Cluster house with strange garden arrangement.

metroman

Hi everyone

I took my daughter to view a cluster house this afternoon ... She immediately liked it and felt it could be home, but she wasn't sure about the garden arrangement, in that it is not attached to the property but involves a couple of seconds walk up a little path to the side of the house to get to it.

This house we looked at fronts the road, and the houses behind it have their own gardens approachable from their kitchen doors, and the garden for the house we looked at runs behind the other gardens.

Just wondering if this can be a normal arrangement for a cluster house or whether it is a peculiar one.

She doesn't know what to do.

G_M

I don't understand your question.

Either she wants to live in a house of this type/configuration, or she does not like it.

Only she can decide.

metroman

As mentioned above, she does like it and the separate garden doesn't bother her personally, but I think she is concerned about resale, as she doesn't know whether this separate garden is something you might expect to see in this configuration or whether it might be seen as peculiar.

moneyistooshorttomention

I would see it as peculiar myself.

There will always be a market for houses without gardens for those not that bothered about them and I would rate a house like this as some sort of "half way house" between a gardenless house and a "proper house" (ie one with a garden) and not be interested in it personally.

SG27

The cluster houses I've seen have communal gardens or none at all so is say its a bonus. I'd just be a bit wary about security if you can't see it from the house.

princeofpounds

I'd check the title plan matches the physical layout for sure. And I wouldn't pay much more for this sort of garden.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

We live in a small terrace, which was built for the cornmill workers; and the gardens are ex nurseries which were bombed during the war - after which the land was split up and each house given a strip each. Over the years the plots have been chopped and changed; and we now have a garden which is separated from our back courtyard; we leave the courtyard door, turn right, then left and through a gate and we are there. But it works for us as the garden is by the side of the canal and ours is fenced off from the others so that we can grow all sorts down there. Only one incident which was one of our garden seats disappeared overnight - and the week later they came back to get a cushion for it as the cushion was in the shed at the time of the original theft.

Errata

metroman wrote: »

Hi everyone

I took my daughter to view a cluster house this afternoon ... She immediately liked it and felt it could be home, but she wasn't sure about the garden arrangement, in that it is not attached to the property but involves a couple of seconds walk up a little path to the side of the house to get to it.

This house we looked at fronts the road, and the houses behind it have their own gardens approachable from their kitchen doors, and the garden for the house we looked at runs behind the other gardens.

Just wondering if this can be a normal arrangement for a cluster house or whether it is a peculiar one.

She doesn't know what to do.

It sounds quite normal if the house is the front one and its garden area is at the back of the one behind it.
Physically, there's no other way to do it if there's no front garden for the sole use of the front house.

jaqui59

Thankyou everyone for the info )

The price of this house is very good for the area, and bearing this in mind, my daughter is thinking that she could probably see the garden as a nice little bonus as SG27 mentioned. Its nicely fenced in and quite private, and she is saying that at the very least she could hang her clothes out to dry in the warmer months or invite friends around for a barbecue etc. As far as security is concerned, we have talked about a high quality padlock on the garden gate and the shed alarmed, and would just have to hope that she never got unwelcome visitors.

Personally, I think it would be much nicer to be able to walk into your garden from the house, but if this was the case, im pretty sure the house would be more expensive and out of her price range.

PrinceofPounds ... Yes, the first thing we would look into would be the Title Deeds. Thankyou.

Another thing we cant help but feel positive about, is that it is Freehold, as everything else in the price range is Leasehold ... This morning she is on the verge of making an offer.

Mrs_ted

Cluster homes sometimes have no garden. Could go in at a lower offer because of this.

propertyman

jaqui59 wrote: »

. Its nicely fenced in and quite private, and she is saying that at the very least she could hang her clothes out to dry in the warmer months or invite friends around for a barbecue etc..

Erm well hang on have you checked the Title to see if the use is restricted?

Is it shared and if so are their contributions to be made in money or time for upkeep?

Whats the beef with leasehold- as long as the lease is long 99 or 125 years upward and any charges for external areas sensible its a common form of ownership.