It appears to be two semi-detached houses and not one house. There are two kitchens on the ground floor and two sets of staircases. It does say in the description that there are interconnecting doors between the two, but still not an ideal layout. Plus a quick look at Google street view shows that there are reasonably tall flats or offices being built (in 2019, so probably finished now) across the canal that I think will look straight down into the garden, so not even as private as you would think.