2 bed terrace or 2 bed apartment

Racky_Roo

Actually I would pick a flat any time. Once you pay your service charge you’re done, with a house you sort out all the issues. And before anyone moans about bad management agents, well it’s up to you to get involved and ensure you have a good one

Mid Terence houses can suffer from a lot of noise - both sides and you don’t normally get allocated parking. There can also be rights of way through gardens to consider too

Finally, flats tend to have 2 double bedrooms and often 2 bathrooms. Houses often have a smaller second bedroom and you lose space with staircases

nik_k

If it's a mid-terrace, you'll only have 2 exterior walls to maintain, and also will benefit to a certain extent from the heating from both your neighbours. As others have said, noise from above is much more annoying than noise from the sides, and the issue of freehold v leasehold makes a house so much of a no-brainer!

getmore4less

LOliverB wrote: »

Would like to get others views , I am buying a property for me and my 5 year old son. I am undecided between a 2 bed modern ground floor apartment , next to a train station , nice village. Or a fixer upper terrace cottage (comestic really) in a nice village , transport links ok just.
Both same price - is it always better to buy a house over a flat ?

Not really the same price then to get to a similar standard.

I would look at the cost of fixing up against the ceiling price for the terrace to see if there is room for a bit of uplift and asses the value of the current asking price to reflect the work needed.

With a 5y old you need to consider other factors like schools and occupancy mix of the areas, will there be other kids so they can have friends.

Zero_Sum

The house will be easier to sell & flat will probably come with service charges.

System

HOUSE. All day long