I would NEVER buy a house with…

[Wyr]

• solar panels

• a ‘garden house’ IE a lockdown special outdoor wooden shed dressed up as an office - usually taking up half the garden and completely pointless

• a neighbour who has a load of cars / shit in their yard - hoarder vibes

who’s next? 3 things that would make you not buy a house…

Too true! Some things have been mentioned which I have!
It's just a chat.

Yep just a way for us to have a bit of chat and pass the time, nothing serious! Some folk just love a moan :)

I also would actively avoid a house that was going through probate

It's very cheap round there. It's not the nicest area, though. But you're right - it's not a terrible house, the decor is just hideous (and even though I hate it I can respect that someone clearly loves it and has expressed themselves through it! But I'd not enjoy dealing with those painted tiles...)

I bought a house with a lot of that dreadful dark grey paint. It took a lot of painting over, but the difference! The whole house looks bigger, lighter and cleaner. Amazing. Everyone who comes, comments on it

I would never buy a house without a loo on the ground floor, or with only one loo in the entire place if it has multiple bedrooms. We are a family of 4 and I struggled a bit with my 2 under 2 when we didn't have a ground floor loo.

I have lived next door to hoarders with multiple cars. They were ok neighbors and the only people to bring a pie around to the house to welcome us to the street. Yes, an actual pie. It was delicious.

Omg artificial grass yes why oh why!!

It can be useful for the disabled, @Wyr
My own DS has it and it means he can enjoy a "green space" outside without the worry and expense of having someone in to maintain it for him

The only ones on my own list are:
Anywhere with anything approaching a shared access or drive
Anywhere where a neighbour dispute's already involved
Anywhere in a known high crime area

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have

Two sets of Solar Panels (Tick)

A garden office (Tick), which we got years before lockdown, doesn't take up 1/2 of our 1 acre plot and I use it everyday as an office to work from home so very usefull

It don't need to be the neighbour with loads of cars, we have 5 cars, two boats, one horse box, a caravan, two quad bikes and an aeroplane on our drive (Tick)

I won't send you details if we plan to move

No loo downstairs

A 'fixer upper' with a lot of work to be done.

Remote; somewhere where you can't live easily if you can't drive.

'Open-plan' kitchen-dining room-living room. I don't want people watching my clumsiness in the kitchen, or complaining at my slowness in completing kitchen jobs.

Difficult staircases.

I think there is definately something on this thread that we all have, and that others find distasteful, that's for sure. 😂When I get my huge mansion, I will be getting one of those with my semi open plan design, hopefully it'll already have it.

It depends how big your system is, and how efficient an install it is and what your power consumption profile is. The efficiency comes down to the orientation of the roof, the pitch of the roof and how far south you are. South facing, 35 degree pitch and on the south coast will give you the best output. South facing, 35 degree pitch and Manchester will immediately drop output by 25%/30%.

Crikey @mycatismyworld I thought the inside was bad enough, but then I saw the Astro turf…and the view!

Those awful entire wall windows that fold.
plastic grass
built in wardrobes
electric oven
corner bath
jacuzzi tub
hot tub
open fireplace
wood burner
sparkley counter tops
but I rent and am unlikely ever to buy so its not like it matters

An old cottage with low ceilings and small windows.
A house in an area with loads of racists and reform supporters.
Somewhere with a small garden covered in fake grass.
Next door to student houses and HMOs or hostels, or lots of Air B&Bs.
Somewhere that wasn't within five minutes walk of a decent shop that stays open till at least 11pm.
A flat above a chicken or kebab shop who never change their oil or filters.

Oh yes all of this.
I don't think many mortgages are granted for flats above shops with fryers.
low ceilings make me feel very oppressed.

Please don’t 🤣

Small rooms/low ceilings
though perhaps more tolerable if the house is 400 years old and very pretty
no downstairs loo
No storage space

Agree re artificial grass, pebbledash and neighbours with lots of cars and or caravans on the front.

My hard no is conservatories. HATE them!

Also bricked over gardens with a load of poorly installed decking.

A shared drive
Oil central heating
No parking

No garden
no driveway or parking space
a small kitchen

A man.

We had a neighbour with an England flag flying from a flagpole in the garden. I don't remember seeing when we viewed the house. Anyway, the house was sold and on the day they moved in, the owners took down the flagpole ♥️

No bath!!!!! Oh the horror!!
How is one supposed to read and consume alcohol in peace!!!

Shared drive.
Shared access.
Shared bins/bin area
Shared wall.
On street (aka shared) parking.
No side access.
Giant, mad, untamed monkey puzzle tree in garden (bit specific that one).

This is a wishlist as I share a wall and have no side access! You learn each time you live in a new home, don't you?