Is house A worth 90k more than house B?

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Views from the wise women of MN.
Both houses really nice 5 bedroom detached. Both in similar locations close to each other, not overlooked and away from main roads. House A has double garage and house B just a single integral garage)
House A has lovely large kitchen/dining room whereas house B has separate ones. Bathrooms in house B I think are slightly nicer as they are larger and en-suite has jacuzzi bath.
House A has a swimming pool, house B a hot tub.
Is A worth that much more than B?
Views?
House A - www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-35399774.html

House B - www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-20501547.html

ok, not a real suggestion, just a piece of cuteness

again, another nice house but not in catchment to the school we want so not an option. Nice Waitrose close by

edless, sorry, keep x-posting with you, you are too fast for me
Yes, actually I agree, hot tub is more luxurious.
Last house very 'different'. Looks more like a museum than a house to me and don't think I could live with all those beams and a PINK bath!

House A looks like it has had much more money spent on it. Maybe it is nearer better schools or something?

Surely a hot tub devalues a house by a good few thousand. We once looked at a house where there happened to be one the owner raved over, my DH just looked at her and said it would be the first thing he ripped out if we bought the house (which we didn't).

on catchment - yes, the maidenbower area does have two outstanding schools...does it have places if your kids are older? applications are going in round about now ....you'd have a job completing in time unless you already live in the area.

i liked the pink bath! the 'corridor/ balcony' that goes nowhere is a bit odd....

Waitrose :)

I much prefer house B. You could use the money you save to do it up, add an extension, stick a pool in the garden, etc.

What age are your children? Because residential pools do kill a horrible number of young children, so unless your pool is very safely fenced in and locked you'd spend the whole of the summer having to operate second by second supervision on your DC, not very relaxing. Ditto hot tub except that you could presumably fill that on an as-needed basis.

agghhh, questions questions
House B nearer good catchment schools. One child already in school, youngest hopefully starting in a few years. Want to remain well within catchment to ensure DD who is in infant school gets into junior school in a few years.

Pool is fenced off but I do understand concerns (and indeed have them myself) with regards to pool safety. Hot tub has safe/secure lid that kids could not open. children aged 2 - 18

Don't think realistically enough room to put a pool in House B and no scope for extending (not that we would need to)

I know nothing about Crawley but I actually preferred house B!
Reasons: it's more classic outside, whereas A is very modern pastiche and has some horrible brick fake fireplaces and all.
I love swimming - and pools that size just don't cut it. I'd prefer to be near the leisure centre.
I do love hot tubs though, and having my own that I could trust to be hygienic would be fab.
Personally I like more rooms and not fussed about a kitchen-diner - but knocking through one wall or putting in a hatch wouldn't be difficult.

Are the gardens comparable size? The space offered looks similar though obviously is on 3 floors not two with B. Having space to park 4 cars outside A is pointless if you only have one - though parking 2+ outside B might be an issue.

Other things like location being equal, I'd be most tempted to save 90k and use part of it on perking up house B. And maybe getting a shed to compensate for the smaller garage!

House A has a nice finish- I'd love a pool but is there any garden left?

Do you definitely need so many bedrooms?

notcitrus interesting comments, thank you.
Garden in house A slightly bigger but pool does take up most of it (although there is a small area at side of house) Parking for 3 cars outside house B.
Like your point about the shed, will suggest that to DH (he is obsessed with a double garage for some reason!)

lambethlil yes, do really need 5 rooms as 4 kids with huge age gaps so sharing would be rather difficult.

catchment my dear, catchment

Fair enough on the bedroom numbers- I'm always shocked when people need a bedroom each for little DCs + spare, probably because we've always had at least one fewer bedroom than DCs![hgrin]

oh dear god, DH is out in the garden with a torch and tape measure seeing if a swimming pool will fit in our garden! [hhmm]

A is much better. the second one looks rather squashed in and rooms tiny. plot very small