To think detatched house equates to better standard of living sort of !

[ginorwine]

Hello
Have lived in terraced house that we love for many years - brought dc up here . Fab 4 storey terrace with views over the sea . Inside really lovely to us as well as garden . Trouble is , neigbour s allowed to walk accross garden to take bins out and bikes etc . Neigbour also build summer house/ music room within 3 foot of my little summer house were ilove to sit ( perfectly entitled to )
Feels like garden of 12 foot v narrow ( 100ft long tho ) and the rare but potential of , walking accross garden now intrusive ...when dc little all was busy anyway and it didn't matter. Now live in beautiful house lovely garden infab area but feel a poss need for private garden. Seen house that is detatched in less nice area - the oau off is detetched and I'm hoping to ask / establish are the benefits of detatched fantastic??lived here were you have lovely neighbours but were can hear thro walls and have walk across garden and wd really appriciate knowing what it is like to be detatched with privacy . Our area is fab and I have lots friends here - impromptu wine / coffee - lots to lose - lots to gain- wd really appriciate help with the balance sheet . ( the other area were detatched house is is less vibrant suburbia cf with cityand sea views ) thanks

I live in a semi detached built in 1890. Have only heard my neighbour s once in 6 months. The other neighbour I have yet to see

Why can't they cross 9/10 of the way down, if the garage is at the bottom?
HAve you checked your deeds to see if the actually place of the right of way is marked? Could you force it to be further towards the end of your garden so you can fence it off?

Rogan the exit has been sealed by the garage and the house after that allows no access - I cd somehow check the dress I guess- a previous neigbour trued and got no wer ..

I think it's because
I never kno when they are gohg to walk accross they use for bins but occasionally their friends who bikepushbyheir bike across
I can hear what one neigbour is saying and also having sex

The garden is beautiful but 12 feet across

My dh has to cross the other neighbours garden daily
My neigbour has built music studio right next to summer house and has told me expects Soend much tine there- lost mylitje soace
Neigbour gas said d I y his hobby now and will continue garden jobs - this is 2 new summer of ongoing drilling etc and it's his thjng - in a wider garden naybe get away ? !

You've posted a few times about moving due to your neighbours DIY etc haven't you OP? It's obviously really playing on your mind. In your situation I wouldn't rush into moving for the sake of it but I would keep my eye open in case a property you love as much as your current one comes up.

Would renting the terraced house out in order to finance a mortgage on a detached house be something worth considering? You could do air b&b/self catering/longterm renters.

Yes maybe rent ours out
But the additional mortgage may nit be granted as husband nearing 60- we find out later t dayif that would be option .

Grilled aubergine
Please can you tell me what issues a detatched house brought ?

With my old house it didn't matter where the right of way was, so for example one neighbour extended meaning that the right of way was pushed further up the garden. We just had to allow access.

If one neighbour denies access (not sure they can do that) could you do it as well?

Mind you if your DH uses access across the neighbours garden daily it's a bit rich to get het up about people using their own right of access.

A music studio next to your summer house?! Hope he's going to use headphones or that could be dire

I would love to live in a detached house like I did before I got divorced. I live mid terrace now and don't like it. Think it depends on your neighbours tbh as the bloke next door to me coughs really loud and I hear it through my bedroom wall and it "gets" to me. I was also kept awake until 2am the other week because he had a made round and I could hear them talking. They aren't approachable and I'm not confrontational so it is what it is. I just don't think they have worked out the walls are thin

Regarding the right of way - it goes to an alley way ( as well as used to be at end befure blocked off by garage and end one has sold off land to a neigbour who uses as drive which is used for an off street camper so there is no way anyone cd get thro
As for the alley way which three of us use ( including us which we don't like doing and avoid were poss ) to access this you go by every ones kitchen door - we can't move it further down as
A -garage and van Block
B- if we moved it down the last garden next to the alley wd have to put up with people walking down / thro their garden to the alley as well as across so we keep it nearer as at least once a few feet into garden no one is wandering round rest of garden .
It's been worse with new ish neigbour s due to building supplies commkng across on and off for two summers now and their visitors have used the access too - in addition to builders and window cleaners .

Tears yes I get it about the coughing - it can grate can't it !

Yes it's a strange thing the way it grates. It's a perfectly normal thing to do but every time I hear him cough I want to go round and punch him in the head!

Maybe a chat with the neighbour might help but personally I would move.
We used to live happily in a small modern detached house but needed more space. Stupidly I moved to a lovely 1930's semi which I love but.... the soundproofing is diabolical and the joined neighbours hate us for no obvious reason, other neighbours seem ok. We hear all of their conversations clearly, loads of domestics really nasty, you name it we hear it, sex (he's very quick :) and loud conversations going on until 02.00 most mornings. 6 in their house none working it seems.
We were told that the problem stems from this type of house with shared chimneys, just wish it had been shown on the survey next to where it says solid construction as we would have walked away. It is so annoying but I know it could be worse and am hoping to be able to move soon but will only look at property detached even if it is miles away.

