Would you buy next door and knock it in to one if you lived in a terrace?

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We want to move for a few reasons but the main and most pressing one is the need for more space. THe area has it's plus points - very friendly, we can walk everywhere, close to schools. But it's a bit rundown and I do hanker after leafy suburbs or a little village.

Next door is up for sale. The lady who lived there was 96 and had lived there all her life. The landlord tried to sell it for ages but no takers. It's up for sale for about 100k - I suspect we could offer a bit less. It would triple our mortgage and we'd need to spend a bit to do it up and knock through.

It would solve our space problem and the issues with parking. And my dreams are fairly unrealisable anyway - we'd pay a fortune to get very little more.

But not sure whether we'd get our money back if an when we sold - yes it would be a big house but how many people want 5 beds in a terrace.

WOuld you?

We are buying a house which is what used to be 2 out of 3 houses in a 3 cottage terrace. I don't know whether whoever did the conversion would have made money but I love it. Its got loads of character, is really quirky and also provides us good space in the area we wanted to be in. It still has 2 staircases which we think will be fun for the DCs but we might take one out at some point. Other than that, I think its great. It works well inside and gives as a nice wide garden outside too.

We moved in to an end terrace which was originally one of four. Both ourselves and the neighbours living at the other end have bought one middle terrace each, and knocked them through. We both now live in a semi, which has vastly improved the size of the properties and also the value. We found that knocking two properties into one is easier with planning than knocking one big property into two! So glad we did it.

When it comes to planning you can apply for permission to do anything anywhere (although most people don't!) so you don't have to have bought it first.

when it comes to planning in the area I live in its all about getting the maximum amount of living units out of each space so I doubt I'd ever have the option here

even if you want to split a house into two flats they make it harder for you to do than splitting it into 4 studios

What about...... buying it turning the first floor into a flat to rent to help with your increased mortgage and you still have the extra space you need up top. Just an idea

Sorry meant ground floor .......