It’s a house buying one (with listings)

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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. The bedrooms in house 1 are far too narrow.

neither for me sorry. I require an ensuite which knocks out house two and I'd DEFINITELY want to know what is under that ivy on house one.

2nd house, all day. I love the garden too.

House 2.
House 1 has very narrow rooms which will be difficult for furniture.

And you're paying less, so should have the spare ££ to do more with it.

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I like 1. Least it actually had 2 bathrooms. And 3 loos

2 doesn’t have 2 bathrooms. One shower and a loo

if it says 2 I expect 2 bathrooms
also rooms very small in house 2

not site what pic 11 and green thing is

Plus looks like a cabin in garden for work

Tho tbh neither but if had to be one of them no 1

Thats actually the only thing putting me off house 2. It all depends on who owns the panels.

A friend of my mums had a right song and dance over panels. I dont know the full details but from what I do know, she took up one of those free or cheap solar panel companies offers, so she got cheap electricity but anything over that was "owned" by the installing company and they got the profit from selling it back to the national grid. When she came to sell her bungalow, the solar panels couldnt be included in the sale as she didn't own them, the lease/agreement had to be signed over to the buyers (or something) by the owning company. Was a right palaver.

So I would want proof of who owned them before offering.

https://www.gordonbrownlaw.co.uk/blog/buying-a-house-with-solar-panels/

House 2 has a much more spacious feel to it.
Think carefully before knocking rooms together.

Absolutely a no brainer for me..... number 2. All day long.

I don't like drives that slope towards the house so that would knock out #2 for me.

That’s a lot of money for Swindon…house 2.

I like house 2.

I’d have to view them both to call it, as that gut feeling is so important with houses. The strange things the photos in house 1 are focusing on is not helping. Maybe done that way to disguise odd proportions (lots of long thin rooms, whereas house 2’s proportions feel better). Which way they face and when the garden will get sun is also something to think about. I think they both have potential, but I’d absolutely live with whichever you choose for a while before doing any major works - as that can really clarify what you want/need. An extra bathroom/en suite is great when children are getting older. In house 2, could you sacrifice the small bedroom for a lovely second bathroom (with bath)? Enjoy the viewings. Do let us know how they go (and what picture 11 really is all about!)

As an agent I would say that house 2 has been photographed and presented far better in the listing, but don’t believe everything you see. Viewing is a must, listings can be highly deceptive and you may feel entirely different after you have actually viewed.

The photos, especially in house 1 are not good. I wouldn’t want a house with three or four bedrooms that has square footage of less than 1000 feet.

House 2 , the garden is lovely

House #2. I couldn't cope with the narrow rooms in #1.