I’m guessing you live in attached properties with small garden?
as I think much of this is actually about the type of property you are buying and proximity to neighbours.
i have an outside bar, as well as a eight burner bbq and fire pit. but my garden is a couple of acres. my neighbours gardens are larger . And the houses are detached. There is no way to know if viewing either of my neighbours properties that I have this set up . My garden is private and not over looked. And if we are entertaining you’d not hear us. Not least due to distance but also High hedges giving privacy and muffling noise.
rhe same with my in-laws. They have a hot tub. It was there when they bought the house, it’s never used and being removed shortly. But even if they did use it, you’d not know or see it. As the properties are detached and far enough away from each other, the gardens are private and not over looked.
so I think this is down to the type of properties people responding live in. It’s the same with basket ball hoops, people having fire pits, bbqs, sound systems. etc if you are living in a property with small gardens then these things can be very anti social depending on how you use them . If you’re living in a larger detached property with a larger garden, with enough distance between houses, then they can be totally irrelevant.
Christ if you live in a small attached house, someone hoovering or using their washing machine at inconvenient hours can be a bigger issue than a hot tub.
so it’s not simply about what rhe neighbours have and do. And more about the type of house and proximity to neighbours , and then what the neighbours do, have and how they behave.
in my view, it’s very short sighted to not buy the ideal house as someone has a hot tub, bar or basket ball hoop. It could easily be a quiet family who don’t make much noise, you’d not know. And if the neighbours don’t have one, there is nothing to say they won’t sell and the new folks get one. There is nothing to say not having one they don’t run their washing machine at 5am, or hoover at midnight. Or have fires and bbqs on the regular.
put simply if you live in a attached property with a small garden then the risk of neighbour noise is always present and a hot tub, bar or basket ball hoop being present doesn’t mean it’s in constant use, or that if not present, one won’t appear just after you move in. It doesn’t mean the house won’t be sold and the hot tub and basket ball hoop removed by the new owners, like my in-laws.