Our house is it end terraced or semi detached.

Donhilton

On the property papers it says semi detached. Is it better to be semi detached or end terraced. Which one will make more profit. We have one house on left attached but right side is alleyway then other house . This is semi detached but my other house is the same but is classfied as end terraced.

secla

both are accurate descriptions, most EAs will list end of terrace as semi detatched as it sounds better

Davesnave

Does it matter?

The 'profit' made on a house is dependent on what a person pays for it and then how it's perceived by others at the point of sale.

My first house was a small end terraced on a block of four, but I also had the chance to buy a larger, more modern, terraced house in a different area. I remember, it was hard to choose.

I chose the smaller property because it was in a quiet cul-de-sac in an area I believed would become more popular. It was further from my work, but considerably nearer the centre of town

Ten years later, the house I bought was much more valuable than the one I'd rejected, which by then was on the busy route to a new, expanding, trading estate. Also, increased problems with parking and traffic meant that having a house within an easy walk of town was seen as a huge advantage. The area had also been 'gentrified.'

In short, it didn't matter whether the houses were semis, end terraced, or terraced; what happened to their value over 10 years was largely dependent on external factors.

Of course, I found living in a convenient, quiet road more pleasant too. That's why most people buy houses in the first place; to live a settled life as free as possible from the pressures of work and society.

The chances of a home being a good longer-term investment depend on how likely it is that the surroundings will improve, or if they're already good, stay the same, but that's secondary to the enjoyment of living there.

warby68

Generally, semi-detached when defined by only adjoining one other property has always been worth more than end of terrace (more than 2 in a row), round here anyway.

The location thing Dave mentions often runs alongside as in the better areas have more semis and terraces are often in less attractive areas, not always but for the most part in this part of the world (NW). The gentrification angle is not really a thing locally either, if anything there are more areas getting a bit grottier than there are getting better. Again, very regional I suspect.

What you might get is a terrace in say a conservation bit of town being worth more than the ex-council semis. Ex-council keeps the values down round here.

However, round here also you can't 'choose' what to call it - it will be one or the other to pretty much everyone, despite any agent try-ons.

AdrianC

Donhilton wrote: »

On the property papers it says semi detached.

What "property papers"?

Is it better to be semi detached or end terraced.

It makes no functional difference to your property.

Which one will make more profit.

Buying low and selling high is what makes profit.

If you're looking at a purchase to trade and make profit, then remember that your property business activities will attract income tax.

We have one house on left attached but right side is alleyway then other house

And what's on the other side of that house on the left?

This is semi detached but my other house is the same but is classfied as end terraced.

Classified by whom?

Show us photos of them - showing what they're attached to, and what they're attached to.

Gap - Your House - Other House - Gap = Semi
Gap - Your House - Other House - Other House... = End Terrace

markin

A gap of 3ft or 6ft makes a huge difference in value, With 6ft you have easy parking on the road and the option of a side extension.

Im sure most would pay a little more for a 3ft gap just so the is less shared walls for sound to travel, And it looks 'posher' than a terrace.

GDB2222

We have a semidetached, with a large garden on the side. We applied for outline permission to build a house in the garden attached to our house. In the end, we dropped it. One reason was that our neighbour was mortified, claiming that their house would be vastly devalued, as it would cease to be semidetached and become end of terrace.

I think that they were worrying unnecessarily, but they were really upset at the time.

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End of terrace is the last house on a row of multiple houses

Semi-detached is two houses attached to each other but no others on either side.

Essentially I don't think it makes much difference. End of terrance will get the same benefit as a semi-detached which is having a side access from your front to your garden, and you only have to put up with one neighbours noise rather than two!

diggingdude

In the old days some end of terrace would often be valued less due to others having access rights through gardens. At least im basing that on one set of grandparents who passed away leaving an end terrace with those issues. For me that would always downvalue a terrace with those rights