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…

Thank you! 😁My parents asked me at the time, what was I thinking moving from detached to terraced, until they saw it, and then they said "Ahh, I get it". Neighbours are lovely too, we often have communal BBQ's etc, and the other street never did anything like that.

I have a number of things people hate

• no bath (out of choice)
• open plan
• no side access
• no driveway
• only one toilet

None of these bother me too much, yes would be great to have an extra loo but I have a nice low mortgage for my cosy wee house.
Dealbreaker for me would be a busy road.

Fancy a housemate?! 😁

Is anyone else counting up how hated their house is?

(So far I have an airport nearby, a bus stop opposite, on a school road, no bath, a hot tub, a garden office, and a conservatory)

The bath thing doesn’t bother me either, I have one but think I’ve used it about 5 times in 9 years!

ah yes and artificial grass. Though it wouldn’t be a game breaker if everything else was great. you can remove it, just a lot of work.

non-open plan, separate kitchen room, separate dining room etc is a game breaker. Wouldn’t even view it. I guess it shows each different living style has a its own customer.

Oh don’t worry loads of things about mine are here too 🤣

On a flood plain.

I would not buy a house:
On a main road
On a road with a school on
By traffic lights or a bus stop
Without a decent grocery shop within 10 minutes walking distance
That has an open plan kitchen and living room
With only one toilet
With a garden that's been paved over

These are all things we've had in previous houses that have annoyed me when living there.

1. Any rooms without a window
2. Lack of natural light
3. Attached to another property

The world would be very boring if we all liked the same things!

Grocery or little corner shop definitely very important

I would've wary of being as close as we are to tourist attraction again. In the summer, leaving the house between 9-11am and 3-5pm needs extra planning.

i would never buy house with:

• A big tree nearby
• Electricity pylons too close

A badger sett in the garden.

A trampoline in the neighbour’s garden.
Unkempt neighbour’s property or garden.
Open plan
Bi fold doors
Those rectangular tiles on the bathroom or kitchen walls which remind me of a public toilet
Black, grey or red kitchen
Over looked garden
Concrete garden
Near a school or playground
On a cut through to anywhere
On a busy road

Across from a school in particular, but anything with high traffic,

On a busy road,

With neighbours who don't look after their properties.

White metro tiles!! Arghhh same I hate them

We had solar panels fitted last year. You have to have realistic expectations. Our bills are only about £20 a month cheaper as a result. We didn't have them fitted to make a profit - they will take decades to pay for themselves but because it seemed environmentally responsible.

Shared driveway

Wouldn't it!

Bamboo (and that extends to not buying next door to a house with bamboo)
A very steep drive
A north facing rear garden
A house fronting on the pavement

I have lots of things I'd change such as adding lavatories, converting a ground floor from total open plan, get rid of fake grass/reinstate drainable ground, etc, but I'd avoid the above as things I couldn't do anything about

North facing garden
low ceilings (we are tall)

A shared drive

an unadopted road

Stairs off a living area
Artificial grass or fully paved garden
Shared parking and access
East facing garden
Lots of screaming kids playing on e scooters outside
No bath
Downstairs bathroom
No downstairs loo
Rubbish strewn neighbours’ gardens
Constant dog barking

No private parking space
No gas supply
No way to charge car