Which house would you pick?

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We are stuck between two houses. Which would you pick?

Littleworth Hill, Wantage
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-82154441.html

Main Street, East Challow, Oxfordshire
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-62445942.html

What about one on for 850 in east challow? Or is 750 your limit?

Number 2 looks lovely and anything fussy can be changed. House 1 looks pleasant but dull.

How are people getting that house 1 is bigger? I'm reading a total floor space of 2702 ft for house 1 and 3743 ft for house 2.

I'm always amazed by prices outside London, we're looking at small 3 bed houses with 20ft gardens in zone 3 for around the same price!

I don't know the areas but purely on the houses I'd keep looking. I don't like the lack of character in house one and house two the downstairs isn't big enough for the size of house - the kitchen would drive me mad

I wouldn’t buy a house on a main road - to dangerous & bad for health

So it would have to be 1

Number 2 looks lovely and anything fussy can be changed

You can't change the hideous extension short of knocking it down, nor can you change the lack of a rear garden.

@Crankybitch I really don't like barn conversions.

The extension isn't hideous in person but it's not well thought out. The entire downstairs of it is unusable. They made an open plan office which just wouldn't work with kids. It's built in as well so you'd have to rip it out. DH actually quite fancied the sauna. It must have cost a fortune to put in.

I’ve just had a very quick look at your search area as I know where you’re looking and I’m quite surprised at the lack of decent houses available at the same budget!

Disclaimer. I don't know the area or how often parents and in laws come to stay, but possibly this has space that's adaptable?
www.onthemarket.com/details/6862582/ If it appeals at all that is.

@StarJumpsandaHalf Thanks for the suggestion. I think the garden is too small. It looks similar in size to house 2. I think what this has shown me is that the garden is a priority.

It's a process of refinement isn't it and often looking at things you don't want to go for helps work out priorities.

There'll be something out there, keep searching.

You need to keep looking, I think. You have a fairly decent budget, so shouldn't have to settle for something you don't love.

SECOND!