New "Have a Look at This" thread

RHemmings

Dandie89 said:

RHemmings said:

. The photos and description can (and should) make it obvious that it's an end-terrace. 

Agreed.  I really can't see any issue with how they describe things, people can see for themselves, but at the same time can completely understand why they might make choices that ensure the entry is not passed by unecessarily.

I can see why they would want to do it, but I think it's being dishonest to mis-categorise the house. It's not a huge lie and it should be obvious to any potential buyer. So, it's not like listing a house as freehold when it's actually leasehold. But, I think it is a small lie and I'm not impressed. 

Dustyevsky

Deer, deer..... and IMHO, somewhat dear!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150222134#/?channel=RES_BUY

jimbog

Dustyevsky said:

Deer, deer..... and IMHO, somewhat dear!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150222134#/?channel=RES_BUY

Oh dear 

RHemmings

Dustyevsky said:

Deer, deer..... and IMHO, somewhat dear!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150222134#/?channel=RES_BUY

Name and logo of EA fits. 

Dustyevsky

RHemmings said:

Dustyevsky said:

Deer, deer..... and IMHO, somewhat dear!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150222134#/?channel=RES_BUY

Name and logo of EA fits. 

Silly me. Believe it or not, I didn't spot that!
I noticed the lack of a downstairs bog, although one comes with the land, judging by the aerial shot.

martindow

daivid said:

Dandie89 said:

daivid said:

Quirky and partially time warp property https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/148649225#/?channel=RES_BUY

Certainly quirky.  Hard to tell how much of that is "time warp" and how much might be more recent quirky choices.  I wonder what that is hanging from the ceiling in Pic 9 and I don't understand how the (nightmare) roof drains.  Does it just pour from the centre gully onto the balcony?  Oh, and a spot the cat.

The roof I think has a slight slope from front to back, where there is guttering just to the side of the balcony (pic 18). Plenty of opportunity for high maintenance costs though…

I think there is also a black downpipe visible on the other side (picture no 1) against the left hand side of the timber clad wall between the windows and continuing onto the ground floor.  Agree with others that maintenance of this building could be problematic.

mark_cycling00

Dustyevsky said:

Deer, deer..... and IMHO, somewhat dear!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150222134#/?channel=RES_BUY

Deer facts anyone?
There are over 2 million wild deer in the UK. 
They have no natural predators, if they were left alone to eat tree saplings and reproduce there would be no trees left in large parts of the UK within 30 years.
300,000 are culled every year. Veal is very healthy and yummy. 
75000 are hit by cars every year  

The high population of wild deer is due to a deer tax that led to landowners releasing their herds because they couldn't afford the taxes 
Muntjac are invasive are all decended from a pair that escaped from Woburn Safari park
Chinese water deer and sika were introduced in Victorian times for no particular reason 
Fallow deer were introduced by the Romans.

Doe a deer, a female deer 

horsewithnoname

Veal is calf. Venison is deer, and delicious I agree!

mark_cycling00

horsewithnoname said:

Veal is calf. Venison is deer, and delicious I agree!

Hahaha. Silly me. Thx

BikingBud

SadieO said:

Dandie89 said:

When we bought our end terraced house in 1995, it was noted as a semi detached for some reason. 

There is not really any material difference is there? Just one shared wall, side access, everything you might be expecting I would have thought.  I expect it is a lot to do with terrace and semi-detached being the only choice of search options on Rightmove. 

Of course, technically you are not lying if you called an end-terrace a semi-detatched, as it is only attached on one side! However in my experience, the style can be quite different though, with terraces often being narrower, only having a small yard at the back, and opening directly onto the street or just with a tiny path/yard at the front. We moved from a terrace to a semi and the semi is much wider and more square, and has a drive and a front and back garden. Of course this is not the same for all terraces and semis, but that is the difference in my mind!

My thoughts followed by quotes which I then looked up via RICS, a reasonable source for correct terminology for buildings.

A terrace house is a house in a terrace, be that end-terrace or mid-terrace they are still houses in a terrace.

Terraced house
A house annexed to another house on two sides forming part of a row of similar houses each with its own frontage to a public road.
Mid Terrace used to describe a house situated in the middle of a row of similar houses.
End of terrace used to describe a house situated at the end of a row of houses only joined on one side to a joining property.

A semi-detached house is one of two conjoined houses.

Semi detached
A dwelling attached to another building or dwelling by one common party wall. Often  each house's layout is a mirror image of the other.

But never let that stymie debate on the internet or dare to challenge the opinion of the highly-skilled, well-educated, honest body of professionals known as Estate Agents.