There are two semis for sale at the moment in my budget on a small estate built in the late 90s I have had my eye on for a while & I don't know which one to go for.
This is a small but popular seaside town and there aren't a lot of properties on the market, especially in my limited budget (I am buying on my own), so although neither of them is perfect but they are in a very safe part of town close to sea, train and high street (all within walking distance).
House A: has been badly maintained by the current owner and recent tenants so would need complete bathroom refurbishment, new flooring, new boiler and repainting as bare minimum and probably more work. Don't know about the neighbours but noticed the house next door has a garden that is a bit of a mess to put it mildly although the house itself looks well maintained.
House B: decent condition throughout and decent maintenance but again would need full bathroom refurbishment/new flooring/painting as they look a bit tired but unlikely to be any other issues. Issue with this one is that the house next door is a holiday let (not airbnb). Tenants have lived in the house for a decade and told me that they have never had any issues with noise.
The rest of the estate is spotless and really pretty...I have spoken to another resident who has been there for 20 years and told me this was a lovely, quiet estate to live in general.
What would you do? consider one of the houses? if so, which one? should I go for the ''project'' or the better maintained house but take the risk of living to an apparently quiet holiday let?
Or should I give both of them a miss and hope something turns up?
My other option would be house C which is spacious, has well maintained houses and gardens on each side in a quiet location but is a bit further out on the outskirts of the town. I don't drive so it would mean a 25/30 minute minimum walk to high-street and train station or relying on buses which are not very frequent.
Seeing a couple more houses this week but they don't look too appealing. My mortgage in principle runs out in a month so I am feeling a bit of pressure...
My budget is small and I have to compromise somewhere, but I am at a loss as to what to do.