Two identical houses - two different sized gardens - price difference?

Grumpy_chap

cymruchris said:

Some really good points above - thanks for the comments.

Property A (Big garden) is a little crowded with houses around it:



Property B (smaller garden), a little more private - you can see A at the end of the road, you can also just make out that property A has a three storey house behind it overlooking its garden):



And B from the rear with the curved garden (can't get the rear of A as google maps didn't go there)

From those latest photos, I think I prefer the "look" of property B though I can't say why.

Who owns the cut-off corner where the concrete infills between the curved wall and the tarmac footpath?  I would not be surprised if this concrete patch was demised to property B and the owner could therefore, subject to covenants, build a square wall to enclose this area...

theoretica

markin said:

Looking at the wide area pic i can't workout a way that 27, 29, 31, 33 can have a second car.  25 has tarmacked its grass front.

Could take the radical step of buying a car small enough to fit in the garage.  When my parents last bought a car, that significantly limited their choices, but was still possible.

cymruchris

theoretica said:

markin said:

Looking at the wide area pic i can't workout a way that 27, 29, 31, 33 can have a second car.  25 has tarmacked its grass front.

Could take the radical step of buying a car small enough to fit in the garage.  When my parents last bought a car, that significantly limited their choices, but was still possible.

I do have a car that fits the garage that's why these were chosen....

cymruchris

Grumpy_chap said:

cymruchris said:

Some really good points above - thanks for the comments.

Property A (Big garden) is a little crowded with houses around it:



Property B (smaller garden), a little more private - you can see A at the end of the road, you can also just make out that property A has a three storey house behind it overlooking its garden):



And B from the rear with the curved garden (can't get the rear of A as google maps didn't go there)

From those latest photos, I think I prefer the "look" of property B though I can't say why.

Who owns the cut-off corner where the concrete infills between the curved wall and the tarmac footpath?  I would not be surprised if this concrete patch was demised to property B and the owner could therefore, subject to covenants, build a square wall to enclose this area...

I've downloaded the title deeds - and that concrete bit is part of the property, so there are options if someone wanted a square garden.

cymruchris

ProDave said:

The number of cars parked on pavements demonstrates this estate does not have adequate parking so I would be looking elsewhere.

Think ahead 10 years when most of us are supposed to be driving electric cars.  You can park and charge 1 per house at the moment.  Much shuffling of vehicles of you have 2.

Good points - I only have one car - and it fits in the garages here - although when I change it - the next one might not. As long as I have 1 space - I'm all good. 

NameUnavailable

The house on the corner is much better IMHO. Less chance of noise issues, more space to the front and side for visitors to park.

YoungBlueEyes

I'd pick B too, it does have an unexplainably better feel to it. I wouldn't be squaring off the roundy wall tbh - it's probably a lot of work for very little gain, and there might be an official reason it was built like that. Sight line coming out of the garage maybe? 

FlyMeSomewhere79

You must have very patient buyers as you sold your property many months ago if I remember rightly! 

You may want to look into what the footpath through the trees is at the back of one of those properties, you need to know it's not used by thieves and vandals because I know from experience how vulnerable living next to footpaths or snickets can make you. If it's a decent area then you've got no worries. 

Slinky

What's the situation with the trees opposite? If they are on the west side of you, you'll get very little afternoon/evening light on the front of your house.

cymruchris

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

You must have very patient buyers as you sold your property many months ago if I remember rightly! 

You may want to look into what the footpath through the trees is at the back of one of those properties, you need to know it's not used by thieves and vandals because I know from experience how vulnerable living next to footpaths or snickets can make you. If it's a decent area then you've got no worries. 

The original sale was to someone who had a house to sell, but after several reductions failed to do so, so it was put back on the market after 6 months.

Then was sold again within a fortnight, but the buyers didn't disclose at the time of the offer that there was a specific deadline they were working to, that if not met, they'd lose a tax break to the value of £10k (something related to covid and a 3 year expiry approaching linked to some kind of land tax) - they then mentioned it a week before they wanted everything to complete, and as the solicitors on both sides weren't ready, and wouldn't make their newly revealed deadline, they pulled out.

Then went on the market for the third time, and was sold again in a week. And that's where I'm at. The first house (Property A) on this thread was offered and accepted for buyer 2, but when buyer 2 pulled out they sold it to the next in line. (There were 6 offers on it after one viewing day).

While sitting outside property A writing my offer email in the car, the estate agent was locking up the property when the owner of house B approached her to say that they were thinking to put their property on the market. The estate agent gave them a card (and a general 'can't be asked to talk to you now' brush off) and off she went. I then chased (sort of) the owner of property B down the road, and said I was offering on A, but if I didn't get it for whatever reason, it might be nice to keep in touch with them to see if house B might work out if house A didn't.

I then kept in touch with the owner, and having gone back to see property B this week, I've made an offer, it's been accepted, and the legals have begun. It didn't go to market - so on this one there was no competition. So fingers crossed now that this time the whole process goes through.