Arthur who usually sits in the corner nursing a pint has a few to many after a row with the missus and tries to do a jig on his dodgy leg and falls over

If you plan to stay for at least 10 years then resale value should be your least priority

If you love it and you don't mind the issueas then go for it

Personally I wouldn't. Especially if 3 landlords in 3 years and brewery owned. Who knows what they would do to boost revenue.

Call the local planning office (or you may find it online) and see whether there have been applications for change of use, to residential for example?

Thats true. It may even turn in to a (shudder) Whetherspoons

Live next door but one to our village pub, but behind it sortathing due to its big surrounding garden. Never heard a peep from it, or worried about smokers - they are very well behaved and there is only one table for them so not out there in throngs. Had similar issue with turnover of landlords but all have been lovely. My only fear is that it might close as it is sooooo handy.

IO get the feeling that none of this is helping the OP as it's so split!!

Ah well. Who actually pays attention to advice from practical strangers on considering such a massive purchase.
I think it was more to gauge opinions than anything else

Check it out. We have three pubs in our village. Two do food, one doesn't. The one that doesn't is noisiest at night, as it's the one that does big screen stuff and has a entertainment licence and late hours.

I know devil - it was more an observation that it isn't often that MN is quite so equally split with opinion