Does anyone own 2 bed house? What's it like?

Ellie007

We live in a two bed bungalow - it's great. Built c. 1930's, rooms not massive but perfectly ample and we have a huge conservatory and garden (it was originally three plots of land, but they divided in two and built two bungalows, so much larger than the other gardens in the street).

I would rather a two bed house than two bed flat any day of the week. Been there, done that, got fleeced by management company with massive bill for redecorations to the block .

Ellie007

Oh, and houses have lofts for extra storage / hiding old cr*p in rather than throwing it out

PollyOnAMission

I have a 2 bed 1950s ex-council semi. Both bedrooms are good-sized doubles (the master is really quite large), the bathroom is large, the living room is a good size and the kitchen is also big (space for a 4-seat dining table in the middle of the room). There is also a downstairs toilet and a walk-in pantry cupboard and the garden is large (100ft long) because it is a corner plot.

It would be perfect for a single person or couple, but I rent the second bedroom to a lodger so I don't have a spare room. I would really like to have a proper spare room so parents/friends could visit easily and I could have some kind of office space at home. As two-bed houses go it is great but I'm starting to think about something larger. I would definitely prefer a house to a flat!

Errata

The joys of a flat: upstairs neighbours clomping about at all hours, downstairs neighbours playing music as loud as they can, sideways neighbours doing the same. At least a house only has sideways neighbours and probably less likely to be a rental property than a flat with noisy / undesireable tenants.

PasturesNew

Houses win because "it's yours". There's no service charges to pay, you decide what maintenance you do and when and by whom.

Velvet_Glove

We've just bought a 2 bed ground floor flat. It has a garden, is ex-council built n 1980 so it has MASSIVE rooms (with the exception of the bathroom).

LondonDreamer

I can't comment specifically about a two bed house, but wanted to comment on stairs. I was raised in bungalows, didn't even move into a property with stairs (which was a split level flat, not a house) until I got married. Unless you have mobility issues, you do get used to it and end up thinking nothing of them.

I am looking to buy now and the only requirement I have is that it MUST be a house, for many of the reasons already mentioned. Currently in love with a chalet bungalow (most rooms downstairs, just the master bedroom upstairs) which could be a good compromise?

sterl1ng

I like the sound of 2 bed house but problem is that it's more in price than 2 bed flat though if I go for house I would have to buy in not as nice an area which really I'd like to avoid. I'd rather pay in nice area and buy 2 bed flat. Right now max budget is £200k in south east london, croydon in particular and I usually look on right move or zoopla for places of upto £210k giving me room to negotiate.

Plus I'm very keen to buy as I can go with halifax stamp duty payment offer and get £150 cash back also.

Been looking since mid feb, have seen a few places, all flats but nothing has caught eye but hen I realise It would be leasehold.

Whilst I love sound of cute 2 bed cottage I would have to wait longer in which time prices could go up plus I'm tired of rented area I live in, terrible anti social behaviour.