Coach houses: cost effective detached house or pokey flat over some garages?

PasturesNew

tomstickland wrote: »

I've been looking around to see what's out there and have noticed a fair few coach houses for sale for reasonable money.

The idea of having a detached 1 bed flat with garage and often garden appeals to me. They look like a cost effective way of achieving what I want.
On the other hand, they could be regarded as overpriced 1 bed flats packed in above garages.

Does anyone have any experience or opinions?

We had a big thread about this about 2 months ago. I want to like them, but I just can't ... because ultimately you're living over the garages of two other people, potentially noisy bugg4hs, with squeaky garage doors. They were also, it was decided, a magnet for kids to play around.

PasturesNew

This is what I'm used to seeing advertised:
http://www.peteralan.co.uk/property/ALBAABP16576/

I just feel that for the same money, a 2-bed small house is usually available at the same price. This one has 2 beds, 2 receptions and a garden. £130k.

In this instance, I searched for a 2-bed house in the same area and found this for the same money.
http://www.darlows.co.uk/properties/accommodation.asp?propid=1022219&page=&ref=&pdref=
It's not detached, but it's a proper house.

tomstickland

Matter of preference really. I'd rather have a garage door being opened every now and again versus living next door to people who spent all their time shouting or stomping around.

PasturesNew

It seems like only yesterday you moved into where you are now!

tomstickland

3.5 years ago.

tomstickland

Update: I've been looking at loads of coach houses in my local area. There are quite a lot around, but I've yet to find one that ticks enough boxes, though several have come close.

This is an example of good one:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23582890.html?locationIdentifier=BRANCH^4552&sortByPriceDescending=true&includeSSTC=true&_includeSSTC=on&pageNumber=6&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DBRANCH%255E4552%26sortByPriceDescending%3Dtrue%26includeSSTC%3Dtrue%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26index%3D50

I've had a good look round the area and it's all very tidy. Well kept gardens, no litter, plenty of space between properties etc. Only downside with this example is being 350m from a motorway, something I'd have to think hard about. If this was transplanted another half a mile away from the motorway then I'd be happy to have it.

silvercar

The windows to the front look small.