Would you move from a detached to a townhouse

witchy1066

googler wrote: »

All depends on what you want from your house. As an example, I want to play loud music via my HiFi systems, or on a grand piano and a selection of woodwinds (not all at the same time), none of which pursuits are really compatible with having neighbours through the wall, so I'm in a detached house.

You may well find your neighbours in the adjacent townhouses want to do the same, but they haven't made the move to detached yet.

off topic I know , but have you never heard of headphones ,
plenty of people who live in terrace houses like to do those things , not all are inconsiderate idiots,

just because your house is detached doesn't mean you have no neighbours , I can hear my neighbours when they are in their conservatory playing music ,in the garden and have even heard them argue :rotfl:much to their embarrassment, them thinking we are so far away we couldn't hear anything, sound travels

lazer

A definate No - and an even mopre definate no for that house.

If was a period house or something special I would maybe consider it - but not for a new build.

Are you livng in Newtonabbey now or just moving to the area?

avenida

lazer wrote: »

Are you livng in Newtonabbey now or just moving to the area?

I'm living in newtownabbey now

Just saw this which isnt too far away though no pictures inside, looks empty, though over budget we cud put in a cheeky offer

http://www.propertypal.com/5-farm-lodge-court-greenisland-carrickfergus/243334#

moneyistooshorttomention

I wouldn't.

Tempting to have so much extra square footage obviously, but how do the size of the gardens compare for instance? What I would also wonder about is the thickness of the walls (to keep the neighbours noise out and my privacy in). Those floors are laminate. How many bets the neighbours' floors are also laminate? Nothing to absorb sound there then.

Houses "on top of each other" is a thing to be avoided if possible too. What I have right now is a Victorian "town house" (aka terrace) and the thinness of the walls is a right pain. The houses being bang on top of each other is a right pain. I could wave to and have a shouted conversation with any number of neighbours here:eek:

Some people might not be bothered about it. Depends on what you're used to. As far as I'm concerned, houses are detached, with a reasonable distance between them, fair bit of privacy, etc (clue...because that's what my parents have had for many years now). As a result, I've never ever been able to get used to terraced/heavily-overlooked/noise through walls/etc and its been annoying me all these years. Hence a move to a house that's detached/decent-size garden/reasonable distance away from neighbours/pretty private/etc now I have the chance.

If you're anything like most of us you just WON'T be able to convince yourself to put up with an attached house once you've been used to a detached one try as you might to convince yourself of other "merits" of the place.

I have a motto of "Once detached....always detached". There's no going back for most of us...

dimbo61

On the estate agents website they have a couple of 4 bed detached bungalows and other 4 bed detached houses.
I do like the property and all the bedrooms look big, nice bathroom as well as en-suite to master.
Does the property suit the needs of your FAMILY????
Could you live with the TV noise from next door or can you not hear anything ?

googler

witchy1066 wrote: »

off topic I know , but have you never heard of headphones , plenty of people who live in terrace houses like to do those things , not all are inconsiderate idiots,

Why don't you wind your personal abuse in, and consider what I said - Grand Piano. An acoustic instrument, not an electronic one.

Cissi

avenida wrote: »

It is basically a terraced house but the agents round here call them townhouses, just a fancy name for it. My house was sale agreed before we even put it on the market so can't show you it, but its basically a 3 bed bedroom, and 2 reception room, all quite small rooms

Great news that you've sold your house - I remember threads from you a while back where it wasn't selling and I think you took it off the market. So glad that you finally sold it and that it went so quickly this time round - I hope you'll find something that you're happy with soon.

makeyourdaddyproud

That is not a townhouse, only an abuse of the meaning.

For me, a townhouse has oodles of character, be no younger than about 100 years, in the town centre, exhibit fine street facing chattels and be more than two stories.

That house is none of those things.

I_have_spoken

No way. I moved from a mid terrace to detached last year and wild horses couldn't drag me back.

Plus those sloping bedroom ceiling would drive me mad.

notanewuser

Not in a month of Sundays.