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I think you are both onto something there. Of course nobody in telepathically able to figure out what goes on in some buyers' minds. I don't know if/how many b

I think you are both onto something there. Of course nobody in telepathically able to figure out what goes on in some buyers' minds. I don't know if/how many buyers would really consider it in a "let's bid $20.000 below asking because the neighbour three doors down has a broken car in his driveway" or "because the lawn isn't a golf-green" way. What I do think many buyers will consider is whether to buy at all. And that's not about being able to quantify it. You can see from just a few of the other replies here that people do consider that, whether you like it or not. Many buyers will not even consider to buy your house, if the neighbour's yard is overgrown. Like the difference between this being your neighbor: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGgOiHH_4Sk/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGgOiHH_4Sk/maxresdefault.jpg vs. this https://fthmb.tqn.com/bUupIggP7-_Duha--avqVcXqLqc=/960x0/filters:no_upscale()/overgrown_yard-5817ba305f9b581c0bb72080.jpg https://fthmb.tqn.com/bUupIggP7-_Duha--avqVcXqLqc=/960x0/fil... Now both are overgrown but one screams neglected, possibly even abandoned. The other, while not everyone's cup of tea, seems intentional and lively. Or to take cars. This to me looks ugly and abandoned. Don't want to live next to that person: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ub_p4acppHE/TWv_24yosLI/AAAAAAAABfc/KIX_PUYwInU/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/1955+Nomad+junkyard.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ub_p4acppHE/TWv_24yosLI/A... but this is awesome https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/81/97/c98197ac689cdef00eb5cdc4ed4d8bcc.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/81/97/c98197ac689cdef00eb5... and that tractor definitely needs repairs from time to time. The problem comes in when trying to do something about one without affecting the other. I don't know if that's possible via a law at all as there's so much nuance and personal opinion and aesthetics in it. I bet in this large HN crowd you'll find someone that even disagrees w/ my opinion that the second yard I linked to looks awesome. I'd buy that house!

ghaff 4y ago
I think that's exactly right. A lot of people will look and think at least somewhat subconsciously "If a neighborhood tolerates that sort of thing, what else do they tolerate" and just keep driving by. And I say that as someone who let some stuff around my property get a bit out of control (but mostly out back) over COVID but I have a fairly large property and my neighbors have even larger ones and I'm well off the road. But my messy country garden is just a messy country garden that pretty much no one but me needs to look at. Neighbors might reasonably think differently in a neat upscale suburban neighborhood. I strongly lean to the live and let live side but there's a, to me, distressing amount of Screw my neighbors, I'll do whatever I want because it's all about Me on this thread.

ghaff 4y ago

I think that's exactly right. A lot of people will look and think at least somewhat subconsciously "If a neighborhood tolerates that sort of thing, what else do they tolerate" and just keep driving by. And I say that as someone who let some stuff around my property get a bit out of control (but mostly out back) over COVID but I have a fairly large property and my neighbors have even larger ones and I'm well off the road. But my messy country garden is just a messy country garden that pretty much no one but me needs to look at. Neighbors might reasonably think differently in a neat upscale suburban neighborhood. I strongly lean to the live and let live side but there's a, to me, distressing amount of Screw my neighbors, I'll do whatever I want because it's all about Me on this thread.