Mike Reed
pfm Member
Funny how we're all different in our desires for homes. I wouldn't touch a new build; others wouldn't buy anything over, say, 20 years old. I've gone from 30s semi with cavities on ground floor only; (strange and not picked up at the time) to a massive 1870 detached with 23 rooms incl. loos and cellars with oodles of wide cavities (bit of a one-off), to a 1964 detached to a 30s terrace to my current 1962 detachedWe're nearly at the opposite end of the spectrum, buying a late Victorian mid-terrace.
What is it with old and new designs of houses which attract? I guess new-builds have purchasing benefits (gov't or whatever). Other people prefer little or no garden (as in new-builds); others need masses of garden space.
What is your favourite building period? I think mine is the fifties, where lofts were still huge and cavity walls guaranteed. Very similar to thirties stuff which is prob. my second choice. The lovely stained glass, fireplaces and ornamental interiors of the late Victorian and Edwardian period are very tempting but prob. as a terraced house (no cavity). I have reservations about Georgian properties, aesthetically alluring as they are.