Which decade/era house style is your favourite (that you lived in or would buy) and why?

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I love the period features of a Victorian house but not a fan of the thin walls. Like the size of a 30's house, but their locations tend to be less central.
I like the larger gardens of 60'sand 70's houses but the front face rendering window situation I never found appealing.
Just no to 80's.
I suppose my favourite style is Georgian as they look like the houses that I would draw as a child; nice and symmetrical. We don't have any Georgian homes where I live though.

Georgian (another former Bath resident here!)

But Edwardian comes a close second. I live in an Edwardian semi and it is incredibly comfortable. Spacious rooms, big windows and high ceilings. Shame the previous owners ripped out all the original features

I love Georgian houses - the townhouses and the georgian rectory style but dh grew up in one and it has put me off tbh (and he would never live in one). It had beautiful moldings, plasterwork, front door, fabulous full length drawing room on the first floor, magnificent dining room - really built for entertaining and not suitable for family life. That's besides the constant maintenance/inability to keep warm etc. I should be grateful because dh grew up knowing how to fix anything as a result.

our current house is 1911 colonial style in the US and I love it.

My favourite house that I've lived in was a four bed detached house built by Bovis in 1985. We only moved away to get to better schools and to be closer to the sea.

It was so easy to redecorate , had lovely smooth walls and we never had any nasty costly things go wrong. I still miss it 15 years after leaving it. It had a lovely little garden with a brick wall that went all the way round it that made it feel like a cottage garden. If I could have picked it up and moved it to where we live now I would have done. Sadly there are no "modern" estates where we are as it's all 1930's or Victorian housing stock.

We moved to a much bigger but semi detached 1930's house. Loads of character but my god it's a money pit and so much work to maintain. Every single job we do unearths something nasty that will be difficult and expensive to put right. And it has so many windows it's ridiculous. I have really struggled to love this house but thankfully the area/town is so wonderful it makes up for it.

I've only lived in Victorian and Edwardian and I love our current Edwardian the most. Gorgeous original features, high ceilings and thick walls, I can't hear anything from the neighbours at all. Love the look of Georgian though.

Well I'm no expert @mangotoo but Arts & Crafts definitely comes to mind looking at your house - the red brick, overhanging gable, the black bay at the front. It's certainly got strong elements of that style and previous owners must've thought so too if they filled it with Wm Morris!

Anyway, it's very lovely, I'm a wee bit envious, enjoy it!

1. self-build contemporary with lots of wood and light.
2. ramshackle 17c cottage with random extensions needing full renovation.

Done both. Also done Georgian flat conversion, Victorian terrace, post war prefab and 1990s dullsville.

Oh and 2) is much more fun if you have the £to do the necessary work. Was less fun growing up in one in the 60s with no money.

Edwardian. Although from living in one for several years I am now moving as I'm sick of constantly having to pay for the maintenance and modernisation of an old house! (Not the only reason I'm moving...)

When was it built ? 1890s ?
Absolutely stunning house. What a beauty . I love, love love it .

I like Georgian, and live in one (Edinburgh). I like the high ceilings and huge windows, and the plastering detail. I don't like the wonky walls and creaky floors, or the heating bills (single glazed).

I also really like late 60s/early 70s houses. Anything built before the oil crisis shrunk the windows. I have a particular love for 60s and 70s townhouses, especially when the interior matches — I love mid century furniture.

And beyond that it's anything with a coherent yet individual feel. That could be an ancient castle in Scotland or an eco new build, as long as it feels right proportionally and is appropriate to the design styles of the time.

I don't like, and have always disliked, big estates of houses. I grew up (unhappily) in a fairly typical early 80s Barratt box, which probably explains why. Surburbia generally gives me the itch, whether it's 1930s, 1990s or 2020s. Street after street of houses that look the same, all the roads named after Scottish towns or Romantic poets or Lake District lakes, give me the willies.

Had an Edwardian end terrace which was great. Have owned an 1830s detached for 30 years and not changed much as the layout works for us. My favourite house was one we rented whilst abroad. It was built in 1774, had thick walls and vaulted ceilings. If I could have picked it up and moved it from Flanders to Cornwall, I would have done so.

Georgian house, but filled with Ercol/G Plan.

1960s. Big windows, lots of light, can usually insulate them easily to modern standards. We've had to settle for 1920s this time- very difficult to insulate, though solidly built. Which is even more of an issue now we have high energy prices.

..that's gorgeous.

I love inter-war houses like the one I grew up in - they tend to have nice 'square' layouts rather than being narrow and deep, and well proportioned rooms and gardens. Have never managed to buy one myself though.

Victorian, I’ve owned three and love them. Not at all cold and draughty or thin walled! Edwardian are also lovely