What is it like to live in a flat?

Gingham_Ribbon

studentphil wrote:

It is not really alike at all as I am not saying you should ever have lived in flat like she was saying you should have an aga.

I am onlt talking in very general terms like do you miss having a garden, does it feel cramped?

I live in a house with a small back yard. No garden as such.
My previous house didn't have a garden or a yard.
My cousin lives in a beautiful, luxurious flat in Glasgow (Bearsden) and you could easily fit my house in it with room to spare. It has a garden.

What is it you think is different about flats that interests you? Is it having maybe extra neighbours? Is it the idea you have that they are small? Is it that they might not be on ground level?

astonsmummy

I have a large 2 double bed mid terrace house, it's a really good size, got a 12ft x 22ft living room loadsa space for the boys toys! I'd hate to live in a flat ever again.
oh and a good sized garden and built in wardrobes in the bedroms, toilet and seperate bathroom, massive cupboard under the stairs, dcent sized kitchen.

tigerlily

studentphil wrote:

I am onlt talking in very general terms like do you miss having a garden, does it feel cramped?

I live in a flat.......and have a private garden!!
I dont understand this thread.
Houses, flats and everything in between come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, locations, some with things, some without.

studentphil

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

I live in a house with a small back yard. No garden as such.
My previous house didn't have a garden or a yard.
My cousin lives in a beautiful, luxurious flat in Glasgow (Bearsden) and you could easily fit my house in it with room to spare. It has a garden.

What is it you think is different about flats that interests you? Is it having maybe extra neighbours? Is it the idea you have that they are small? Is it that they might not be on ground level?

I have always lived in a house. I think flats could well be small, have neighbour noice, most lack outside space, some are only 2 rooms big and generally they dont seem to compare to a house.

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aurora_borealis wrote:

I'm moving soon.

I considered a garden flat in a big Victorian house but the thought of noise bothered me.

I would have thought that, but there is far more privacy in my East Sussex coast flat than my terrace in a Berkshire town. The other issue in both places is parking.

If i bought another flat - I would be more careful about getting substantial documentation from the freeholder about property management issues and try to avoid getting ripped off when he tries to include refurbishing his flats in the shared leaseholder bill for 'essential repairs'.

It would be much better to go for leaseholders to jointly own the freehold.

Loop

My 1st place was a flat and I loved it, I shared with my boyfriend at the time, and we were the middle flat next to a busy road...even then we loved it.

I think Phil was asking cos he wasnts to move out and is weighing up his options, at least thats what i hope his line of thought is..all you need now is the guts to do it phil, anywhere is better than under your mums thumb isn't it?

studentphil

Loop wrote:

My 1st place was a flat and I loved it, I shared with my boyfriend at the time, and we were the middle flat next to a busy road...even then we loved it.

I think Phil was asking cos he wasnts to move out and is weighing up his options, at least thats what i hope his line of thought is..all you need now is the guts to do it phil, anywhere is better than under your mums thumb isn't it?

If all goes well on the finance front last this year then I hope to live on my own.

savingsgirl

Asking what its like to live in a flat is a very open ended question.

I once had a studio flat which I lived in alone - but had a separate bathroom and kitchen. It was ok and much much bigger than the room I had in halls of residence. I didnt have a garden and had my own designated parking spot.

Suited me just fine - 5 mins walk from work, would come home get showered then go back out!! I wouldnt have wanted a garden

glo1967

I live in a 1st floor 3 bed Victorian terraced flat. It is quite big, but I have 5 immediate neighbours to think of when it comes to noise (having 2 teenagers does not help with that), so I very rarely have friends round for drinks, I always end up at their houses or we go out instead. I have had complaints about the kids having parties when I go away from time to time

Loop

Phil, why didnt you just say that? The way you "pose" weird questions gets peoples backs up, be frank about things and we will not mock you for it.

I think you are best working out a budget 1st, then having a look at all sorts of different accomodation for that budget, before you rule anything out/in, you may love house sharing you may decide a house on your own is too big...why not start calling a faw estate agents/landlords, and visitng a few places early to get an idea of what you can realistically achieve?