Which Would You Prefer....House or City Cent

FIRSTTIMER

Curious to thoughts on this....


What would you prefer and why?


Two Bed City Cent Apartment or Two Bed House in a Nice Village/Area.


Pros and Cons?

Nikkinakkinoo2017

For me personally, I prefer a quieter village/town. I really dislike cities, much too busy for me.

amateur_house

House in quiet village. I hate noise and crowds of a city centre.

justme111

They both have pros and cons . I would go for a house. Reasons being I do not like the idea of leasehold property and communal areas and charges I have no control over. I like to have a garden for bbqs, trampolines, voleyball, washing line and pets.

glasgowdan

Detached house. Nothing else for me from now on. Neighbours are the biggest bane in many people's lives and if they're not living under the same roof then things are far easier.

Thrugelmir

Place of work, age, single etc, travel would all be factors in any decision. Sometimes needs must. Life changes.

Cakeguts

Depends how far the village house would be from the city centre if work was in the centre.

Hermia

I have taken this decision and opted for the city centre. I have lived in other places and hated them and am finding I am becoming even more of a city girl as I get older! I am happy to put up with the downsides of city life. I love the craziness of city life and love having theatres, galleries etc within walking distance.

moneyistooshorttomention

That depends on personal factors to some extent. It tends to be harder to live outside a city centre if one doesnt have a car and the public transport is poor (but you do build up a good relationship with the local taxi firm:rotfl:).

It does help to have a lot of facilities readily to hand.

The downside is the pollution and noise a city centre has and, in this day and age, that's the type of area "at risk" from terrorist incidents.

I refused to have a flat even for my "starter home" - didnt want leasehold/didnt want neighbours above or below me/certainly wouldnt want all the service charges etc flats tend to have.

The type of household one is in also comes into this - city centres are easier for single people and rural areas do tend to be more "family-oriented" imo (good news for families and not good news for single people).

FIRSTTIMER

Thanks, defo pros and cons to both

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

glasgowdan wrote: »

Detached house. Nothing else for me from now on. Neighbours are the biggest bane in many people's lives and if they're not living under the same roof then things are far easier.

While I don't disagree with the sentiment, there's detached and there's detached. I don't believe that having a six inch gap between your wall and your neighbour's wall in any way prevents such problems arising.