Strange layout - small terraced house with acre of garden?

Anatidaephobia

It looks like a lovely house but it's the most bizarre layout I've ever seen. I guess it would work if you lived alone and never had guests stay over.

moneyistooshorttomention

Ooh yes the floorplan does indeed indicate an odd upstairs layout. I don't think I could live with that - even as a single person. I have a 2 bedroom house myself and could manage (in my circumstances) with going through one bedroom to get to another one but I would still need to have the lounge as a distinct room in order to use for putting up any guests I had to stay (eg ie on converted sofa) and that lounge has the staircase coming right down into it, so that's not possible.

So, if I cant see how that house could work even just for myself, then I doubt I'd buy it - even though it certainly looks attractive and I'd love to have that garden (provided it was all mine obviously).

Add the fact I'd anticipate resale problems - from everyone else thinking the same things as to how the house itself would "work".

Rollinghills

I think both bedrooms are accessible from the 'study', it's probably an error in the floorplan (have seen many of those).

Seems pretty expensive even with the garden but I don't know about the area. The house is only 825 sq ft . Not having access to the garden from the house would be an issue for me because I want to cook etc while my toddler is in the garden and I can keep an eye on her.

moneyistooshorttomention

True...I've seen some obvious floorplan errors myself. I wouldn't bet on it...but worth giving the EA a ring and seeing if there is someone there who has actually visited the house and could say whether this is the case.

So...if the layout is a possible runner after all, there is still the question of the garden.

Vendors lie on that sometimes (voice of experience time) and, if there is any question whatsoever about whether a garden/piece of garden belongs to a property (ie not the absolute clear fence/wall/etc around it etc set-up that most houses have) then I would say it is as well to get the vendor to literally walk around the boundaries of what he says is his (as that would make it much harder for him to lie - particularly if you've got him on video doing it, courtesy of wanting to photograph the garden and he just "happens" to be walking around the boundaries as you are doing it;)).

Then confirm that fact by asking the neighbours what they believe is theirs (whether rightly or wrongly) and see if the two match.

Davesnave

Rollinghills wrote: »

I think both bedrooms are accessible from the 'study', it's probably an error in the floorplan (have seen many of those).

Not of that magnitude, surely? I agree it's about an unlikely a layout as anyone could dream up.

But it looks a relatively simple fix, if it really is like that.

Rollinghills

It would be interesting to look at the restrictive covenants on that garden. Because in theory you could build a very nice big house there, surrounded by an acre of garden, that sounds very yummy. Then sell the terraced house without any garden, the other houses have no garden so it shouldn't be difficult. Whether building on that garden is possible though is something else.
I guess the current owner would have realised this so probably the use of land is restricted.

Rollinghills

Davesnave wrote: »

Not of that magnitude, surely? I agree it's about an unlikely a layout as anyone could dream up.

But it looks a relatively simple fix, if it really is like that.

I am only talking about the missing door from the study to bedroom 2, that is a very small error. We viewed a house with exactly the same error on the plan, missing door from the hallway to the dining room. After that I don't trust floorplans too much. I have seen all sorts of errors of bigger magnitude than this.

Jhoney_2

Lacks the privacy one would wish for in a garden, plus it's north facing and impractical for watching kids.

Perhaps a real find for someone who wishes to use it for it's original purpose - for horses or is an outdoor type, thus doesn't mind the internal layout so much. Really nicely refurbished though.

Agree with above, must be restrictions on the land use, else one would just build on it and live in that.

questionss

The description states that the study area leads to bedrooms 1&2 which in turn both lead to the bathroom - my guess is they missed a door on the floorplan.

maninthestreet

That's the Bismarck in photo 10, or possibly the Prinz Eugen.