It was a family neighbourhood and the last place you would expect a group of hookers to be operating from. I'm certain the neighbours must be suspicious.
Would that put a lot of you off going to a nice neighbourhood to punt? Bearing in mind this wasn't one hooker who was an indie. Going to a shit neighbourhood in an inner city often seems more discreet because so many people are milling around but in a better class of neighbourhood it's often quiet and means strangers will be noticed.
It would put me off going there, yes, for the reasons you stated in your last paragraph.
Generally, I prefer flats or high rises.
But I do remember a long time ago I booked Spanish girl in Maidenhead.
I turned up to the address and it was a bunch of flats, just off the highstreet behind Subway.
Kids were playing outside and people were hanging around the balcony.
I was slightly lost looking at the directions on my phone, when a guy shouted at me "are you looking for [address i was looking for]".
I put my phone to my ear to pretend I was talking to someone and shouted back "no".
Called the girl and told her what had just happened. Told her she might need a new location and promptly fucked off.
Nowadays I time my punts for just before it gets dark.
Was very dissapointed as I had been plotting on the girl for weeks.