Is it just me or the UK properties?

[Awakenedsoul]

As a Canadian who recently moved to the UK (due to DH's job) I have been looking for a property to buy closer to London.

Am I unreasonable to think the properties are weird here? Here are my reasons:

1. 2 bedroom houses with one box room are sold as 3 bedroom houses. In the US and Canada they are typically called 2+1 houses etc. I mean it is no offence to box room but that cant be sold as bedroom. Or the 3rd bedroom is a tiny single room with barely any room to move after one puts a single bed in.

1. Most of the semis in my budget (550k) do not have more than 1 bathroom. Even when the owner has properly extended the house, they would not add a bathroom and a 4 bedroom house has to make do with 1 bath.

1. There is no way to search RM based on the number of shower rooms. The only criteria available is to search by the number of bedrooms. Would it not be easier to just eliminate those houses with single baths while searching as opposed to manually browsing each property.

1. Things that would be considered standard in other countries are sold as 'attractions'. For example, some EAs would advertise 'Downstairs w/c' as a highlight in the ad summary.

1. Barring the new builds, most semis / detached properties have outsized gardens and the floor area is relatively tiny. For example, floor area would be 1000-1200 sq ft and have a long narrow garden area. Not sure why in a country where gardens are not usable for almost 7-8 months in a year, floor area as a percentage of garden area is so tiny.

1. Conservatories are so common but they cant be used year round unless you invest in heating / aircon.

It is also in a tricky location and I suspect needs a huge amount of work done.

I must say, watching US home/real estate TV programs is mind blowing @BackToWhereItAllBegan Some bits of my house are more than 400 years old. It downed on me that we as a family live around the house, its needs and limitations, not the other way round! Basically I'm an inanimate object's bitch! 🤔

We have a lot of old housing stock. Originally 3-bed terraces round here that are 100+ years old are now 2-beds with a bathroom- they didn't originally have one (loo was a privy in the back yard, bath was just a tin one put in front of the kitchen fire as required).

not sure where you are from but you would get absolutely nothing in Greater Vancouver or Toronto at those prices. I think you are must be comparing small town newish house in Canada with housing near one of with world' largest cities. I just double checked for a 3 bed any type property in Vancouver for up to $1,000,000. - Zero. And the bedrooms in those cities can be tiny. and very tiny condos and new houses. so you really need to compare like with like. and lots of housing in Ontario is brick and old.

Helloooo OP?
Have you given up and flown home? Did you expect the good burghers of the UK to agree with your somewhat patronising dismissal of our houses?

Not saying you're wrong - but what is the 50 year mark based on?
Surely most homes need some form of work done over the decades?

😂

Admittedly, a very strange OP. And I’m Canadian.

If you like ongoing maintenance.

I grew up in Victorian properties and all I remember is my parents having to find money to fix and upgrade something on the house.

😂 mind you enough people ready to join in

Bless OP, imagining that everywhere in the world is exactly like Canada, and if it varies in any respect, it's "weird".

Only in Britain/London would 550K be described as ''pretty low''....

It would probably be described as pretty low in Vancouver!

Agreed there are loads of cities let alone capital cities around the world where 550K is low.