We are looking to move from our small 1950's end terrace in a village early next year.
To get more house for our budget we need to move to the nearby nice market town (where ds will be going to high school in sept).
Our choices are mainly either 1930s semis on the periphery of the town or there is one 300 year old mid terraced townhouse in a quiet street in the middle of town.
This house could be beautiful - it has a fairly small kitchen but this could be extended into the current dining room. There are 4 bedrooms (all good sized) over the 1st and 2nd floors. We could extend the kitchen into the dining room and put double doors through to the current lounge to make a dining / family room in there. We could then relocate the sitting room to one of the big 1st floor bedrooms (chimneys run the full height of the house, so lovely fireplace on 1st floor not a problem).
This house, however, has no off road parking - but is down a quiet street and there is free parking v near.
It would be at the top of our budget and we'd have to save up to move the kitchen etc.
So - wwyd? Move to somewhere we could just spend out savings on furniture and finishings or buy the huge, old but beautiful terraced no parking house?
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1930s semi on outskirts of nice market town or 300 year old 3 story townhouse in nice market town?
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Crikeyblimey · 01/12/2013 22:16
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