Which type of home do you prefer!

We live in an old detached village house, we have to drive to the shops or any amenities. As we get older I do worry about maintaining the house and being able to get to the shops. We enjoy living here but ideally I would like to go back to the coast.

We lived in a detached house for 20 years and now live in a detached bungalow, I would never go back to a semi or terraced or even a flat, we lived in a few of those too.

I've liked different things in different homes. I've had detached, semi, terraced, flats of my own, flats in a school boarding house, and a flat right in the middle of the business part of a school.

For me, as long as the neighbours are quiet, being attached to others isn't an issue as I am very quiet myself. I have had a flat where a neighbour used to sing, badly and loudly, which was irritating. Where I am now, the student upstairs has at times SKATEBOARDED over my head. She doesn't do it anymore. ? ? ?

The thing I have LOVED most of all in all the places I have lived is being up high enough to have a view and having an upstairs, curtainless sitting room. I loved that and if I move again, will look for a house with an upstairs sitting room, possibly with a study and dining room downstairs.

I would also really like a 3rd floor, loft conversion bedroom for myself. My desired next/final location is in a tiny Northumbrian hamlet, only 3 streets, next to the sea. I want to convert the attic to have an attic bedroom overlooking the sea.

I love reading about everyone's houses.

In an ideal world we'd all live in a detached house with no noisy neighbours!

But for me location is everything - I live in the thick of things with all the amenities, and the aggravations that go with it!

We liked not walked

We have lived in many different types of homes from flats in apartment blocks but we usually chose up to the third floor, neither myself or DH like heights very much. We also lived in semi-detached houses a few times which we enjoyed.
However one of the flats we lived in we had very noisy neighbours, as in family quarrels which all the neighbours heard. Most of us were tolerant towards the family as the lady concerned was disabled with bilateral below knee amputations, so it was probably due to frustration. They were perfectly civil to neighbours and when we were moving the lady apologised to us for being "rotten neighbours"
Where we live now is a semi-detached house in a quiet cul-de-sac with lovely neighbours. We have an excellent bus service and are close to a village, GP Surgery and local shops. Although the house was quite rundown when we bought it, walked the feel of it a d haven't looked back. Now two and half years on we've got it to a reasonable state and are very happy here.

We live in a detached bungalow, which I love.

Before that, it was an end terrace.

We now have a garden and a garage.

callistemon, we lived there when we had 2 toddlers and an Afghan hound so it was always a mess!

The most favourite of my previous homes was the large Victorian semi we had when the children where growing up all the rooms where big with high ceilings and deep skirtings,a hallway which you could dance in and a split level staircase we sold when prices where at their best when the last of my sons left home it was impractical to keep as the up keep was expensive for the two of us.
Now I am in a bungalow which is in a terrace of four and very quiet being at the top of a cul de sac all of my neighbours are retired but they are also friendly which is lovely.

Detached - but then I've only ever lived in the one house since I was a child. It's been in the family for five generations now. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

Have had detached in the middle of nowhere since the early 1980s, cottages, houses, large and small. We are used to shopping fortnightly and getting the car out for doctors, dentists, etc.
We know as we get older our large detached place will be too big, we look on rightmove constantly to see what’s available but have a fear of neighbours having read some horrific tales on here about potential problems..
Ideally a little detached cottage set back from the road, with a small garden, on the edge of a small well equipped town and good bus service.

I thought this was going to be a thread about whether a home should be well-organised or spontaneous, tidy or messy etc. I’m not that bothered about the type of building at all as long as the roof doesn’t leak and the windows fit properly. I’ve lived in most options, and in my experience, the walls and roof are not really the ‘home’ they are just the house.

The favourite of my past homes was a detached bungalow. I loved single storey living, and would jump at the chance of having another.

I/we have lived in everything from a terraced cottage via a detached bungalow (which we hated!) to modern detached.

I'm wondering why you hated the detached bungalow, kittylester? That's what I keep searching for but they are few and far between. Of course, none are built now which means older people who may want to move to one are stuck and hold up the supply chain for younger families.

It has to be the right one, of course, as some have very odd layouts.

Yours sounds like what we're looking for, Nannarose!

I agree with Doodledog requirements do vary throughout a lifetime. We have lived in semis, terraces, bungalows, flats and detached.

