Have I irrationally fallen in love with this property?

[LindorDoubleChoc]

If I were free to move, I would view this house tomorrow. Bearing in mind

1. I'd be happy to move to Beckenham
2. I like a modern house, I will never live in another Victorian terrace
3. We want to downsize
4. We would have money to spend on certain improvements

I'm feeling a bit frustrated that we can't go for it, so please point out the downsides so I don't feel so bad!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/165020723#/media?activePlan=1&id=media0&ref=floorPlanPage&channel=RES_BUY

AHHH this is setting off my mum-panic-alarm. What if you fell backward! I hope it wasn't at the top!

I quite like it.

Well it was the 70s. We kinda just got on with it. I never fell off!!!

It’s lovely! I like that era as well.

Yes, different days I suppose!

Needs ALL the grass replacing

I agree, it would be lovely with parquet floor, a less horrible bathroom and a lower key kitchen plus lots of Ercol furniture.
It reminds me of the house my godmother had in the actual 70s

Wow! It’s so ugly on the outside I was assuming it’s got some hidden wonder on the inside!

It does not.

Not for me. No kerb appeal at all, grossly overpriced, all the heat will go from the bottom to the top through that huge hole, and it's pretty much all open plan. Too much white, awful massive glass French Windows.

No, no, and NO. Awful. 😖

(Sorry.)

Uhmmm miles away from London and 700,000. Last similar property sold for 245,000.. maybe offer 240,000

Looks like a solicitors office with all that wood.

I hate it. Sorry OP

The plumbing is bizarre. You'd have to build in new bathroom and toilet costs into your budget.

And it's a terrace, even if it's at the end of the row.

The pipes in the bathrooms would be annoying and dusty

Gosh, I hate it. Each to their own I suppose!

Never again would I buy a house where the stairs go upstairs from a room instead of the hall.
All the heat goes upstairs, and if you have children it’s impossible to get them to sleep because all the noise goes upstairs too.

Its certainly not modern looking 🤔

Its a terrace

You will probably be able to hear the neighbours way better than you can in your Victorian house

I do like the proportions in that kind of home though.

What does this mean?

Last recent sale on the road was over £700,000. I had a quick look and I think they opened up the kitchen into the dining room, but I like that little utility area in the featured house.

Would expect it to be freezing in winter and absolutely greenhouse-esque boiling in summer. Not appealing at all!

Yeah, no, should have pointed out that we don't have children.

I’m with you on that. I thought a Victorian terrace was everything I dreamed of, until I lived in one!

There is nothing I like about it but you love it and if you buy it that's all that matters.

It is modern for London @ResusciAnnie. Most new builds are flats or 3 storey town houses.

1970s is considered modern in housing anyway.

It's my dream! I'd put parquet flooring through the entire of the downstairs, and fill the house with mid century modern furniture.
That feature in the living room is unique.
And those massive windows!

And you don’t enjoy having a private garden?
Happy to overlook a row of garages at the back?