Now, how do you define a ‘semi-detached’ property?

[peteneras]

OK, I know two properties joined together without any other properties attached to either is surely termed as a semi-detached.

What if you have 3 properties joined together - can the two properties on either side of the link be termed a semi-detached?

For that matter, can the two end properties of a linked row of houses be termed as a semi-detached property?

Oh, did I say that everyone was wrong? It would be good to refer to what I said this morning instead of putting words in my mouth.

”End terrace would be the term used by most people, if not all people, to describe the two end properties of a row of houses. The term is certainly not wrong . . .”

I repeat, this thread asks for your definition:

How do you define a ‘semi-detached’ property?

I am not interested in snobbery whether you live in one or not (however you define it); nor am I interested in access to back gardens/lofts or size of property (clearly some of you haven’t been to other parts of the world to see that some terraced houses can be even bigger than an average British detached property); nor am I interested to see how fire, rats, woodworms, pests, etc. can or cannot affect a property (I do know of e.g. fire consuming an entire estate of properties of all descriptions and pests infesting a whole village, etc.)

This thread is about an opinion what a semi-detached property is. I certainly have a view and I can see already I’m not alone in this, even on this thread. Dictionary.com seems to support my definition.

It's clearly ridiculous to say you're not interested in things that people point out are relevant to a property's status if those various things from next door but one and beyond could affect that property directly.

Oh and Wikipedia doesn't agree with dictionary dot com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-detached

Maybe it's all in the eye of the beholder, but no one would ever be able to persuade me that an end of terrace was semi detached, not that it would necessarily put me off buying or living in a middle or end one and I certainly haven't made any disparaging remarks about lowly or expensive terraced houses. They just are what they are.

You do seem to be getting remarkably aerated about the topic which really isn't that important. Semi-detached I suppose can also describe an end of terrace but I can't see why anyone would do that. It's a bit sloppy and ill-defined. And why are you putting so many words into italics?

It's my style to put quotations or words/sentences/phrases etc. already used by people (including myself) in italics. I also use it to emphasize the importance of the word/phrase. Some people do it in bold lettering, I think that's rather distracting.

I'm certainly not too hung up or aerated about the topic. It's a most relevant topic in a board like this I'd have thought. I also believe you live where you live - if you can afford it, buy a castle. If you can afford anything, rent a bedsit.

I don't think you can call an end of terrace a semi. Well you can but it's silly.

Is this the end of the thread now?

A house on the end of a row isn't just one half ('semi') of what it's attached to. It's attached to more than one other dwelling; it just happens to have the other dwellings all to one side.

I would define 'semi detached' as a dwelling which is attached to one other. The houses on each end of a row of 3 or more would be 'end terrace' and those inbetween 'mid terrace'

What about a pair of semis with one attached to an existing block of flats? Would the end be eot or semi detached?

What exactly is the point you are trying to make, peteneras?

Wtf?

You could argue that semi detached means half of a detached building more successfully than saying it's half attached and half detached. In which case the two end properties in your example would not be semi detached, they'd be third-detached.

Semi may strictly mean 'half' but can also mean 'partly' in common parlance.

Semi-retired for example. Does that only apply if one works for exactly 50% of the time available. Semi-precious - does that mean a stone is exactly half precious?

I define a house as semi detached if it is one half of a pair of 2 dwellings. A link detached house is a house that is mostly detached but has a garage for example adjoining another property. A terrace is a row of more than two dwellings, and either end of the row is an end of terrace property. In between are mid terrace houses.

I suppose if you're putting considerable weight on the semi/half issue, then the concept of a semi detached house being half of a pair of dwellings makes sense. That is the commonly understood meaning.

I really don't get the argument about an end of terrace being semi detached. Proportionately if it is a terrace of 5 houses, it is one fifth of a building in terms of the external visual impression.

I think we all know what a semi detached looks like.
It looks like THIS.
semi

A house. Divided into 2.

My house, one end of a row of three, is NOT semi. It is an end of terrace.
All this estate agent, gooble-do-gook speak is still bullshit. We all KNOW what a semi is.

Can anyone please tell me if 3 bungalows are joined together is it classed as semi detached ??

@Guitarman77

Can anyone please tell me if 3 bungalows are joined together is it classed as semi detached ??

Zombie thread, guitarman start a seperate thread. People will only read Op, and ignore yours

I live in a row of 3 bungalows together is that classed as semi detached ??

Dictionary definition is irrelevant. People know what you mean by end of terrace, and semi detached means you are attached to obe other property. And even by your dictionary definition it doesn't hold up, as the other house is attached on both sides so is not a semi, so is not 'half'. Both houses need to be semi detached.

I would define a semi-detached property as being one of two houses which are attached to each other.

Hth