To ask which house is the best buy?

[AlsagerMum]

just as the title says really. I need to buy a house in this village. I don’t know which one. None are stand outs. All are quite nice.

which would you choose and why? Which is the best buy?

house 1

house 2

house 3

house 4

The ground rent on 4 is over the £250 figure that mortgage companies don’t really like. And I’d want to check very carefully how much it can increase by.

1 I think
looks like a great family home
id definitely avoid leasehold on a house

They are all awful. I wouldn't buy any of them.

3, 4 then 2. I like the cut off feel of the living room, rather than open plan. The squarer kitchens appeal to me as well. I like that it's slightly detached and there's an ability to plant a nice garden at the front. Consider every life phase that you'll be living in the house, through.

In order of preference
4
2
3
1
1 seems like the layout doesn’t flow right, and ceilings seem lower. Space isn’t used right.
2 and 3 are ok but could flow better and kitchens seem more constrained.
4 seems most liveable.

To be fair they are all modern houses that are very overlooked. There’s very little to separate them.

I agree about needing more than one bathroom in a four bed. Aside from that, can you decide on specific location/position of house?

4 then 1

I'd be happy with 1 and 2. I wouldn't consider 3 and 4 because those packed in new build estates make me stressed.

Definitely not house 1. Only 1 bathroom. 2 or 3 look nice. 4 meh

I've had a look at them twice (over-invested perhaps.....!). With the caveat that I don't know the area, I'd choose No.1 unless a second bathroom is critical for you. It is less overlooked and older so a likely to have a less crammed estate layout and better off-street parking. Also, as a PP has said, more options for extending in the future.

Also, with 1, I’d see if I could fit a wet room at the bottom of the utility room.

Definitely not 4 as it’s Leasehold

Just from a cursory glance 2 has the nicest vibe for me, but of greenery in the garden, nice conservatory, not as “grey” as some PP have said …but haven’t compared sizes of room etc

I like one out of the boring 4 you put up. However I do know the area. Please do your research. Leasehold is a total no. It's a cheap area. Buy outright.

I like one out of the boring 4 you put up. However I do know the area. Please do your research. Leasehold is a total no. It's a cheap area. Buy outright.

House one - I could t live with that grey garage door and the hideous kitchen. It's all a bit bland.

House two - nicer than house one but it's on an estate so that would be a no from me.

House three - huge no. It's rammed in amongst all the other houses in close range and the garden will be overlooked. Awful metro tiles in the kitchen.

House four - hard to get over the Home Bargains/B&M decor and the garden is overlooked but I think it's the best of the bunch. You can paint over the grey and oh that awful yellow in one of the rooms.

Just seen that house four is leasehold, so that's a no from me.

I actually quite like house 1 but I think house 4 is best value. House 2 the worst the downstairs layout is odd.

3 and 4 are really overlooked so 1 or 2 for me

Tbh op..all are...I think you need more time to look at other houses.. avoid leasehold

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149638619

Number 1 because it's not overlooked at the back. Agree I don't love any of them though!

1 & 2 and definitely I would avoid 4 because of the leasehold

Easy! House 4 by a mile. More attractive, 2nd loo upstairs, kitchen diner with spectate lounge.

I like house 1. I know it's only one upstairs bathroom, but it does have the downstairs toilet, and as a a previous poster said you could potentially add a wet room. I would say it depends on your family dynamics too as to what you need.