Has anyone ever heard of a link SEMI detached house?

MrsAME

Myself and my husband have viewed a property which we really like. The estate agent has listed it as semi detached and further states in the description that it is link SEMI detached?  

However, it has had a side extension which means neither wall is now 'detached'. In my view it should be classed as a terraced. With that in mind I don't want to be paying semi detached price if it's a terraced as if we wanted to sell it on we wouldn't want to lose out. Also the next door house has done the same thing so 'our' house and next door have no detached walls. So it's basically 4 houses in a row.
Please let me know your thoughts.
I have attached some pictures. I have put a blue line for 'our house'

Also the current home owners state they bought the home 5 years ago but there's no record of this? Where would I be able to find records? 

davidmcn

It is what it is, I wouldn't get hung up on what you call it, it's not as if there is any official definition of this sort of thing. Somewhere between a "fully" mid-terrace and a proper semi.

Where you have looked for a record of their ownership? The Land Registry? Why are you wanting to check?

MrsAME

davidmcn said:

It is what it is, I wouldn't get hung up on what you call it, it's not as if there is any official definition of this sort of thing. Somewhere between a "fully" mid-terrace and a proper semi.

Where you have looked for a record of their ownership? The Land Registry? Why are you wanting to check?

It's not really the definition I'm bothered about. I like the house. It's the price and the reason why I think they have bumped it up is because they have classed it as a link semi.

I want to know how much they bought it for. 

davidmcn

MrsAME said:

davidmcn said:

It is what it is, I wouldn't get hung up on what you call it, it's not as if there is any official definition of this sort of thing. Somewhere between a "fully" mid-terrace and a proper semi.

Where you have looked for a record of their ownership? The Land Registry? Why are you wanting to check?

I want to know how much they bought it for. 

And where have you looked so far? Did you find the house on the Land Registry?
What they paid 5 years isn't really all that relevant to the current value - you want to be looking at more recent sales in the neighbourhood.

frogglet

I always thought link semi detached were joined by garages and not habital rooms. 
I remember when end terraces were sometimes described as semi's 
The land registry will tell you if and when they owned it.
If the house sold privately without an estate agent it won't go on rightmove sold prices.

pinkteapot

frogglet said:

I always thought link semi detached were joined by garages and not habital rooms. 
I remember when end terraces were sometimes described as semi's 
The land registry will tell you if and when they owned it.

Agree - I'd expect a link semi to be like a link detached - one side is semi (completely joined to another house), the other is 'linked' to the house on the other side by a garage. 

And agree with OP - this is a terrace now. But don't worry about the naming - compare it to other similar houses in the area, accounting for the fact that on both sides you've got other houses adjoining habitable rooms. 

Rambosmum

This is now a terrace. But what they paid for it then is immaterial to you now. What is important is what a semi of the same style/ square footage/ state of repair goes for vs a mid terrace of similar. 

LordRocket

My house is the end one in  a row of four; I've always referred to it as a semi but when I changed house insurers a couple of years back they were very insistent it's a terrace. I suppose thinking about it there is always the chance (God forbid) of any one of 3 other houses having a fire that affects my property whereas for a 'proper' semi it's just one other house. 
This may put a few quid onto house insurance premiums and possibly does slightly negatively affect resaleability. 

MrsAME

Thank you for all the responses.

A detached house this year went for 227 with a similar spec and there had been nothing else since 2014. This house is on for 250. There are no terraced houses on this street.
Do you think we should discuss it with the estate agent? Do you think they'll budge.

RelievedSheff

That is definitely a terraced house and for insurance purposes should be insured as a terraced house.

frogglet

Put in an offer of what you think its worth. 
We bought a house last year which we had looked at the previous year and got sold.
It came back on the market due  to circumstances changing , it was up for quite a lot more than they paid for it, they had done a lot of decorative changes but nothing substantial to warrant it  but we really wanted the house they obviously wanted to recoup their costs as it was an unexpected resale. We paid more than we wanted  as they refused to knock much off. But we have no plans to move now.