Yeah, if it cost the same as an end of terrace then I'd have a mid terrace.
Why the hate for End Terrace?
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Yeah, if it cost the same as an end of terrace then I'd have a mid terrace.
Mid terrace will always be cheaper, as they are much less desirable.
Not people, just person! I asked as I thought it was a mistake.
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Our last house was a new build mid terrace, one of three houses. Less external walls = cheaper heating bills, still had good access to rear parking and garage. Next door used to get all the agro of kids kicking things against there wall.
I say it was a terrace, but it had three floors so was actually a town house, not that I'm being snobby or anything...
I say it was a terrace, but it had three floors so was actually a town house, not that I'm being snobby or anything...
Pro of mid-terrace: reciprocal heating
Cons of mid-terrace: noise from neighbours, feel of living on top of one another, smaller gardens, shared garage areas, more difficult access to front/rear of property, cheaper building materials used...
That's good, cos town houses are no improvement!
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Yeah, but it does sound better when you come to sell it...
My Victorian mid-terrace in Bristol was worth more than the similarly sized 1930s semis on the opposite side of the road. And they had driveways.
It was much more desirable.
That's not the comparison you should be making though. Would your Victorian mid-terrace have been more desirable than the (usually) larger building and plot end-terraces at each end of your row?
It would be very, very unusual for that to be the case.
Well, whilst we were there, one of the ends sold for £5k less than we bought (and sold) ours for, around 18 months after we moved there and after approx +10% uplift in the market (Apr 2008, shortly before the drop-off) - though ours had an attic conversion as an extra third bedroom (the 1930s semis were native 3-beds).
The end houses were otherwise the same size as the mids, though, with no extra land.
The end houses were otherwise the same size as the mids, though, with no extra land.
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I own a Victorian end of terrace house which is worth more, simply as I have access to the alley to the side, straight into my garden.
Most of the house on my road do not have this and have to keep their bins out the front.
Most of the house on my road do not have this and have to keep their bins out the front.