to think SOME people that live in period houses are pretentious twats

[carriedababi]

i find it weird how people in small victorian terraces are snobby about new builds, someone i know who lives in a really small 2 bedroom victorian terrace,

complains [frequently] that new builds are built too close together, and have small gardens..

when their victorian terrace has no garden only a yard, and its in a row of about 20!
they couldn't have packed in more houses!

the stairs are really narrow and steep
theres no where to park,so its parking wars with the neighbours, everyone has wheelie bins in the front, well, yard bit that about 2-3ft deep.
so the whole street looks scruffy all you can see is bins everywhere

so, i can't really see how someone can complain new builds have small gardens and are built too close together when they have no garden and the house are built 20 plus in a row!

i can understand people that live in fabulous detachted georgian house etc being a bit snobby, but it seems to me the ones in the small terraces that are most pretentious

Didn't you just say the very same thing elswhere Op?

Because, carriedababi, at least with Victorian houses the small gardens/rooms etc are compensated by period features, some originality, solid walls etc. New builds have those things but seemingly not much to compensate for them...

I live in a new build where the garden is massive but then I have what is described as "executive detached". I love the space and it is not cardboard box like, the downer for me is the estate itself and the lack of parking, we are ok as we have a double driveway, but I think my house has probably scarificed the space of some of the others and I do get hacked off with people continally using our drive to turn on. As dh says when he walks through the door he forgets the outside (after he has shouted all the way down the street for feckers to put their cars away in their carports!)

Now that's a proper house, bupcakes. Although I would argue that all the interior decorating needs rethinking :o

I live in a Victorian Terrace, and have often been heard saying I'm fed up with the upkeep and the draughts, and definitely would prefer a proper-sized garden. The narrow hall gets on my wick as well.

But I think I would probably miss the original features and fireplaces. It's harder to create that in a new-build. And I hear noise is an issue

My ideal would be a barn conversion or a big Georgian detached with a walled garden

You can feel less hemmed in in a terraced house than on an estate of new build detatched houses where they've been thrown in at all angles, so when you look out of any window you see another house only a few feet away.

yes, and i said that reminds me i was going to start an aibu thread about it.

We lived in a victorian terrace as students - yuk. Freezing cold and damp.

A cavity wall insulation salesman came calling one day:

DH: No thanks but have you had any interest in this street?

Salesman: No

DH: Do you want to know why?

Salesman: Yes

DH: Because they are all single skin houses!

Quality Victorian building, yeah right!

an englishperson's home is their castle

I used to live in a Victorian terrace and it was great. Very thick stone walls, high ceilings, good room sizes, plus a lovely little garden. I think the thing with a terrace vs a new build detached - at least with a terrace you know you are attached (and have the added warmth) but with many new build detached, they are only 6 inches away from next door, so are detached in name only, IYSWIM. You can still hear everything that goes on next door.

look before you leap, hully

What bupcakes said.

I don't think they are better built neccessarily but they tend to more interesting and with bigger rooms. And storage! We had loads of cupboards - that tends to be a problem in new-builds.

I didn't like living in my Victorian terrace come the end but I wouldn't have swapped it for a new build. Moved to a 1930s semi instead Beats them both into a cocked hat.

I think period houses are good only if you have the money to do the work and to keep them warm not sitting in them with jumpers and blankets over you.

Orm - my mum and dad live in a 30's semi - lovely large square hall and interesting windows

If you're happy to have a house with no character it makes much more sense to buy a 60's built ex council house rather than a new build. At least then you have loads of space and no one can accuse you of being pretentious [down in the hood emoticon].

Only if it's iover a moat, James. Do stick to the house theme.

Wherever I lay my hat

Home sweet home

Oh yes, we have a very fine hall. And stairs. And the don't creak if you run up them! And big windows. I love my house

I'm not mad on victorian terraces BTW or anti new build in general.

Our house, in the middle of our street

SOME people who live in all kinds of houses are pretentious twats.

HTH

Oh i love large halls too

True about the gardens not being any bigger in a Victorian terrace. Old terraced houses usually have higher ceilings though which can make them seem less cramped than some new builds with the same floor space.

With 20s/30s semis you get a lot of space for your money and character. I love them.

I agree about going for relatively older over new build. Buying a 70s/80s house you'll get bigger rooms and a bigger plot- potential to extend- as well as off street parking and usually a garden.

Give me a home where the buffalo roam