link detached - if the adjoining garage is converted, is it still a link detached?

GDB2222

Really, I ought to have been a Yorkshireman.

PamVegas

TrickyDicky wrote: »

Yup, link detatched houses come up on houseprices.co.uk as terrace

No they don't we've just recently sold and moved out of our link detached house and it and the rest of the properties on houseprices are listed as detached. Yes you run the risk of a neighbour trying to convert the garage but they need planning permission to which you could object. Our neighbour had recently applied for planning permission for an extension and couldnt come up to the boundary on the garage side (nearest our dining room/ living room). We never had any problems with link detached and in fact our garden was alot wider than similar sized new builds because of the additional width of the garage space as a result.

Vincenzo

PamVegas wrote: »

Yes you run the risk of a neighbour trying to convert the garage but they need planning permission to which you could object.

In the vast majority of cases, no planning permission is required for a garage conversion.

Squish_21

I always think of link deatched as a semi-detached or terrace really (depending on whether theres a garage both sides or not).

I would buy a link detached though, wouldnt pay extra for it though.

ET1976

TrickyDicky wrote: »

Yup, link detatched houses come up on houseprices.co.uk as terrace

The 'type' column on houseprices.co.uk is nonsense in my experience - one of my houses is a terrace but it (and the neighbour's terrace) show as 'semi', the semi 2 doors down from that shows as 'terrace', and my other house which is end-of-terrace shows as 'detached'.

Richard_Webster

My house is detached - with an inch gap on one side and about 4 inches on the other! So is it a terrace or is detached?

The point is not to get too excited about these descriptions as they don't really have any legal significance and are only really used by estate agents to justify their pricing.

slbhill

Sammy85 wrote: »

Nevermind if your neighbour converts the garage. What if he's a petrol head or a DIY enthusiast? All you'll hear from your living room is revving engines and hammering noises!

If he's a real petrol head you'll hear that even in a detached house. I should know, I live with one :rotfl:

GDB2222

Richard_Webster wrote: »

My house is detached - with an inch gap on one side and about 4 inches on the other! So is it a terrace or is detached?

It clearly doesn't matter what you call it, but even those small gaps significantly reduce the noise from the adjacent houses.

Richard_Webster

Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Webster
My house is detached - with an inch gap on one side and about 4 inches on the other! So is it a terrace or is detached?
It clearly doesn't matter what you call it, but even those small gaps significantly reduce the noise from the adjacent houses.

They do indeed reduce the noise - but our neighbours aren't noisy!

sunshinetours

We had a link detached house last time and ours already had the garage converted. Our was a "proper" link detached in that only the two garages were attached and detached on each of the other sides of the house if that makes sense.
Our neighbours when they moved in after us had their garage convereted into their grown up son's bedroom and we then got more noise through that wall than previously but they did have a proper conversion done with insulation etc

I would classs them as a half way house between semi and detached and should be priced accordingly. The biggest advantage over a semi or terrace is usually the bedrooms aren't attached

Definitely buy a fully detached if you can afford it however as impact noise through the walls will generally be less than any semi or terrace or link detached as the sound cannot carry through the actual fabric of the building. I would never ever choose to go back to a semi