What to offer!

cybervic

Inside of the house, 2 is the prettiest with lovely beam and fire place feature but it's 25K more expansive.

Outside of the house, 3 has the best garden, but it's terraced house which I don't like. 1 is best being a detached with a garage, own drive way (privacy) and large garden.

I would go for 1 and spend the money on making the house to my liking. If none of you can compromise then your best option is to keep looking.

GSDPenny

Have you viewed them yet?

We were really surprised by a couple we viewed - much nicer in the brick - yet disappointed with others that looked great on paper even after doing the usual research and virtual walks around the area first.

Asl77c

By fantastic sunroom, do you really mean 'really old conservatory with a plastic roof that will bake in the summer and freeze in the winter.' Although i think i would go for 1 regardless as it is detached with far more potential than the others - which are nice but limited for future scope i would say

Mo77

The summer room is the one on number 2 (not the conservatory which is number 1)

Good to hear different people's thoughts. Some seem to like 1, and some like 2.

Davesnave

Mo77 wrote: »

Good to hear different people's thoughts. Some seem to like 1, and some like 2.

As all house buying involves compromise, different people will attach higher weightings to particular aspects of a property and arrive at varying conclusions.

Here, for example, one could rate the properties on square footage offered, size of plot, aspect, potential for enlargement, privacy and detachment from neighbours....etc. Add in the more subjective 'character and charm,' and it's not surprising there's no clear winner.

These are all rural properties, to some extent, and many respondents will only have experience of living in towns and cities. Their view of country living might differ from that of people who experience it daily.


Finally, as people point out on here, seeing a house through the lense of an EA's camera is very different from experiencing the real thing.

warby68

I'd go for detached over adjoining if affordable pretty much every time although do agree that No1 is currently rather drab.

The fear of difficult neighbours, which you rarely know about until you get there, wins out over love of a character property. And to a lesser extent the complexity of shared facilities is an unattractive complication.

You aren't exempt in detached but the odds are far more in your favour.

These properties are all very different so this isn't an apples with apples comparison its more like which type of property is nicer - almost entirely subjective.

Location would be MY next highest priority and we don't know which is best for you.

I should imagine some of the more southern posters are just simply in awe of what £350k gets you up here!

sgun

We are looking for similar properties, possibly in the same area. My thoughts are based on spending years working in Consett, in cloud, through the whole summer.I would leave work and get home to Rowlands Gill to find that it had been sunny there all day. So we aren't really considering Cornsay way, Knitsley definitely gets the weather off the hills, Medomsley isn't too bad, it's kind of on the "sun-line". Over in the Gill we call it "Consett Cloud" and I find it really irritating. Might not bother you though. The Medomsley house would be noisier due to the road and it's very windy up there!

amandacat

If it was for me and I was spending that sort of money in the north east then I would want a detached. 2 and 3 are attached to another property and that would rule them out for me.

1 has a nice garden, lounge could easily be redecorated. Kitchen is a bit small.

I would be seeing what else comes on the market. These listings are all fairly new so they may be priced higher to initially test the market as seems to be the case quite often. In my previous experience I have offered asking price on newly listed properties and been told the vendor wants to wait and see if they get higher offers. Depends on the motivation of the seller.
I have always offered lower than I am prepared to pay initially but I have never managed to get more than 2% off asking but I am in the south west so I am sure it is a different market in your area.