Which house would you prefer?

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They are both the same price
House number 1:
Is a detached thatched cottage
3 bed
77 sqm
Big garden
Needs work and a general tidy up
Has potential though
Is in a village location

House number 2:
Same town we currently live in which we like very much
House is a Georgian 3 bed town house
Terraced
113 sqm
Doesn't need work

What would you buy?

I think number 2 has to be it.

The thatched was lovely but will be expensive in the long run and size wise is really only suitable for 1 child and baby, no more and I think at that would be a squeeze.

House 2 has 3 good sized bedrooms plus a fully converted cellar which they are saying is bedroom 4, so wouldn't have a problem fitting everything and everyone and every pet in

I'm glad you're avoiding 1. I came on to scream 'NOOOOOO' at thatch!

We're in a Georgian house in the centre of a market town, parking is time regulated and can be a pain but it has never been an irredeemable pain. Certainly I can get everything I need on foot if I want. On non working days I stash the car in an unrestricted side street, usually less than five minutes walk away.

How big is garden of number 2?

Garden of number 2 is 40 ft long, some work needed still to get it perfect

The thatched cottage would win hands down.

I'd offer high on number two if you're sure it's the one. It sounds gorgeous. I wouldn't even consider the first one with thatch.

Number 2 is advertised as O.I.E.O...

But I'm still not sure with the kitchen needing am doing that is want to go over that

Number 2 for me as well!

We had a similar issue. A house all decorated perfectly in a fine but not so great neighbourhood versus a house in need of total redecoration (sound structurally) but in a neighbourhood we will really appreciate. We went for the latter. Good luck!

Number 2, every time. Number 1 sounds a good place to have a holiday in but not to live in. Poky, spidery, awful for teenagers... But 2 sounds like my dream house.

Number 1 for me. I prefer detached, and a village location. The lack of parking would be a deal breaker for me with house 2.

We still can't decide.

Offered on house 2 yesterday morning and we still haven't heard.

We are going for a third viewing on house 1 tonight and will probably go for that one now.

We need to move fast and can't risk the people selling house 2 dragging their heels already and it's not a good sign of what will come

Reading your other post OP I don't think the vendor is dragging their feet they are considering the two options they have, if one of you is willing to pay more but the other is in a better position then there is some thinking to do.

We are in very good position (we have to be so we can move fast)
Mortgage agreed, and our buyers have no chain