Thanks all
So .... decided go for it
We checked the crime record and wish hadn't !!our current area is so crime free - this area where detatched house we can afford has clear pockets of trouble - next street which we wd look into at angle had 3 crimes in one month (non ours in a year ) -violence and sex assault - anti soc beh - and another - however mon on our actual street but a clear need for police car to drive past our proposed house to get to that street . Comprimises are
Terraced - beautiful and safe area - community
Or detatched in mixed area as above
No way can we afford det exept new build in area like ours - they are half a million £ .
Help please

Are go check area out best can over w end

Re compromise. Re terrace i meant our current home us the terraced one
Lovely neighbours mostly but canhear all thro walks - find hard to be dependant onnithers wen I can be quiet etc !

Hi all so here is my pro and con s list
Sorry to go on and on
Pro stay
Great friends nearby love area
4 storey house - views over city , hills , river , sea .
My exact taste inside - Victorian fireplaces , woodburner s, exposed lintels .
Con
Hear thro walls - quiet neighbours but likely move
House about12 feet wide hence gardens narrow - used to be 100% fine with that abd walk Thro when dc small as it was busy and no privacy anyway - house brimming with visiting local dc - friendly warm etc
Have managed noise thro wall sfor years as have the walk across garden bit near house - what has changed is the neigbour putting studio at bottom garden - for about 12 years I sat there daily - thought , relaxed , read . Now studio right next to it- neigbour as is his right- was in it till way after ten last night - so wanted sit there but he only about max 3 feet away . Felt like 2 chickens in a coop next to each other . So the bit near my house is not( psychologically ) private -as in oeople don't walk across a lot but always kno they can ... how can I chill about it ?!! I wish wish these factors did not effect me so that I cd chill in a house that I so so love . Can I ever get that it doesn't bother me..
if I just could . There is no way o cansection off my house at back or them walk further down garden - only waynot to see folk pass is hi hedge or trellis right next to my French windows n block our view of garden and passers by .
Other house
Cons
Boring more mixed area
Away from the city I love but 6 min train ride away
Fear - fear of losing the joy of daily hellos in my locality - kno everyone for many years - two v dear friends whose kids brought up together
Lose walk into city , community centre , theatre , bars .
House - 1930 - modern windows a
Lacks my styje - stark - woodburner s - high ceilings views
Worry wen older isolated - will prob move back to old community again wen older - to an end terrace but we need the space now for teens to come home from uni - etc
The terrace we wd move toin long term wd be a smaller one wen old
Pro
Detatched
Non walk across garden - vegvpaych
Garage drive for my vintage caravan
2 min walk to coast ( not beautiful - cliff etc -road runs alongside with a promanade . )
No worry re someone cross my garden no worry about noise !!!!
Read up thread someone said detatched has own issues ... I'm not sure what they could be but wd be v keen to kno !
( lonely ? I occasionally find the noise thro wall a comfort but not v often !!!)
Any views please x

That would depend on the detached house, surely? A flimsy new build on an estate that's identical to fifty other houses there...all crowded into tight cul de sacs with over looked gardens...really isn't anything I would ever thank you for.

I would take a solidly built period terrace with sea views every day of the week and twice on Sundays

It's a 1930 bungalow with a second floor dormer wrap round garden
Its 2 min from sea

My house is solidly built but you can somehow clearly hear Thro all the walls plus people walk across my garden .

Remember detached house doesn't mean detached garden......
Have lived in 2 detached houses and have close family in detached.
Think .. can be much more noise in bigger gardens. In our case, new swimming pool next door with 3 teenage boys, attracted late-night parties.
Larger gardens can also have larger bbqs all through the summer...
Not to mention "now we're detached we can have 3 dogs".
Detached was great from an "indoors " point of view, but outside space can be extra noisy.

Intresting
Thankyou !!

Everything is a compromise. I have lived in semi's, detached and terraces. You undoubtedly get more privacy in a detached house as long as it's not too close to the neighbours, but I currently live in a 3 storey terrace and really enjoy it. Well insulated and sound proofed and to get the same size of property in a detached house I'd need to have paid around 150k more - I'd rather spend that money elsewhere.

Hmm I think it depends we offered on a detached house which was in a very cramped cul de sac with a public footpath behind the garden/ overlooked in most directions - we lost it and ended up getting a semi which is only attached by the garage and 2nd bedroom wall - we have no one on the other side as at the end of the row and a field behind. I've never once heard the neighbours in the time we've lived here - I'm very glad we were outbid on the detached!

Lok
Can u insulate a terraced and sound proof ? Wd love that option ?
I think , but not sure , that proper sound proofing wd reduce size of rooms and Cost about 12 k oervroom ???