Ground floor or first floor?

hazyjo

Also bear in mind where that shared front door is in relation to the rooms in the g/f one. If the bedroom is that end, it can be very disturbing with people in and out, and others going down for cigarette breaks. Nobody cares about the noise they make either. They'll prob take their phone with them to call someone for a chat. One might be holding the door open for their mate yelling at them to hurry up, there may be others rolling home drunk, they may have deliveries, the buzzer may be loud... More noise generally when nearer the entrance, so entirely dependent on the layout. Watch out for where the communal bins are in relation to the g/f flat too. Another noisy, smelly, dirty thing to consider! Don't want that under the window or people having to wheel them past or constantly slamming the lids.

Planet_Switzerland

Roland_Sausage wrote: »

Surely it was no less secure than the average house though? One could argue it was in fact safer in the event of a fire.

Compared to an average house it probably isn't, but I'm talking in terms of ground floor flat vs first floor flat.


For that example, it was an end of terrace on a busy road where you walked out the front door straight onto the pavement. Whilst it was possible for a burglar to break down the front door to the first floor flat, the ground floor one had two patio doors plus a normal door out the back, which being end of terrace wasn't difficult to get to, so in my mind if anyone was going to burgle a property down that street, that ground floor flat seemed the obvious choice.


Like another poster said though, it's more about feeling safe than actually being safe which is a personal thing. Having lived most of my adult life in non-ground floor flats, if I can ever afford a proper house the thought of having a ground floor in my property is quite daunting.

CathA

Thank you everyone for your comments, which I have discussed with my daughter. We drove round to check the parking today for the ground floor flat, it's on the street round the back and actually saw someone going into the flats, so we grabbed them and gave him the third degree!!

Anyway, long short story, she's made an offer on the ground floor one (More expensive but 999 years lease, very newly built so still under NHBC, gas central heating, not so much work to do) and it's been accepted! Happy days.

Thanks again for all the comments, I'll be getting her a list of questions to run through with solicitors and vendors etc. Here's hoping all goes smoothly.

cloo

I was ground floor all the way when in flats, but that was mostly because I've always had cats so wanted direct access to outside.