I'll always take a house next door that is fixed up and looking good, versus one that is in disrepair. At our old house, we had neighbors next door who were nice people, but they were renting. They didn't exactly do a great job keeping the place up. The house had a gravel driveway, and it constantly had weeds growing in it, toys strewn about, etc. At one point there was a tree growing in the driveway, right along our shared fence line. One day I asked if I could cut the tree down, and they said yes. I removed the tree, cut down all the weeds, and cleaned everything up (including removing a bunch of trash that was hidden in the weeds). The woman who lived there was appreciative, but they never did anything to maintain it after that, and within months it was overgrown with weeds again. Glad I don't have to look at that driveway anymore.