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Coachouse experiences?
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Our builder was Croudace and it was a new build in 07.
There's loads around our new place all with gardens! Personally I thought they were good value, basically the cheapest way to buy a detached property.
As was already said, as the other garages were leased they were only to be used for storing cars. The parking was limited so most people did just that.0 -
john_white wrote: »basically the cheapest way to buy a detached property.
detached apart from being on top of several garages...
Of course the sane thing might be to buy the other garages and then convert them into part of the house?0 -
poppysarah wrote: »detached apart from being on top of several garages...
Of course the sane thing might be to buy the other garages and then convert them into part of the house?
You can't buy them you already own them! When you buy the freehold detached property you agree to lease the garages out as part of the contract.
They are detached properties. There are no other dwellings ajoining - so therefore detached.
You could buy a house and the neighbours have a loud car in front of your living room would be just as loud if not louder than a coachouse being that you'd be living on the first floor.
As I said we only rarely heard the garages below. We hear more now in a 3 bed detached house than we did in the coachouse.0 -
I will indeed report back. I'm sure we'll be okay though, we were checking it out yesterday and we've got insulation coming out of our earholes.
These days, building regs are so tight, and there's loads of energy efficiency to comply with, I have a feeling we'll be just fine.
Add to that, where we're living presently, we have no heating, sash windows etc... I don't know if I even feel the cold anymore!MFW 2010- £112,500 + 20% Equity Loan = £150,000 35 years
2013- £108,877.28 + 20% / current OP = 19 years :T
Target to be Shared Equity Free- 2016Target for holiday to Australia- 2014Currently training for a Commando Challenge- drop and give me 200 -
I will indeed report back. I'm sure we'll be okay though, we were checking it out yesterday and we've got insulation coming out of our earholes.
These days, building regs are so tight, and there's loads of energy efficiency to comply with, I have a feeling we'll be just fine.
Add to that, where we're living presently, we have no heating, sash windows etc... I don't know if I even feel the cold anymore!
Hi ztan; how did winter go now we are 6 months on?0
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