Given the choice, which would you accept?

[danniellabella]

I'm not in this position yet, but may well be soon.
Currently looking for a new house to rent. If you had the choice between a house that looked totally aweful on the outside but nice on the inside and one that looked fairly good on the outside but average on the inside, which would you take?

[rufalina]

Nice on the inside and try to do something with the garden... Better to be comfortable inside I think... Good luck house hunting hun. xo

[danniellabella]

What about if the nice on the inside bad on the outside one is in a bit of a dodgy neighbourhood? Would you still take it because it looks good on the inside?

[Tan2705]

Personally I would stear clear of dodgy neighbourhoods... we are in a rental that is nice inside and out but the neighbours are horrid!! We had been living in it for three days before calling the cops at 2.30 on a Wednesday morning. 5 months in and we have the police stations' number on speed dial! We are hoping to buy but may have to find another rental in the meantime (the one we are in is on the market and under contract) and this time I will send DP out to explore the neighbourhood late at night to see what it's really like!!

[rufalina]

Now you are getting tough... Um how dodgy, and how much better is is that the other one. Would you feel happy living in that neighbourhood, in relative style? Or prefer to live in the better neighbourhood and give up a bit of comfort. Is there anything you could do to improve the internals of the other place?

I havent really answered you have I... sorry...It is hard with renting, you need to be able to live there, and feel comfortable...

W

[widdly]

I would take the one thats nice on the inside

[danniellabella]

Not sure how good/bad the places are yet. Looking at one today and another one tomorrow (and maybe another one on Friday if these other 2 aren't good enough/we don't get them)

[squidipa]

u dont live and sleep and cook in the garden do u? so simple choice for me

[danniellabella]

u dont live and sleep and cook in the garden do u? so simple choice for me

Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!

[Phteven]

I'd go for the house in the better neighbourhood.

[helle]

I'd scrap them both and find something nice on the inside in a better area XD
Gardens aren't so hard or $$ to pretty up - so long as your not scared of a bit of manual labour - so I would be just concentrating on inside comfyness for now.

GL!

[squidipa]

Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!

i like ppl thinking i have crap inside my hosue as my garden arnt to perfect that way no one will think i have value inside and rip me off i do tho feel safe in my home and area.

[NaeNae]

Hmmm I guess another thing to consider for you would be a nice lookin ghouse in a nice area might be more appealing to a burgler .... a derro looking place from the outside might not be as appealing

I would also ditch both and look for something you were happy with - afterall its your money paying for it so you have to be happy with it.

Nae x

[Mum2SweetCs]

Given a choice i would choose the neighbourhood.

A house on the inside and outside you can fix, but a neighbourhood you cannot fix.

[AwesomeFoursome]

I would choose the better neighbourhood, as mum2onesweetbun said you can fix the house you can't fix the neighbourhood.

[Arimeh]

Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!

Hmm well I think I'd rather protect my family and make sure we were reasonably comfortable than worry about what people thought of my house when they drove past. We don't currently live in a good area (cheapest suburb on the Sunshine Coast) and my house looks like crap from the outside - but I'm not going to rent somewhere or buy out of my budget just so people don't think I'm a derro. If people already have those distinctions between people in their heads - well they're not really someone I would be friends with and care about their opinions!

[danniellabella]

Hmm well I think I'd rather protect my family and make sure we were reasonably comfortable than worry about what people thought of my house when they drove past. We don't currently live in a good area (cheapest suburb on the Sunshine Coast) and my house looks like crap from the outside - but I'm not going to rent somewhere or buy out of my budget just so people don't think I'm a derro. If people already have those distinctions between people in their heads - well they're not really someone I would be friends with and care about their opinions!

That's a good point...
Please don't think less of me for my way of thinking...I'm getting over thinking that way, unfortunately old ways of thinking are hard to break.

[AnyDream]

Well I have a lovely home that is dog ugly from the front. I'm very happy here. Friends love my house as well - it has a really nice 'feeling' to it is the only way I can explain it. So I suggest you choose the house that 'feels' the best to you when you're standing right in the middle of it.