Would you buy this property?

[newgirl68]

I have a dilemma and wondered what people think. We have been looking to buy a house for a year, but in the area we are looking there is not much on the market. We have finally found a house we love, put an offer in and got it accepted. We have just found out that the house opposite is owned by a housing association and is soon to be turned into a residential home for young adults with autism. It has made us a bit concerned as we don't want to move into a house which is then devalued because of this.
Would anyone else be put off by buying a house in a similar situation?
I would be grateful for any advice.
Thanks!

no, it wouldn't put me off at all

Wouldn't bother me.

Why should a house opposite occupied by children with autism affect the price of your house?

That is, quite frankly, nonsense.

Seriously???

Why would neighbours with autism devalue a property?

Wouldn't put me off either.

I should warn you, you may get flamed for starting this thread.

oh, too late!

It would put me off. Nothing to do with the autism at all, but I wouldn't want to live opposite a house full of young people.

I'm not sure
It wouldnt bother me to live there at all. In fact might make life easier But any community housing does tend to have an impact on house prices but I'm not sure how much by and whether its even worth worrying about. I would still buy it but then I'm very much a buy a house for a home type of person.

Why would people with a disability living opposite you devalue your home?

it won't devalue it but may make it harder to sell as buyers will go through the same thought processes as you are

sorry have we entered a reality-free zone?

The use of the house as a residential home as described would not put me off.

However, I would be aware that the use could be changed perhaps without requiring planning permission, to accommodate other groups of people in a residential home (would be same use class). So could be a halfway house, accommodation for recovering addicts, or any other use of that ilk.

While again, that wouldn't necessarily bother me, it might put off other purchasers further along the line.

FWIW we bought this house in the knowledge that 5 doors away had been bought by a housing association for accommodating older teens as a quasi-halfway house - following release from custodial sentences or as a last chance saloon. Petitions flew about (we didn't sign) and such a furore was kicked up by locals that it never happened and the HA sold the house to a family instead (thankfully making a hefty profit). If the reaction of people round here is anything to go by, I would avoid taking the same risk in the future.

How many of the young adults do you think will be living in the house? If it isnt that large then you might not see much in the way of additional traffic/car parking.