I like the modern detached we have now. No neighbour noise, well insulated, low maintenance, smallish garden, in a large village with doctor, dentist, and shops with PO. Frequent bus route into local town. Nice walks and countryside around us.
Only thing lacking.........no undertakers! Otherwise all our future needs covered

My ideal would be a modern eco house, like a Huf House.

We live in an end of terrace house which I absolutely love. The sun streams through our bay window at the front all year round. Our front door goes onto a path of a few feet and then you go directly onto a large field looking down towards the Thames. The neighbours all the way down to the end are friendly. Children play out on the field all year. My grandchildren just love playing here.

The house is a modest affair, but we have extended to the side and wouldn’t swap it with any of the larger houses around here.

I think every home you live in you find something you wish you could change, so you look for that in your next one. I've been happy in my home for 17 years, though living by a school is a major disadvantage so I'd probably avoid that in future.

Now I'm looking to downsize as I no-longer need such a big house and, having retired I want to move to a cheaper area as I no longer need to be near enough to commute to work. I've decided I'd still prefer to be detached due to noise considerations but I'd want to be near a good bus route into the town centre, to make use of my bus pass and in case I become unable to drive in the future. A bungalow is on the wish list, or maybe a chalet bungalow so I could live on one floor but have bedrooms upstairs for visitors - not essential at present but future proofing so I don't need to buy a stair lift later. I also want a smaller more manageable garden than I currently have - enough space to sit out when the weather is nice but small enough to mow without needing an extension lead, and maybe raised border to make gardening easier.

Hopefully I'll find my dream home somewhere but I need to de-clutter first!

The only type of house we haven’t lived in is a terraced house.
Bed sit, Tower block, semi detached , detached, detached thatched, and now a detached bungalow with spare bedrooms upstairs, plenty of room, large garden in a village, very quiet.
However since we moved in the village shop closed, no buses any more, village school now closed, you now have to have a car to get to shops, doctors and everything else, other than the pub which we still have.

Perversely I’d love a terraced house close to shops, restaurants and cinema.

I have just sold a detached bungalow, it’s been in the family for 25years, had plenty of space for a nice garden, but as we got older, we became less able to cope with its upkeep, remote area, and lack of facilities and local services, and was a real pain transport wise for anyone who could no longer drive.
Although it was a Bungalow, it definitely was a home more suited to someone young and fit enough to maintain it, it certainly was not for us!
We have a House on a new estate where all the facilities, shops, delivery services, and Medical Centre are within reach either on foot, or by using my Mobility scooter. The downstairs is very disabled friendly, with a shower room and a study which can be used as a ground floor bedroom. The upstairs rooms can be used for teenage Grandchildren if they ever need to stay, all the younger ones now grown up and no longer require ‘Babysitting’ when Mum and Dad go out!

The area we live in is covered by several private Care agencies should the need arise, something the Bungalow was not, likewise no Supermarkets or takeaways covered that area either, and a very poor bus service via a long walk and then once a day, hence we Sold it in favour of more suitable living arrangements, the best thing we could have done given the circumstances.

Location is my priority when I've moved. Away from main busy road. A shop within walking distance e.g spar or small co-op. Garden a must but it's not overlooked. Car parking off road.

Then ideally a detached bungalow.

I/we have lived in everything from a terraced cottage via a detached bungalow (which we hated!) to modern detached.

My favourite houses have been our previous house - an Edwardian, 3 storey semi - and this one - part of a converted school.

In my view, a house either 'speaks' to you or it doesn't. We all love this house, even with it's drippy roof, and it would take a lot to make me move. It's a happy house!

We live in a detached house on a small estate over the road we step into woods. They stretch for miles as an old railway line it's quiet and pleasant. Our house is too big for us now but we are too lazy to be bothered moving. We own a little cottage in Wales which we bought for our retirement. Now we have grandchildren it's out of the question and being sold.

I live in a semi detached house, but our neighbours, though very odd, are pretty quiet on the whole. I’d love a big detached house with a heated pool if I won the lottery though!

We live in a semi detached house, on a quiet estate, little traffic and good neighbours. A walk to a lovely community pub, shops, buses and views of woods to the rear. I doubt we’ll ever move as we’re happy here and have been for over 20 years..

Definitely detached. Near to shops, bus routes etc. As you get older, these things are important.