Terrace house being sold as a semi detached

suecoo66

Woodworker78 wrote: »

Apologies I didn't explain my post properly, we are selling our house with them so we do have estate agents fees.

Kinger101, I didn't say I agreed that the house is a semi, I said it wouldn't stop us buying it.

Thanks for the replies.

I can't see the agent knocking off any money from your fees but you could argue that the house is less valuable as an end of terrace as opposed to a semi.
However was the surveyors valuation less than the price you agreed for the sale ?
If it isn't then I can't see the vendor dropping.
I must say it's a bug bear of mine that agents describe as end of terrace as a semi, you'd think they'd know the difference !

C_Mababejive

As an aside, i am sick to death of lazy EAs on Rightmove deliberately mis describing homes that they are pimping out. I have been searching for a nice detached home for a while and when i select detached i do not want to see terraced,semis, garden sheds,lodges and caravans.

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Woodworker78 wrote: »

Do we have any rights with regards to what we are buying being Mis represented by the EA? Discount on estate agent fees etc?

Thanks for any advice.

You have the right not to not buy if you don't want to.

missbiggles1

googler wrote: »

Huh?

In geometry, a semi-circle is half of a circle

In music, a semi-quaver is half of a quaver.

A detached property is one not linked to any other. A semi-detached is half of a detached property.

If there's three or more properties in a terrace, none of them can form a half of the whole.

You can look on it from two different ways - you're looking on it as half a detached house, others are looking at it as only half of the house is detached. Both points of view are equally valid.

googler

missbiggles1 wrote: »

you're looking on it as half a detached house, others are looking at it as only half of the house is detached.

Only half of the house is detached... you mean one half is attached to another, and the other half isn't?

No part of a semi-detached house is detached from anything. None of it stands alone. A detached house stands alone, but a semi-detached is a detached house divided in two, equally.

AdrianC

googler wrote: »

but a semi-detached is a detached house divided in two, equally.

Except it isn't. It's two houses that are joined together. They might or might not be the same size and mirrored layouts - but they are VERY rarely one house divided in two.

kinger101

googler wrote: »

Only half of the house is detached... you mean one half is attached to another, and the other half isn't?

No part of a semi-detached house is detached from anything. None of it stands alone. A detached house stands alone, but a semi-detached is a detached house divided in two, equally.

The hyphen was already explained to you. It clearly does not mean half of a detached house, in the same way a semi-erection doesn't involve half a penis.

missbiggles1

googler wrote: »

Only half of the house is detached... you mean one half is attached to another, and the other half isn't?

No part of a semi-detached house is detached from anything. None of it stands alone. A detached house stands alone, but a semi-detached is a detached house divided in two, equally.

You make it sound as if semis had been converted from detached houses, which is ridiculous.

robatwork

kinger101 wrote: »

The hyphen was already explained to you. It clearly does not mean half of a detached house, in the same way a semi-erection doesn't involve half a penis.

Well done kinger, you've won the internet today.

I think that puts the argument to bed.