Would you move from a detached to a townhouse

Georgesmum79

Never. Sorry. Have lived in semis for the last five years and moving into a detached again in a few months. You will hear your neighbours through the walls unless the house is basically a bunker in construction. Also, in a semi or terraced your gardens will be only separated by planks of wood: we currently have weirdo neighbours who play music in the garden (they are old people), last summer had Adele for 14 hours straight!! Their backdoors are 6 feet from mine, no consideration or anything. I would have bought a mansion, but the bank manager didn't agree

phoebe1989seb

Georgesmum79 wrote: »

in a semi or terraced your gardens will be only separated by planks of wood:

.......in a new build/newer house, probably - but surely a generalisation otherwise? Our (attached period) house has part walled garden and part very high hedge (not Leylandii ) and we aren't really aware of our neighbours when we/they are in the gardens.

Even in a detached house there is likely to be nothing more than a fence - which is all we had in our last detached, although the previous two had walls and tbh, whilst walls look far nicer, I can't really see that makes a huge amount of difference - by the time the garden is filled with shrubs/trees etc who is aware of the fence anyway? Although I do concede that kids kicking balls against a fence is blooming annoying, lol!

Georgesmum79

Good point, agreed. Depends on what you can find and afford, as always. The internal noise will always be a problem in an attached house, if you are lucky enough to have quiet neighbours, then it's probably ok, but unfortunately these days consideration and neighbourly conduct seems to be hard to come by. For that reason, I would never want to be 'attached' again; when you have had at least some separation between you and neighbours you quickly forget just how bad it can be.

Btw. forgot to add the these days you can get a detached house, but only be detached by a few feet! You will pay the detached price but will still live a fairly 'attached' lifestyle.

seton100

We've lived in semi's and a flat in the past, currently in a detached and moving to a detached purely because I can't stand hearing my neighbours.

Currently in a new build detached which is actually detached and not just separated by a couple of feet from the next one. We also viewed the townhouses but the rooms were so small and as they are tall and narrow the gardens were like postage stamps.

I'm aways under the impression that they don't sell as well to families as parents like to have their children's bedrooms on the same floor as them.

Tancred

Georgesmum79 wrote: »

Btw. forgot to add the these days you can get a detached house, but only be detached by a few feet! You will pay the detached price but will still live a fairly 'attached' lifestyle.

True. You can live in a detached and still be disturbed by barking dogs, kids pi**ing around outside, noisy parties/barbecues, trains, planes, cars/vans/lorries, etc. if you want total peace then buy a cottage in county Sutherland - and even there you'll probably be disturbed by baaing sheep!

Tancred

lazer wrote: »

Newtonabbey is one of the cheaper areas in NI for reference

The same house in a safe respectable area in Belfast would me much more expensive.

Is there such a place in Belfast? I couldn't imagine living somewhere where you are judged on the basis of your religion and risk being beaten up or worse if you happen to walk through the 'wrong' area.

hildosaver

Tancred wrote: »

Is there such a place in Belfast? I couldn't imagine living somewhere where you are judged on the basis of your religion and risk being beaten up or worse if you happen to walk through the 'wrong' area.

Belfast is one of the safest cities in the UK, that is a fact. Look at the crime stats of Belfast compared to most cities in Europe and you would be surprised.

There is a minority of people in a few small areas in the city that most people would think twice about living in or walking through however most cities have these areas.

Please take your ignorant and misinformed views elsewhere, it is a very different place than it was.

vivatifosi

No, but I am biased. I live in the south east and town houses are the largest affordable properties around. As a result, they are regularly bought and used as HMOs or converted to flats, so suddenly you find yourself sleeping next to someone's living space. I don't know the NI market so this may not apply.

Could you extend, or build a summerhouse or gain additional space where you are?

GwylimT

I lived in terraced houses before and love them, I would never however buy or rent a house that had a garage within the property/underneath the bedrooms.

Davesnave

GwylimT wrote: »

, I would never however buy or rent a house that had a garage within the property/underneath the bedrooms.

No, because it might suddenly become useful storage, or even convert into extra living space!

Or is that not what you were thinking, bearing in mind that few garages are used for housing cars these days?

I totally agree about modern 'coach houses.':eek: