Terrace V Semi detatched

Sampson1106

Hello,

I am pleading with the more knowledgeable people out there.

We are naive first time buyers! (Not really sure what we are doing)

We have recently been let down by the sellers of a house we fell in love with! Silly I know!

However we have found somewhere which we like... it says on the advert that it's semi detatched. However the garages (which is also linked to the house) link to the neighbours garage. Does this make it a terrace house? And therefore does this effect the value?

It is listed as £285,000

We can't afford this at this time. We know the owners have separated and are looking for a stress free sale.

We have our mortgage agreed with a lender and no chain.

Please can I have some advice around sensible offers? And what we can do to help our situation and make ourselves more attractive to sellers.

Thanks in advance!

societys_child

Does this make it a terrace house?

Er, no . . .
Never mind semi's, many detached are linked by garages, these are know as link-detached and are not terraced.

Cakeguts

Semi detached is where some part of the house is joined onto some part of next door. Apart from the garages being joined is any other part of the house joined onto anything else? For example if the house is joined onto the house on the left of this house and the garage is joined onto a garage on the right it might still be described as semi detached if it wasn't build with the garages joined together.

The point about a semi detached house is that you should be able to get to the back garden without going through the inside of the house. So going through a garage instead could be a sem detached house. A terrace tends to be a line of houses where each house is joined to the next one.

nnb

My parents live in a house which has one wall attached to next door where they are both living areas. However they have little outside bits with a shed and outside loo that is attached to the next neighbours shed/loo, although these have private entry they also require keys to get into each house from the kitchen. There's about 30 houses attached together - however is it classed as a semi. I go on the basis that if it is LIVING areas attached on both sides then it would be a terrace, if it's only one then it's a semi.

JuzaMum

What would it be if your neighbour changed the use of their garage into a habitable room?
I feel link detached is not really detached.
If you are buying a house the important thing is it being right for you.

nnb

JuzaMum wrote: »

What would it be if your neighbour changed the use of their garage into a habitable room?
I feel link detached is not really detached.
If you are buying a house the important thing is it being right for you.

I posted just above you regarding my parents place being a semi with one side being attached to a living area and the other side with a shed/alley thing. The shed/alley side actually turned their bit into a granny annexe for her mother. This meant my parents shed/alley was now attached to a living area. Both properties are still classed as semi detached. Even if the OP's neighbour decides to make the garage a lounge or mancave or whatever, the OP still has just a garage attached to it, not a living area, so I would assume it would be the same as my parents place.

(I know you were talking about detached but the OP was on about semi-detached so just thought I'd throw this out there!)

TrickyDicky101

societys_child wrote: »

Er, no . . .
Never mind semi's, many detached are linked by garages, these are know as link-detached and are not terraced.

Not in my dictionary - they may be referred to as 'link detached' but if you ignore the EA-marketing spiel that's really a semi.

societys_child

TrickyDicky101 wrote: »

Not in my dictionary - they may be referred to as 'link detached' but if you ignore the EA-marketing spiel that's really a semi.

So as I said, they are not terraced.

Sausage11

I think the OP means that the house is attached to its neighbour on one side as a traditional semi but also attached to the other neighbour via adjoining attached garages. Presumably this means there is no pathway from the front garden to the back garden without going through the house or thorough the garage.

OP, is that correct?

bris

2 joined houses= semi detached, 3 joined houses = terraced. Doesn't matter how they are joined.


In a 3 house set up the 2 end houses are classed as gable ends and are usually worth just a little bit more than the ones in the middle.

Davesnave

Sampson1106 wrote: »

It is listed as £285,000

We can't afford this at this time. We know the owners have separated and are looking for a stress free sale.

We have our mortgage agreed with a lender and no chain.

Please can I have some advice around sensible offers? And what we can do to help our situation and make ourselves more attractive to sellers.

See what happens when you don't give full info; people have forgotten your original question!

We'd need more info for that too, because what's "sensible" depends on what the local market is like, how long the house has been marketed, and so on.

For example, a house like this in Bristol isn't going to hang about if it's priced half-reasonably, whereas one in Sunderland might.

And how do you "know" the sellers are looking for a stress-free sale? Aren't we all? If it's agent spin, the reality is often that separating couples need every penny they can get and one may not agree with the other when a deal is put to them.

Is the house one of a type? If it is, Rightmove sold prices may help to guide you on price, together with other data about recent price movement in the area.