Is this house worth £143k?!

Crashy_Time

tonygold wrote: »

very helpful and incisive comment. well done you.

Thanks, I thought so too!

Doshwaster

fairy_lights wrote: »

It's uncomfortably small, for a two bedroom house that's not enough living space by far. Having both the front door, kitchen door, and stairs in the living room seriously restricts how what little space there is can be used.

It looks to have a very similar layout to my home. It suits me perfectly fine as a single person - I can only be in one room at a time. Yes, the staircase in the living room isn't ideal but it's fairly common in smaller new builds and you do get used to it.

Clearly it's a "starter home" but it's very unlikely that my domestic situation will change in the next few years and if my some miracle it did I would move.

zagubov

That's a common design of starter home in some parts of the south-east.

It's a fairly efficient use of the house footprint; the upstairs of layout front and back bedrooms and a windowless bathroom is standard, but the ground floor layout is usually the reverse of the one you're considering.

Usually there's a front-facing kitchen and a tiny hall with stairs and the living room is at the back. The advantage of that is there's french windows to the garden which makes the smallness of the living room less claustrophobic. Plus less noise travelling up to disturb the sleeping kids.

You'd have room for a lodger, so some income could be generated.

Mickygg

tonygold wrote: »

very helpful and incisive comment. well done you.

He always says such stupid comments. Put him on your ignore list.

Crashy_Time

zagubov wrote: »

That's a common design of starter home in some parts of the south-east.

It's a fairly efficient use of the house footprint; the upstairs of layout front and back bedrooms and a windowless bathroom is standard, but the ground floor layout is usually the reverse of the one you're considering.

Usually there's a front-facing kitchen and a tiny hall with stairs and the living room is at the back. The advantage of that is there's french windows to the garden which makes the smallness of the living room less claustrophobic. Plus less noise travelling up to disturb the sleeping kids.

You'd have room for a lodger, so some income could be generated.

Still better to bid low though?

Nickilin66

I live in a neighbouring village and that seems really expensive and very small for that price. You could get a 3 bedroom semi for that around here.


That's what I would consider a 115k in Leicestershire starter home.