Townhouse vs Terraced - same location

bramptonbrew

We moved from a three floor townhouse to a two floor 'normal' house, as soon as I get upstairs in the new place I'm always immediately glad there's not another set of stairs to climb haha. We immediately discounted any townhouses from our search, after 10 years of three flights and bad knees, two floors is heaven.

SallyDucati

I would go for the mid terrace, mainly because the living room and kitchen are separated, whereas they are open plan in the town house.  

Both have artificial lawn so not too much gardening to worry about!

thegreenone

bramptonbrew said:

We moved from a three floor townhouse to a two floor 'normal' house, as soon as I get upstairs in the new place I'm always immediately glad there's not another set of stairs to climb haha. We immediately discounted any townhouses from our search, after 10 years of three flights and bad knees, two floors is heaven.

We moved from a three floor townhouse to a bungalow - double heaven 

Having lived in a townhouse with a garden the size of the patio in your pictures, I would opt for the terrace.  Yes, less toilet facilities but kitchen is bigger, more space to entertain inside and out (or the C-word.  No, not Christmas - children!).  We had both our sons when living in the townhouse and they had to learn very early age how to ascend/descend the stairs as one set wasn't gate compatible.

With the terrace, is the roof height good enough for a future loft conversion?  

TripleH

We moved from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed town house!

Carrying the boxes up to the top front room was a challenge after 18 months of a lift.

We previously had bought diet food for our cats but they are all probably doing far better now than us.

We're looking at another townhouse, but this is built into a hill so realistically we'll mainly end up using the top 2 floors.

Op, it might help to identify what use you expect to get out of each room and which house better serves these requirements.

We looked at a lovely house just round the corner from where we are, but we couldn't get it to work for what we needed.

boots_babe

I think you've answered your own question, you've used the word 'hate' twice in relation to the townhouse, quite a strong word. Whereas your only concerns with the terraced house are the lack of modern decor (can be addressed in time, in fact making this a positive as it means you can add value), and the shared front garden. In reality you don't spend any time in the front garden do you?

But the back garden space would surely be more valuable to you, and the terrace is far better here. 

As others have said the kitchen and other spaces are much bigger in the terrace too. So I can only see positives for the terrace, I can't see any good reason to consider paying such a massive premium for the inferior townhouse property.

mgabriel

Hi,

Many thanks for all your valuable replies, didn't expect to see so many
We will visit them both in a couple of days.

katkatmachine

Another vote for the mid terrace because of the big outside space. 

theoretica

The terrace has potential which is more to my taste. I wouldn't call the front garden shared, the bit for sale and next door's are clearly two different gardeners and designs - just not fenced off for ball games or anything.

If https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86614750#/?channel=RES_BUY is still available I would want to investigate it and https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/113585705#/?channel=RES_BUY but this is because garden is important to me personally.

Cakeguts

Honestly they are both terraced houses. One is a more modern terraced house and the other and older one.  It comes down to do you want to live in a mid terraced or an end terraced?  If you don't have a preference how about going for the cheapest?   It will have more buyers when you come to sell.

zagubov

We moved form a terrace to a three-storey townhouse and are now in a semi-detached.
Our thoughts would be
The top floor of the townhouse is only good as a guestroom. The extra stairs will be soul-destroying to use regularly.
The walls of the townhouse were so thin you could hear the neighbours changing their minds.
No three bed house needs four bathrooms.
The terrace house would benefit from a downstairs cloakroom.
The terrace might have potential for off-road parking.
Open plan was designed by and for childless people.