Red Flag?

[ScaredSceptic]

We've seen a property which seems to tick quite a few boxes. It's detached but it's on a housing estate so in close proximity to neighbouring houses.

I groaned to myself seeing that the next door neighbour's trampoline is pushed right up against the boundary fence but could live with it I guess 🙄

However the sellers only bought the house 2 years ago and I can see from the previous listing that they've made some nice improvements to the property - knocking through to make a big kitchen/diner, gorgeous new kitchen, new bathrooms, redecorated throughout, herringbone flooring etc.

The price they are asking compared to the price they paid, I think they'd be breaking even at best, and that's assuming they could achieve the asking price.

It's clear from the pics that they have a toddler, which suggests to me they prob didn't buy with the intention of doing it up to try to make a profit (it's a family home, and wasn't in bad condition before, but what they've done has certainly increased its appeal).

Also they haven't had a for sale sign put up, which is unusual for this area, and suggests to me they might not want neighbours to know they are selling.

Now I know there are all kinds of reasons why someone might need to move, but would you be suspicious about potential nightmare neighbours or I am I over thinking?

I think you should go and view it and ask the question. When we had similar worries it turned out the couple were splitting up and needed to sell. View at a time when neighbours are likely to be home with their children if at all possible. If the vendors do the viewings themselves ask about the neighbours - watch their reactions carefully and read between the lines of their answers.

Nope. I've seen literally dozens of houses for sale in the last two months which were bought 2-3 years ago; for the most part, either new builds or second hand new builds.

People can't afford the re-mortgage after 2 year fixes.

Use this to check for problem neighbours:

https://www.adt.co.uk/crime-in-my-area

My mind wouldn't automatically assume that there are problems with the neighbours, people do move for all sorts of reasons. We moved around a lot at one time for various reasons, mainly to do with my husband's job. It didn't work out in one part of the country we had moved to so we had to move again after only 2 years losing money on the property.

Have to be honest and say the trampoline pushed right up against the boundary fence would be something I would be concerned about, however. Those trampolines are a blooming nuisance!

Thanks all, some good points that I hadn't thought of. I know there could be any number of legitimate reasons for them selling up so soon, I just really worry about ending up with awful neighbours.

@Twiglets1 Yes, it always puts me off seeing a trampoline in the neighbours' garden (or a hot tub, or bar, or flagpole!), especially right up against the fence, but this house otherwise seems promising, so I thought I might be able to live with it!

I always look at the land registry transactions for the postcode. If the house has sold many, many times, or many of the houses on the road are selling far too often, it usually indicates something is wrong.