Would you buy a house next to 'dodgy' neighbours?

[susie100]

Right, we have managed to sell our flat and are now on major househunting mode.

We saw our DREAM house on Saturday, could not be more perfect. It will be a stretch but we have done the sums and we could do it. All poised to put a serious offer in but I was a bit concerned about the house next door that is in really poor state of repair on a road that is otherwise in very good nick.

Investigation on the land registry shows it is housing association owned and divided into 3 flats. So far no problems but I have checked with the neighbours on the other side and with the council and there have been many complaints about the top floor flat about noise and general anti social behaviour. The housing association have a female tenant registered in each flat but in reality there is a family of 6 living in the top floor flat!

I am not concerned about shabbiness etc but my biggest fear is noisy neighbours and not being able to sleep at night.

We should just walk away shouldn't we?

Don't get it. Just walk away, there will be another lovely house somewhere else with nice neighbours. I lived in a terraced house next to scum of the earth idiots who turned the place into a drugs den according to the police. It took us 3 months to get her evicted, and every second was torture.

Noooo run like the wind. Horrid neighbours is soul destroying the worst thing is that you are essentially powerless against people that can really spoil your life on their whim. We had HA neighbours who sadly ticked all the cliches:

big aggressive dogs tick
drug dealing tick
no one working (central London in boom time) flat used as hangout for local lowlifes tick
lots of uncared for kids tick
gangsta rap pulsating through walls tick
loud parties in garden with lots of swearing and inane conversation tick

I actually dreaded sunny days as they woudl all congregate outside their flat it was so intimidating.

We were moving anyway. Blessed relief here - all we hear is the modulated tones of our neighbours quietly discussing plants. THe other side have had one party in 4 years at midnight it all went silent bless them.

RUN away!

This thread is 3 years old!

Don't buy it! we had terrible neighbours in our first home. it ruinied the experience for me, we had to move out and rent out what was supposed to be our idyllic first home together and ultimately lost £20k when we sold it as we needed to get out.

ZOMBIE THREAD

I am guessing the OP didn't buy ... 3 years ago

Walk away. Bad neighbours are my worst nightmare - one which I've already had and never want to repeat.