which house would you buy given the choice of those 2

missbiggles1

I prefer the first one but is that a flying freehold?

Debtslayer

Initially preferred 2nd second as to me it seems more homely, lovely garden, but where would you park? Also doesn't have a garage.
First one I really dislike the garden as there isn't one. Like the fact it has a garage and 3 bathrooms. Depends how many people will be living there, do you have children?
Not sure I'd buy either though tbh

alicewilliams

Looks aside, also think of costs for detached vs semi......A detached house would cost more in heating due to more exposed walls. Also there's a good chance the council tax band would be higher for the detached - most likely Band E, whereas a semi would be a BAND D I think.

The downside to the semi is that it's smaller than the detached and of course attached to your neighbouring property....oops, there again so is the so-called detached which has an adjoining bedroom.

It's upto you though.

missprice

The link detached.

But parking is a thing for us.
And a garage is a must.
Not too keen on the tunnel thing but still the parking would win out

Cakeguts

I wouldn't buy either of them so I don't know if this helps you. The link detached one has a garage and off street parking so I can only think that the entrance way is for cars belonging to all the neighbours. So you are going to get traffic from everyone else going past your house all the time. Past the bit that is sideways onto the entrance.


The second one with the extremely weird extension that turns a well designed house into an ugly house has not got any off street parking. There is no dropped kerb in front of what is now a small garden. Much of the rest of the road is double yellow lines. So I have no idea where you would be able to park. With the second one you will have to try to find out how much extra they have added to the basic price of a house like this without the extension. You may well find that it is now overpriced for what it is.

StumpyPumpy

Probably a minor point and not a worry, but if you were to buy the £275k one make sure that you check what covenants are still in place.

I only say that because the garage was not built when the house was and there is separate planning in for it about a year later. This includes a letter of consent from Redrow, which the owners obviously sought before going for planning permission. It may be nothing (I know little of these things) but it would make me wonder if there are ongoing restrictions on the property that might be a pain if you wanted to change anything.

To be honest, I'd never buy a place with a room over a road. I say road as I think it is more than just a car park entrance as there is a sign up saying it is for "Access to Nos..." so I wonder if it is actually a public highway. Who is responsible for the maintenance of it? Or liable if someone hits your bedroom in a lorry as there appears to be no warnings of restricted height. Do you need special insurance to cover all these sorts of things? I've no idea, but all these and other worries would mean it would have to be a pretty spectacular house to make me still want to buy it, and it really isn't.

SP

p.s. I wouldn't buy the other one either, before finding out what is going to happen to "The Angel" opposite.

LittleMax

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

To be honest, I'd never buy a place with a room over a road. I say road as I think it is more than just a car park entrance as there is a sign up saying it is for "Access to Nos..." so I wonder if it is actually a public highway.

Simple view on google earth shows it is a car park with car parking spaces and garages in 3 coach houses (these are the house numbers shown on the plaque at the entrance). The only route in and out is under the bedroom of the house. So no it wouldn't be a public highway, but still far too many car movements a day for me to consider it.

eldaniel

jackomdj wrote: »

Second for me. I would not be happy with people driving under the bedroom at all hours. Plus back car parks can sometimes be places for youngsters to hang out.

Worth mentioning there is only 4 flats who would use this road going under, so it is not leading to any busy place.

eldaniel

LittleMax wrote: »

If you go for the first beware the main bedroom above the entrance to the car park. Not only would I not like the noise from cars passing under, the room is likely to be really cold.

I was actually thinking about heating of that room so thanks for your advice. The car park is only for a handful of flats so I do not think I would get a lot of traffic there but I understand the concern.

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Probably a minor point and not a worry, but if you were to buy the £275k one make sure that you check what covenants are still in place.

Do you need special insurance to cover all these sorts of things? I've no idea, but all these and other worries would mean it would have to be a pretty spectacular house to make me still want to buy it, and it really isn't.

p.s. I wouldn't buy the other one either, before finding out what is going to happen to "The Angel" opposite.

What could be possible consequences of the fact that it was added later? Probably thats why the garden is so small.
Wow, I like your approach! I did not think about most of those things. The Angel pub owner died few years back and nothing has been done with it since then, but looking at current trends pubs are not very profitable so doubt someone will open another one.
Why do you think I might need special insurance?

eldaniel

Cakeguts wrote: »

The second one with the extremely weird extension that turns a well designed house into an ugly house has not got any off street parking. With the second one you will have to try to find out how much extra they have added to the basic price of a house like this without the extension. You may well find that it is now overpriced for what it is.

There is garage at the back with 1 space also in front of it.
In regards to the price I do not know how well we can rely on Zoopla valuations but it is showing that second is worth approx. 200k which is too low and impossible in the current market, but I understand they could be a bit greedy and added more than it is worth.