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housethatbuiltme · 27/09/2024 09:17

Can I ask has anyone 'fallen in love' with a property they hated on the listing?

We have been looking forever and had 2 houses fall through now, we are getting pretty desperate but a house just hit the market that 'technically' ticks ALL our boxes and doesn't even 'need' any building work doing by the looks of it... except we just hate it.

Its in a cul-de-sac at the very bottom of one of those mass built 1960s maze estates (no other access than driving the connecting streets that look like they go on forever) and it feel quite brutalist with its square boxy design, weird floor length 60s window, orange brick work, surrounded by identical clone houses in a 'box' formation etc... vs. all the beautiful Victorian/Edwardian sandstone and red brick terraces, with their original features like corbels, roses and stained glass etc... on just normal roads we have looked at previous.

We are trying to book a viewing (its with the worst EA though so that alone is like pulling hens teeth) but whats the chance we will like it more in person that we do online as its currently the only option ticking necessary boxes.

OP posts:
VoteLabour · 28/09/2024 19:06

I didn't want to view my house. Wrong part of town, no off-road parking, didn't match all my list of must haves. 20 years later and I'm still here. The location works well for me. House faces east west, which I love.

Twiglets1 · 29/09/2024 08:46

MiddleAgedDread · 28/09/2024 15:47

Being at the bottom of a really steep hill would rule it out for me, it significantly increases your risk of flooding.

Yes I agree.

Think you need to keep looking @housethatbuiltme

Haggia · 29/09/2024 09:00

Sorry it wasn’t for you OP.

I didn’t want to view our current house because I could see there was a public footpath running behind it which put me off. When we viewed it we saw it was actually a tiny path in a very quiet village. We only viewed it that once, knew straight away we wanted it. Ten years on and no regrets at all.

I think you just get that feel and if that isn’t there, it’s not right for you.

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