Crazy things that put you off buying a house

[SueEllen]

Used to live opposite church & cemetery, very pretty but they had built all round it. The bells were a bit annoying sometimes. Just down the road was a school and the 4x4 were all over the place,

You had a church as well!!

I have a church a minute away on the next road. As it's evangelical there are no bells rung even though it has a bell tower. (The chimes come from the more traditional CofE one 15 minutes walk away with the unfriendly vicar.)

The problem is the congregation who have to be told not to park illegally. It's gets to a point every year, normally October, where the parking attendants come round on a Sunday so those cars get tickets and it's resolved until the next year. Those church goers are always the ones with kids attending the school next to the church...

Oh and the graveyards tend to be council owned ones with no church next to them. The reason for that is the Church digs up the bodies, moves them to another site and sells the land for housing....

[greenlake]

I don't like the idea of flipping burgers on their barbecue whilst somebody is being lowered into a 6 foot hole in the ground the other side of the fence.

Plan B....graveside catering....?

[xoggoth]

As someone obsessed by zombies I rather fancy living next door to a cemetery. Mind you, living next to a cheap brothel would be even better.

[PhiltheGreek]

As someone obsessed by zombies I rather fancy living next door to a cemetery.

You wouldn't say that if you'd got up for a slash and run into Camilla at 3 in the morning without her teeth or makeup.

[greenlake]

Mind you, living next to a cheap brothel would be even better.

Sometimes, your neighbours attract unsavoury types....

[SeededLoaf]

Must be no neighbours within a half mile radius. Obviously with a long drive so no reason for folk to pass by for a nosy.

If I ever need help when i'm old such as falling over and breaking a hip then so be it.

[The_Equalizer]

Sometimes, your neighbours attract unsavoury types....

The girl opposite me in the office used to live in a maisonette. The women who lived above her plied her trade albeit only during office hours so not to bother anyone.

[SueEllen]

The girl opposite me in the office used to live in a maisonette. The women who lived above her plied her trade albeit only during office hours so not to bother anyone.

Wouldn't work nowadays as too many people work from home.

[vetran]

Wouldn't work nowadays as too many people work from home.

well she was ahead of the curve then

[OwlHoot]

Another fruitless day of viewings.

Property no 1: the best on paper and it was was a nice location bit it absolutely stank to high heaven. Single lady with a lot of dogs. She was obviously feeding them that disgusting fish meal stuff because I nearly lost my breakfast on entering the property. ...

A house adjoining a cemetery fair enough, or one with a dank north facing garden, but to me it makes absolutely no sense to turn your nose up (literally) at a property just because of a nasty niff if it ticks all your boxes otherwise.

Within reason, the same goes for a property in need of redecoration and even renovation. In fact you'll probably get more for your money if you compromise a bit on that.

Buyers who insist on perfection are generally little short of idiots IMHO (unless they have practical reasons for not wanting to or being able to make any improvements, although it's hard to imagine any besides perhaps an elderly buyer who might be distressed by disruption or someone who will have no spare cash for a long time after the purchase).