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It’s a house buying one (with listings)

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Housedebate2 · 22/07/2026 20:46

Posting in AIBU for traffic.

DH and I are going to view two houses on the same road but are already at odds on which we each prefer.

Please can you give your views on each - ignoring the price, as this isn’t an issue for the right house. It’s us + DS with no plans for any more kids. We both WFH, but on different days.

House 1
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89365290#/?channel=RES_BUY

House 2
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90660585#/?channel=RES_BUY

Note with house 2, the second sitting room is on a sort of middle/split level, it’s not on the same floor as the bedrooms. We would likely use that as a main living room, and look to eventually knock through the kitchen into the lounge (thoughts welcome on that plan too!)

Thanks all

OP posts:
PrancingPanda · 23/07/2026 09:00

House no 2 is better, bigger and cheaper. Better garden.
Cannot understand the extension in no 1
Good luck OP

Ihatelittlefriendsusan · 23/07/2026 08:55

House 1 for me.

House 2 has zero curb appeal, it is a bizarre layout which imo would make it difficult to sell. The existing kitchen is tiny and to knock through would mean you lose a reception room and wipe £££ off the value.

Original poster
Housedebate2 · 23/07/2026 08:52

Thanks for all comments so far, lots of food for thought!

OP posts:
Vitrolinsanity · 22/07/2026 23:12

Neither are my particular cup of tea, but 2 wins if for no other reason you can walk around beds.

RamALamADingDong2 · 22/07/2026 22:49

Interesting! I disagree with most here - House 1 is significantly bigger. I like the nice patio with the little garden room and love the green at the front of the house, very pretty. Good decor and kitchen. Good size living room and all three bedrooms are a good size. You can move right in! I prefer the garden of house 2, but dont like the kitchen, the slope, the bedrooms are smaller and there's no bath. For me, the space and bedroom sizes are a dealbreaker.

MatchaTea1 · 22/07/2026 22:20

I think you'll need to see them in person - when you do let us know what's going on in pic 11 of house one. I prefer the garden of house 2, but the decor of house 1 is better; although that is easily fixed!

NannyOf8Girls · 22/07/2026 22:12

House 2

monkeysox · 22/07/2026 22:10

Housedebate2 · 22/07/2026 20:46

Posting in AIBU for traffic.

DH and I are going to view two houses on the same road but are already at odds on which we each prefer.

Please can you give your views on each - ignoring the price, as this isn’t an issue for the right house. It’s us + DS with no plans for any more kids. We both WFH, but on different days.

House 1
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89365290#/?channel=RES_BUY

House 2
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90660585#/?channel=RES_BUY

Note with house 2, the second sitting room is on a sort of middle/split level, it’s not on the same floor as the bedrooms. We would likely use that as a main living room, and look to eventually knock through the kitchen into the lounge (thoughts welcome on that plan too!)

Thanks all

House 2 but of course it.depends on location for you too.

ktopfwcv · 22/07/2026 22:06

House 1. It's bigger.

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 22/07/2026 22:06

House 2.
The bedrooms in house 1 are too long and skinny. The master with en-suite is apparently only 6’7” wide. Ridiculous. No way would I buy that house.

Ireolu · 22/07/2026 22:00

The photos of the 1st house are not great.
Between the 2 house 1 I think is better. Its bigger and there are actually 2 bathrooms. The second just has one shower room and a downstairs toilet but is being marketed as 2 bathrooms.

Flannelfeet · 22/07/2026 21:57

House 2
What is picture 11 in house 1? Its like a cell, did Harry Potter live here? 🤭

PyongyangKipperbang · 22/07/2026 21:53

4 bed's decor is naff as anything but is a far nicer one that the 3 bed. More social space too.

Buscobel · 22/07/2026 21:33

I don’t think the photos, particularly in house 1 are helping. Certain pictures make it look very narrow and they don’t have a flow .

Neither of them appeal enough to want to make an offer.

SereneGoose · 22/07/2026 21:33

Number 2. No question.

MarthaLovesLaughing · 22/07/2026 21:30

House one is horrible 😫

shoesandshipsandsealingwax · 22/07/2026 21:30

I’m really surprised everyone is saying House 2 - I think it’s horrible 😂

PickAChew · 22/07/2026 21:28

Seashorewaves · 22/07/2026 21:25

The house 1 bedrooms are awful. Why build rooms over 20 ft long but only 6ft wide?

They're not. The floor plan is wrong. One of those supposedly 6' rooms is wider than the 7' wide room next to it. The house is over 19' wide, so there is 5' missing, somewhere.

And some of that 21' length is the entrance corridors.

PickAChew · 22/07/2026 21:26

I think that pic 11 might be the futility room.

It's a dreadful listing in so many ways.

Seashorewaves · 22/07/2026 21:25

The house 1 bedrooms are awful. Why build rooms over 20 ft long but only 6ft wide?

RodneysGotaNewHairdo · 22/07/2026 21:24

I don't particularly like either, but they are cheap for the area, which might be important to you if you have a small budget.

The bedrooms in house 1 don't look big enough to fit a double bed without pushing it against a wall. That would be a definite no for me. I'd like to know more about the room with the strange green thing in it though.

House 2 looks small and - in particular - the bedrooms look pokey. I'm not keen on living rooms being upstairs except in houses with fantastic views. I suspect the only view this house has is of neighbouring houses, so not good.

If they were the only houses available to me, I would choose house 2. Otherwise, I would keep looking.

Mauro711 · 22/07/2026 21:24

I prefer house 2 in every way except that there is a slope down to the garage and front of the house. I rented a house like that and the garage was flooded all the time. Maybe check if there's good enough drainage if that's the one you decide to go for.

Edited to add, I hadn't realised how tiny house 2 is. I wouldn't want that. So I guess house 1 is better.

DaysIllRememberAllMyLife · 22/07/2026 21:24

Hmm I don't like the look of house 2 from the front view so I'll go for house 1.

PickAChew · 22/07/2026 21:23

House 2 is tiny for a 4 bed. It's only 100 sq ft bigger than the 2 bed we used to be crammed into. That lounge is the only reception room and the kitchen isn't really big enough to function as a kitchen diner, if that's what you're after. It has more potential than house 1 but only if you're really up for some big building work. It would likely cost more than £50k to get the size of property 1, though.

Shudacudawuda · 22/07/2026 21:14

I think house 2 is way nicer and cheaper too. No brainer for me.
Why is house 1 priced so much higher do you think? Is it just the updating that 2 needs?

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