How do your neighbours affect your property value?
Changing neighbours can add - or remove - as much as £32,395 from the value of your home, new figures show.
Research from propertyfinder.com reveals that while the perfect neighbours can add more than four per cent to your house price, squatters settling next door can lower it by four times this amount.
The ideal neighbours were seen as a childless couple, followed by old age pensioners. Singles and families with small children could also boost house prices - but not by as much.
On the flip side, squatters remove the most value from your property, followed by students. Families with teenagers and flat-sharers also lower house prices - but by a far lesser extent.
So, do your neighbours add or subtract value from your home?
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