Blow me, that WAS quick

Davesnave

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

HeHe,

Sorry to degenerate the thread, but everytime I see the title, I get an immature giggle inside my head.

I would have to politely decline your request, even though it would be all over before you completed your proposition

Thanks. Glad someone else has said that. It's been amusing me every time I open my inbox!;)

gjchester

ad9898 wrote: »

I would never buy a terraced house, and if for what ever reason I had to, I wouldn't pay more than 60k for one, to pay anywhere near that kind of money you should wrapped up in a straight jacket and thrown in a padded cell.

The problem is terraced houses are usually the most common type in cities and sometimes the only way you can start on the property ladder. By me a two bed terrace goes from anything from 140K to 180K, Semi's start around 180k and go up. It's a huge step in price 180K buys a terrace with character in a nice village / rural location, or an identikit semi on a new build estate. You'd be looking at at least £250K for a decent size semi around the same size as a 180K terrace.

I've had three houses, first two were mid terrace, current house is end of terrace. Advantages are our heating bills were pretty small, given you don't have two walls open to the outside, and the first one was built around 1900, so thick walls, cool in summer, warm in winder, and almost impossible to hear through.

Disadvantages were never that big, sure occasionally the neighbours were loud, but I'm sure they thought that about us too sometimes.

Pobby

I`m amazed also. Large 2 bed terrace, 4 doors away went on the market, and bang, sold sign up in no time. My neighbour next door viewed it with a friend and said compared to others she had seen, she though it cheap, as the extra £40k for a third box room bedroom seemed a bit excessive.

hethmar

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

HeHe,

Sorry to degenerate the thread, but everytime I see the title, I get an immature giggle inside my head.

I would have to politely decline your request, even though it would be all over before you completed your proposition

Glad to have given you a smile anyway

Idiophreak

Cleaver wrote: »

Granted, you don't want to live next door to Fabio and Grooverider, but the reason I would pretty much only buy a terrace house is because I like that community environment that comes with it. And, hey, maybe being close to your neighbours could be brilliant because they're ace?

I lived in two terraces, never spoke to anyone else in the street. Know that one of the sons next door was called "AAAAAAAALLLLLIIIIIIIIIII" though, because I was woken by the mother screaming it every morning.

Conversely, I've lived in two more or less detached places and have got on well with the neighbours.

I have to say, I don't see any attraction in terraces, either..or much worse "town houses", which is surely just another way of saying "expensive terraces". I cycle past some places in the country, where they've new build sets of townhouses, massive great things, awesome location, beautiful view etc, but who really wants to spend a couple of million quid and still not be able to listen to loud music at 3AM...it's bonkers.

carolt

I've lived in all sorts - detached,terrace, semis, maisonettes.

Liked the detached least as too cut off, wind howling round, children can get out on all sides (!).

Rather like the terraces - save money on heating, as your neighbours keep you warm, and I've never had a neighbour I didn't get on with. Only problem is having to keep bins out the front; with a semi you can park them at the back. Gardens are necessarily enclosed, so good for kids.

Hate bungalows, though. Still, can see the point if you're elderly.

Is liking detached houses a status thing, like 4 wheel drives?

Seems equally pointless to me.

geoffky

I went a visited a new build estate yesterday that is half built but ground to a halt..I felt sorry for he people living there as they have negative equity in a big way with most houses going for -25% from 2007 prices when it was first built. The main problem was that they all looked like little teapot houses that would blow down in a strong gale.The actual size of the plots were embarrassingly small but they had somehow managed to put four bedrooms in them...how on earth can people live in houses where in the dining room the table takes up most of the space and you have to squeeze past it to get to the kitchen.. i would go stir crazy in such places..

Thrugelmir

carolt wrote: »

Hate bungalows, though. Still, can see the point if you're elderly.

The building footprint. Build upwards possibly. Often sited on larger land plots than average.

ess0two

Victorian era houses,you get a lot for your money.

wheresmydoshat

Hate bungalows, though. Still, can see the point if you're elderly

we're renting a bungalow. never thought i would, but hafta say its been great for us especially in the first 2 years of having our first kid.

it's basically a semi detached 2 bedroom flat with a drive and a nice amount of garden. better than a flat any day of the week.