Which house would you choose?

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Couldn't sleep last night & ended up surfing Rightmove. I discovered 3 houses near me are all for sale (none have boards up outside). Two are direct neighbours (semi's), the other is directly opposite. Knowing all 3 really well, it got me thinking which you'd choose? All 3 have the same number of bedrooms/bathrooms.

House A, overlooks golf course at rear. compact period property, lovely kitchen (no work needed), vacant possession, good condition throughout. Just needs a lick of paint for your own colour scheme & perhaps remove modern built-in wardrobes if you didn't like them. £400K

House B, to the right of house A, also overlooks the golf course, almost identical compact period property, small very old kitchen which is well overdue gutting/extending/ or knocking through. All other rooms in the house are in excellent modern condition. Wouldn't even need painting as totally up-to-date.
£500k

House C, on other side of road, 1.5 times the size of the other two, 20s pebbledash, not overlooking golf course but nice wide garden. Probate sale, new kitchen/bathroom needed immediately & whole house decorative updating long overdue. Potential for large loft conversion (nearly all other 20s houses nearby have done this)
£400k

So which would you pick? I find it hard to choose. Looking out across a golf course in a near perfect (but smaller) house seems great. But over the road you can get a bigger house for the same money with potential for a loft (& add value). I think B is asking too much.

I'd definitely go for C.

I'd go for C, the space, potential to extend and south facing garden would make that a no-brainier.

The views of the golf course? Very likely to be developed on, the leaning mowing would be on my tits and as lovely as the view of the green might be, potentially ruined by Essex-boys/men playing golf and shouting and bantering all day. If it's a posh golf-course you might not have those issues though? I'd want it to be a really posh/historic one as less chance of Essex boys/development/noisy weddings/fireworks every weekend.

Difficult to say, but I’d go with C just from your descriptions.

Now I've seen your update House C for definite.

A south-facing garden will always be an advantage and will help keep the back of the house, where you're more likely to have more glass (French doors etc) warmer because of solar gain. But depending on your stage of life (still rising up the ranks at work with the expectation of money not being an issue in future or planning to have children soon and facing a financial downturn) you'll need to factor significantly higher heating bills and maintenance bills into your plans.

Was going to say A as I love an old house with a great view, but just seen your update - the north facing garden and risk of golf balls would ruin it for me.

So, C.

House C. The extra space and loft conversion potential puts it well above the others. Ut doesn't need to be perfect straight away. We improved ourselves over 10 years.

I'm not sure the golf course views are that big a selling point. I'd worry about stray golf balls. I also don't particularly want to look out my window and see gokfers outside. A golf course also has the potential to be sold for housing in the future. Views are never guaranteed to always be there.

Well if any of them manage to get a sold board up I'll tell you which won the race.. 😄

I'd look for recent sales, because unless prices have gone up significantly to spark interest I'd be concerned about neighbour issues with all 3 up for sale at once.