Confused with House type

Homey113

Hey guys,

Hope you’re all well. A bit confused with a property we are looking to purchase… so the blue circle is the property we are looking to buy and then it’s attached to another two properties where the blue arrow is pointing (to the garage and one habitable room upstairs). No building attached on the other sides.

Is this property: 

Linked detached, end of terrace or semi-detached? Land register showing as detached but I don’t think this is the case…

Sorry if photos etc not allowed then **mods** please remove this post.

Stubod

Probably end of terrace....??..but your description and pictures aren't very clear...

user1977

Homey113 said:

the blue circle is the property we are looking to buy and then it’s attached to another two properties where the blue arrow is pointing (to the garage and one habitable room upstairs). No building attached on the other sides.

Don't you mean it's attached to one other property? I can't quite figure out the layout but it seems end of terrace.

Robin9

Is it 3 storey ? or us the top floor a different property ?

Is the rendered/cream property part of yours ?

Homey113

Yes the rendered cream area is part of the property. It joins to the other properties (two properties to the left of the image) via a garage below and the bedroom above. 

So in essence it’s kind of like 3 buildings altogether (like a terraced). But was listed as link detached and land registry shows it as Detached. We are very confused 😕 

koalakoala

It certainly isn’t detached, but maybe it was at one time, then that cream building was built in between?

DullGreyGuy

Homey113 said:

Yes the rendered cream area is part of the property. It joins to the other properties (two properties to the left of the image) via a garage below and the bedroom above. 

So in essence it’s kind of like 3 buildings altogether (like a terraced). But was listed as link detached and land registry shows it as Detached. We are very confused 😕 

The pictures are as clear as mud as nothing in them looks like a garage

A linked detached would typically be where no rooms that you live in have a shared/common wall with a neighbour, but there is a connected structure between the two, most commonly a garage. Like the below photo:



A quick google suggests that were someone to subsequently build a bedroom above the garage, ie a first floor extension, that it can still be considered a linked detached but it feels to be stretching the definition to me. 

Homey113

koalakoala said:

It certainly isn’t detached, but maybe it was at one time, then that cream building was built in between?

The opposite side of the road has the same sort of layout/buildings with the cream building too, so I don’t think it was added in nor an extension… 🤔 

MysteryMe

Homey113 said:

Yes the rendered cream area is part of the property. It joins to the other properties (two properties to the left of the image) via a garage below and the bedroom above. 

So in essence it’s kind of like 3 buildings altogether (like a terraced). But was listed as link detached and land registry shows it as Detached. We are very confused 😕 

I think we are all confused to be fair but whatever it is, it's not detached or link detached.

grumpy_codger

Where do LR show the type and how?

I don't think that any definition is 'official', and estate agents like to bend definitions shamelessly, e.g. see this thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6450463/is-it-correct-to-class-this-house-as-detached/p6

There are many threads here on this topic - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?domain=all_content&query=link detatched &scope=site&source=community

In this thread the house is essentially end of terrace or end of town house. And it doesn't matter how somebody calls it.

Homey113

This is what Land Registry shows it as. Also the building opposite which is build exactly the same shows as Detached…