Same Type House £25K difference

Clearlier

House no. 2 because of the garden. The only reason I'd look at no.2 is to see if they had any good ideas that I could copy.

brit1234

I would go for the 2nd because of the price, both back and front gardens with scope to do your own thing. However I would spend some of that saving on a good lawnmower, you are going to need it.

ian103

the cheaper one and upgrade to your taste everytime.

ash28

A number of years ago we lived in a virtually identical house - built by Bryant - though it was in Berkshire - so both of those houses look remarkably cheap to me.

We moved in around 1987 and the house was 5 years old - and absolutely identical to house 2. Everything in it is original - including the beamed ceiling in the living room and the brick built fireplace and gas fire - ours was identical. It still has the original light coloured sapele doors. They have removed a cupboard in the kitchen to fit a dishwasher.

The kitchen units might not look too bad - but what looks like a plain panel in the doors is probably hessian - it looks as if the surround has been painted - ours used to be dark wood surround and hessian centre. The work top is original, the sharp edged type. We even had the single kitchen cupboard in the dining area. There are only 4 single under worktop cupboards in the kitchen - not enough for most people - certainly not enough for me.

House 1 has:

Removed faux beams from living room - and plastered over stippled artex finish (a pig to paint)

Replaced gas fire (with ceramic plates) to a coal effect fire and replaced the fire place.

Replaced wall lights in living room.

Replaced kitchen

Replaced bathroom and installed an over the bath shower. The original bathrooms and down stairs toilets were a lovely shade of avocado - very fashionable at the the time and there was no shower in the house.

Probably replaced downstairs toilet.

Replaced sapele doors with panel doors.

Added a conservatory - you would access through the back door - the door is missing from the floor plans but in the photos.

Not sure how much it would cost to bring house 2 up to a modern standard - a fair few quid I imagine.

I'm not sure which one I would go for - probably the one with the most potential in terms of an extension and the one that is least over looked.

But I like house number 1 - I like the the kitchen and I like the bathroom - it's inoffensive and you could live with it. The only thing I'm not keen on are the coloured walls in the living and bedrooms. Other than that to me anyway it looks clean and tidy and in good nick.