Eighties build detached or victorian terrace/semi

[Antonia87]

Just that really! We are looking at properties around our budget range and we can either afford a detached eighties house on a good sized plot with lovely views or a victorian build, probably end of terrace with a smaller garden but bigger rooms. This is in a country town. There are three of us so we dont think we need bags of space as we currently live in a two bed flat. Pros and cons?

I prefer detached and lower maintenance although big rooms are nice.

Sensible head days 80s detached heart says Victorian - but they are a cold money pit...

What's the parking like for each?

On street for Victorian and two good spaces on the detached

Detached with lovely views.

Detached every time for me.

Detached every time. I’d bloody love to live in a detached house.

I would never buy a terraced house

How are eighties builds? Anyone live in one?

I moved from a beautiful Victorian terrace in central London to a detached house in the suburbs.
Got fed up of having to chase crawling babies up 3 flights of stairs, the lack of parking on my own street and sharing walls with two neighbours.
Miss the high ceilings and central location though. But love being able to park on my own driveway!

I'm in an 80s terraced. The insulation is great...it's very cosy and warms up nicely. BUT the walls are plasterboard!
Maybe won't be a problem for a detached. I would still choose the detached with good views and parking space over a Victorian terraced with on street parking!

Do you think that all the walls will be plasterboard? I would love to hang shelves!

Can I be nosy and ask you to post the links please ?

Do you like gardening? We're detached and the garden makes me despair - I'd go for the terrace for that reason alone! And eighties houses are pretty characterless. (But I can see that if you drive the parking is a real issue.)

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53493828.html

Something like this?

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55238229.html

Or this?

I would get someone to help with the garden so that doesnt bother me too much TBH

You can hang shelves on plaster board walls you just have to use the right fittings. Also if it's going to be anything heavy best to fit through to the brick wall. We did that with our TV bracket in ours 80s house.

I'd go with the detached 80s house, think no noise from neighbouring walls and own driveway. On street parking is often a nightmare.

Our 80s build has proper walls with shelves!

Totally head v heart. Look at both. It's like with schools, it's about the individual houses not private schools in general or 80s builds in general.

We moved from a beautiful large Victorian terrace to a detached solid 60s house. ( job move to another part of the country) it was fine. Loads of space, parking but no features. It was a relief to be able to decorate a room in a couple of days and be able to reach the ceiling, rather than it taking a whole week!
Fast forward a couple of decades, we downsized back to a character filled Edwardian.
If you’ve got children, go for the easy option and enjoy your family rather than the house taking all your time.

I'd definitely go Victorian. Assuming it's a nice solidly built one. I think they're still more sought after and likely to retain / increase value more. The 80s ones look a bit like Lego land.

I love period houses but to live in I'd always choose detached (though a period terrace will usually be nicely soundproofed). The parking would make the detached a no brainer for me. An 80s house can be decorated pretty much the way you want, and could well be easier as it's cheaper to maintain than an older build. So that would be my pick!

So it looks like an eighties build is the winner! Thank you! I really had my doubts but this was very helpful!

What a shame you couldn’t have detached Victorian..😍

I would pick anything but a Victorian terrace. They can be colder, dark (long and narrow), often bathroom downstairs, single brick so you can hear your neighbours watching TV/ snore/ sneeze / have sex.

Personally given the choice of era, I probably prefer a 30s or 50s semi-detached (concrete is fine) or a 60s flat. 70s build houses are pretty good too but houses got very boxy with smaller windows in the 80s and 90s. That’s all changed and new builds are offering bigger living accommodation and windows now- although much smaller gardens.