Is it Correct to Class this House as Detached?

propertyrental

Why does it matter?

You look at bingmaps birdseye, google streetview etc and then you do a viewing.

If you like the property, you decide how much you like it and hence what you are willing to pay.

How the seller, or the estate agent, or sundry oddballs like us on the internet choose to describe it matters not a fig!

[Deleted User]

I'd call it an end terrace. There is no gap between the houses. Garage conversions can attach the downstairs living spaces together. As it has. And with the houses built upto the boundary lines what stops second story extensions attaching the upstairs living spaces? 

A detached house to me is not physically attached to any neighbours. And should not be built upto the boundary line so a neighbours extension cannot make it attached or near enough 50mm gap. There should be a gap at least wide enough to walk down between the house and the boundary line on both sides of the house. 

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Grumpy_chap said:

The house look amazing, though, and a fantastic price.  I can't believe it.
I don't think it matters whether it is called semi-detached, link-detached, detached, or "generously proportioned mansion", it looks absolutely great:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/134287526#/

It is definitely a good size. With well proportioned rooms. 

MalMonroe

I'd call it link-detached because that's what it was before the garage was turned into a room.

Personally I don't like it but that's just me. 

If I wanted a detached property, that's what I'd be looking for because to me, link-detached is what lazy builders do. I wouldn't want to be able to hear the noise of someone else's garage door opening and shutting. I'm not too keen on the extension that's been built either, with the window looking on to the neighbour's wall. It looks like there have been a few add-ons - one still in progress. 

As I say, just my own opinions and thoughts but you could probably do better than that?

Sunsaru

By UK definition, that house is now a semi as the house now shares a 'common wall' with it's neighbour (a common wall being a wall of a habitable room).
If was still a garage then it would be a 'linked detached' as they would not share a common wall.

https://propertypressonline.co.uk/2021/01/27/what-is-a-link-detached-house/

Gavin83

Deleted_User said:

I'd call it an end terrace. There is no gap between the houses. Garage conversions can attach the downstairs living spaces together. As it has. And with the houses built upto the boundary lines what stops second story extensions attaching the upstairs living spaces? 

There likely isn’t enough structural strength in a garage to support a second story. If you wanted to add another story you’d almost certainly have to knock down the garage and start again. If you were doing that it would make logical sense to leave a gap and make it a true detached.

Sunsaru said:

By UK definition, that house is now a semi as the house now shares a 'common wall' with it's neighbour (a common wall being a wall of a habitable room).
If was still a garage then it would be a 'linked detached' as they would not share a common wall.

https://propertypressonline.co.uk/2021/01/27/what-is-a-link-detached-house/

There is no standard U.K. definition, hence the debate.

Despite the arguments some have made on the thread (which are entirely valid) I’d still consider it a link detached.

I also take the point that it doesn’t really matter though which is largely true.

propertyrental

Sunsaru said:

By UK definition, that house is now a semi as the house now shares a 'common wall' with it's neighbour (a common wall being a wall of a habitable room).
If was still a garage then it would be a 'linked detached' as they would not share a common wall.

https://propertypressonline.co.uk/2021/01/27/what-is-a-link-detached-house/

and propertypress is clearly the arbiter of UK definitions.........

Titus_Wadd

The term "link-detached" has always struck me as making no sense!  "Link-attached" maybe? Or just "attached" works.

When I'm shopping for a detached house I want to be able to walk all around it (albeit theoretically, disregarding any garden fences).  I'd rather have a garage than a spare room with dimensions that mimic those of a shoe box - an oddly-shaped g/f bedroom or one relegated to "games-room" oblivion.

Estate-agent-speak doesn't really fool anyone, does it?

ansaryon

Titus_Wadd said:

The term "link-detached" has always struck me as making no sense! 

To me it smacks of making it sound fancier than it really is, thus putting the price up a bit - which is the bread-and-butter of estate agents. (I.e. how a box room might be described as "cosy", and so on).

A detached house is, as you say, something you should be able to walk around (and as an absolute minimum, it needs not to be attached to anyone else's house). I know the trend these days is to cram them in as close as possible (hence tiny gaps to count as detached), but ideally you would want access, via a ladder, to all external walls from your land. Anything else is just storing up trouble!

The house in this thread isn't detached.

Sunsaru

propertyrental said:

Sunsaru said:

By UK definition, that house is now a semi as the house now shares a 'common wall' with it's neighbour (a common wall being a wall of a habitable room).
If was still a garage then it would be a 'linked detached' as they would not share a common wall.

https://propertypressonline.co.uk/2021/01/27/what-is-a-link-detached-house/

and propertypress is clearly the arbiter of UK definitions.........

I actually ready through several sites and definitions but wasn't going to post 6 or 7 different links, I just gave a link that read the best.

I did my research and gave my findings. Apologies.