Difficult to sell bungalows?

nrishiraj

Hi everyone

I'm in the process of house hunting and me and my any partner like single storey houses such as a bungalow. Now, the question is, I've been told that these could be difficult to sell in the future maybe cause a lot of families would prefer to live in a house.

Can anyone shed any light on this? I don't want to be in a situation in the future where I am struggling to sell.

Thanks

P.S. Sorry if this question has already been answered, I did a search and could find anything relating to this topic.

~Beanie~

Where I live, bungalows are in short supply. Mainly because older people tend to want move into them when they can no longer manage stairs in a house. My mum has her house up for sale and is looking for a bungalow for this exact reason.

Also, I am not old (40's) and I wouldn't mind living in a bungalow if I saw a nice one, I also lived in one as a child so I can't see why families would be put off.

CharlieRabbit01

~Beanie~ wrote: »

Where I live, bungalows are in short supply. Mainly because older people tend to want move into them when they can no longer manage stairs in a house. My mum has her house up for sale and is looking for a bungalow for this exact reason.

Also, I am not old (40's) and I wouldn't mind living in a bungalow if I saw a nice one, I also lived in one as a child so I can't see why families would be put off.

I'd prefer to buy a bungalow too and i'm in my 20's.

Bit not sure how easy/hard they are to sell.

DaftyDuck

Bungalows are, in my opinion, highly sought-after by the cash-rich elderly. Few are being built (as they take up too much land, and returns on new builds are better with two houses on the same plot).

If it is a well-built bungalow, in a suitable retirement area, I'd say it was a good long-term investment!

leccyblue

Hi,

We live in a bungalow (I'm 31 and wife 29) and to be honest I don't think I'd want to live in a house again now. It's so much nicer having all your space on one floor. I suppose it depends a bit on the bungalow though - our hallway is a large space so it all flows really well and feels spacious. Some are quite narrow and don't feel as nice.

It was never our intention originally to live in a bungalow, but we were looking for a 'project' and one happened to come up which needed rennovation.

The only reason I can think it might be more difficult to sell is that generally they are more expensive than houses for the same square meterage. So you are less likely to appeal to FTBs.

clockworks_2

Was reading this, may give you some ideas

https://www.buildmybungalow.blogspot.co.uk

D00gie72

In my area Bungalows are limited. We are trying to sell ours at the moment (3 bed semi) initially we sold within 6 weeks - but then to cut a long story short our buyer pulled out so we're now trying again. This time we haven't had many viewings but I believe that is more to do with the time of year rather than any problem with our actual property.

In general I think bungalows will always have a demand - and as time goes on there will be less and less of them as more get developed into 2 level chalet style homes. So you never know - you may end up siting on a gold mine!

GoldenShadow

Bungalows are very sought after everywhere that I know of. Where I am now, we keep getting notes through the door saying Mr and Mrs X are very keen to purchase a bungalow on your road, if you would consider selling please contact Mr Y. And we get estate agent cards through the doors ALL the time too, but the people across the road in the houses don't get them.

Our changing demographic is an increasing amount of elderly and therefore I would think the popularity of bungalows will only go up.

TBagpuss

I think its swings and roundabouts. There are some people (like me!) who wouldn't want to buy a bungalow, but equally there are lots of people who do want them - and with an aging population I would expect demand to go up, rather than down.

BornAtTheRightTime

Hello, recent thread on pros and cons of bungalows here, worth a read.

Kazza_Monkey

I am just about to complete with a FTB on my 2 bed Semi bungalow. We sold within 4 days of being on the market at full asking price. Bungalows in my area are extremely in high demand I had 3 estate agents fighting for my business as they cant get them to market. I bought my bungalow when I was 23 have bought up 2 children there and I can honestly say that it is much easier to clean and maintain than a house. Easier to bring up children from safety aspect as there are no stairs to worry about. The only draw back is things find their way into the wrong rooms a lot i.e the kids toys in the kitchen, living room etc. Then again there are people that cant stand bungalows as they are less asthetically pleasing from the outside :-)