strange question...

Mum_of_3_3

I'd class it as a terrace, as it's adjoined on two sides, living in a semi, means that you only have to put up with one neighbour surely?

Unfortunately, I'd go with the EA valuation, Zoopla always seems to be waaaay out (both over & under) whenever I look at it.

M_o_3

Edit: I alays thought a mews was a converted stable block or one of those flat things built over garages. Here's Wikipedia's explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mews

neverdespairgirl

twirlypinky wrote: »

What's a mews? So out of touch!

I put in terraced and am delighted with the results! I'm not trusting it though, it's to good to be true. It says it's worth £99.6k when the agents said £85-95k but they thought most likely £88k.

Originally it was a place to keep one's falcons and other hunting birds.


Then it became somewhere to keep horses / carriages / servants out of sight in one's townhouse.

Then it became nasty newbuilds where you couldn't swing a cat but paid through the nose.

lincroft1710

It is a "cluster home" and inner terrace is best approximation as each house has neighbour on 2 sides

twirlypinky

thanks for all the help everyone.

I knew that the zoopla figure was over priced, but i really felt that the agents saying £88 was too low.

They've taken into account the fact that last year two of the houses (on the next bunch of for, not ours, not that it makes a difference so i don't know why I'm mentioning it) were repossesed last year and sold for £70k.

I don't think it's fair to put too much weight on that figure, since you can't sit around and wait for a repo before you buy. Well you can, but i think that's weird. you can't expect a normal house to go for a repo price, if that makes sense.

Any way, thanks all!:rotfl:

sonastin

Unfortunately a sale price is a sale price. Historical records don't take note of the condition it was in when it was sold. One person getting a bargain ruins it for anyone else trying to sell in the area!

Snuggles

We have quite a few of those types of houses near here, and they are always described as quarter houses in the estate agent particulars.

PasturesNew

Lenders will have their beady eye on repossessions and the price they sold at, especially where there are houses of similar types in the same area that might go the same way.

Most repossessions started off as regular houses up for sale... and ended up as repos.

Tiddlywinks

Bought one of these as my starter home back in the '80s - it was described at purchase and sale as a "quarter detached".

If this isn't shown as a choice then I'd go with calling it a terraced, as others have said, because you have two neighbours on adjoining walls.

neverdespairgirl

twirlypinky wrote: »

They've taken into account the fact that last year two of the houses (on the next bunch of for, not ours, not that it makes a difference so i don't know why I'm mentioning it) were repossesed last year and sold for £70k.

It still affects the margins, though.