difference bettween terrace house / town house

smacky

hey guys

is there any real diff in these 2

BitterAndTwisted

None, it just sounds more posh to a developer

elsien

One's in Notting Hill and one isn't?

somethingcorporate

You say potato, I say potarto.

hazyjo

'Townhouse' in my book usually means something built on more than two floors.

Jx

smacky

hey guys

thx for quick reply, i understand they are nly about 15-20 yrs old in east london

what i was trying to ask is , is it valued less in some way when it comes to selling

and yes u r right its 2 floors

thx

martinsurrey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse

google, as in 99% of cases points to a pretty good answer.

"A townhouse, or town house, is a type of medium-density housing in cities, usually but not necessarily terraced (row housing) or semi-detached. A modern town house is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors."

bylromarha

Long and thin rather than bigger footprint.

Jonesy_McJones

smacky wrote: »

what i was trying to ask is , is it valued less in some way when it comes to selling

If there were two houses, identical in every way except that one was a mid terraced town house on three floors and the other a mid terrace on two floors (so same number of rooms, just different layout to accommodate for the number of floors), I would (personally) expect to pay less for the town house.


In my opinion, one flight of stairs is preferable to two, gardens will be overlooked by first floor instead of both first & second floors, and loft space could be smaller / lower in a town house...

bylromarha

Exact opposite in our local market. Mind you, the only townhouses are new builds, so they have that premium.

Excited13

I have just found out (much to my upset) my grandparents old property is up for sale. It's a lovely old terraced cottage however the EA has classed it as a townhouse. In the area I live in town houses are normally over 3 floors and not a cottage!