We went to see another property yesterday, in Duxford. It's about a 5 minute drive from the office (compared to the 5 minute walk for the Hinxton one). The property is on a newly built estate, about 3 years old. The neighborhood don't look all that grand, but that might be because it's on an old military base so there's not a whole lot to work with. The house itself looks wonderful. 3-story, 3 bedrooms, one with en-suite, one main bathroom, one toilet on the ground floor. The white goods are included are look nice. There's assloads of rooms and we can have a cat.
The only thing that isn't making me jump for joy is something that might be purely circumstantial, but doesn't make a good impression. Our immediate neighbour's car has the front grill bashed in and there was an empty bottle of beer left on the outdoor light right besides his door.
Like I said, there might be a perfectly good reason, but still… it looks bad. We're moving to get away from annoying neighbours. We don't want to do this again in 6 months… We're going to get in touch with the current tenant and see what her impressions are.