Cheapest place in the UK to buy a house?

EricTheWeary

johnnyurq said:

@erictheweary

That will not be hard Nairn house prices have been depressed for years, not as busy as it used to be.

Nice place to live though especially the wee village Auldearn. There are also wee places close to Nairn that are literally half a horse villages, some very cheap indeed.

Nice small town with a house ten minutes walk from the sea, beach, see dolphins on a good day. You wouldn't move for tourists and house prices would be through the roof if it was in Cornwall.

johnnyurq

@EricTheWeary

I know it is crazy and there are some parts with more expensive houses with retirees living there. The lack of Cornwall type weather may also have something to do with it.

A lot of the draws Nairn used to have for younger folks are long gone as are some of the larger employers, apart from Cap Gemini and Sainsbury's.

Tourism is still quite big employer too I guess but the tourism is no where like the 60' to 80's.

Here is a random sample of what can be had at various price points.

http://www.hspc.co.uk/results.asp?area=4$&searchtype=map&desc=Property+for+Sale+in+Nairn+District


A few years back a friends MIL moved from London to be closer to her daughter and the grandkids so she sold her fairly modest mid terrace house in that ther London and promptly bought two houses.

One to live in and one to rent, she still had money left over from selling up daan saarth.

Here is a random sample of some here in Inverness.

http://www.hspc.co.uk/search.asp?searchtype=textsearch

Go out to the outlying areas and Castles with loads of land and farm/farms can be had for £500.000 upwards.

For £1m you can buy this.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30072318.html/svr/2708;jsessionid=5318384ED3B08026EA32FBB7227FC600

Recently repo'd from the guy Craig Whyte who used to own or be in charge of Rangers.

An old band I was in rehearsed in the gatehouse of the above castle in the late 80's and we even made a silly promo video there.

Our Bass players mum was a very good friend of the guy that owned it then and he was the guy that used to own RSD and IIRC Studiomaster, he even lent us a desk and speaker etcs for rehearsals.

Here is another belter in a Spa town close by.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42970253.html?showcase=true&premiumA=true

Apparently because we tend to rent more up here the prices are even lower than they naturally would be compared to many UK regions.

chillidoggy

I'm not saying a word.

johnnyurq

Gwan gwan gwan @chillidoggy..

TTony

johnnyurq said:

Here is another belter in a Spa town close by.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42970253.html?showcase=true&premiumA=true

That one has a "sun deck".

Strikes me as a little optimistic ...

littlegreenman

Fretwired said:

Liverpool - £1. You have to renovate them yourself though.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/1-liverpool-homes-deal-extended-3008538

In Granby and Kensington, "renovate" would equate to fortify. £1 in those areas just buys you a ready-made nightmare of Mags-esque proportions, only they'd be real!

ToneControl

In Northwich, Cheshire, you are in the middle of nice countryside, can commute into Manchester, Liverpool, etc, and are near the M6

Northwich was in the 3 "best places to live" in the latest Sunday Times survey for Cheshire. http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/10296843.Is_Northwich_one_of_the_best_places_to_live_/?ref=rc

here's a 3 bed semi for £115k http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29970504.html and another http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42623392.html

Here's a nice one for £130k http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42684256.html

A lovely 5-bed semi for £185k: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42813290.html

A brand new 4-bed house next to the new Waitrose and renovated canal marina for £200k - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-45765455.html

4 bed detached for £200k http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28651977.html

recently a 5 bed detached went for £225k in the pretty village of Wincham/PIckmere, a village which has its own large lake and Ofsted outstanding school

This is why I keep telling people who live in Manchester and are convinced that Cheshire is full of multi-millionaires that they are missing an opportunity (In fact this is the lesson I was taught 12 years ago)

for under £500k you can have these:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27143055.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33182002.html

holnrew

Hull.

Antique_Guitars

What if my budget does not exceed 10k? Flats are OK to. >:D<

Nunogilberto

Parts of the South Wales Valleys are very cheap, house wise - some from £30k upwards. Lack of jobs etc in the area tends to keep the prices down. Same issue as what somebody said further back about the old pit villages up North. Parts of the Valleys are quite pretty as well.

TTony

Antique_Guitars said:

What if my budget does not exceed 10k? Flats are OK to. >:D<

Then you need one of these.

octatonic

Sort of on topic but not really.

This is a house for sale down the road from me: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28437669.html

It is a bog standard 3 bedroom terrace, not in especially good condition (look at the bathroom) in a pretty shit bit of London.

It is exactly 300m from the largest social housing site in London, the South Acton estate.

£825k.

That is QUITE a lot of money.

What else can you get for that sort of money?

How about this 7 bedroom manor house: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44621843.html

Or this 5 bedroom grade listed equestrian facility: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-28124316.html

Or if you go to Australia your £825k (or about 1.5million AUD) will get you this: 

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-banora+point-115592651 ;

... with enough money left over to buy a Ferrari to go in the garage.

TTony

octatonic said:

Sort of on topic but not really.

This is a house for sale down the road from me: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28437669.html

It is a bog standard 3 bedroom terrace, not in especially good condition (look at the bathroom) in a pretty shit bit of London.

It is exactly 300m from the largest social housing site in London, the South Acton estate.

£825k.

Why?

Why would anyone want to live in London so badly, that £825k would seem like a reasonable price for that??

octatonic

What is even madder is places are going for £50k over asking price at the moment because there is not nearly enough housing stock and there are far too many people looking for them.

chrispy108

That's mental Oct, 

You don't even need to go that far from civilisation either, this is in a great part of Sheffield, loads of nice independent bars, restaurants and shops. But it's near a big city, access to trains and motorways etc.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-38776063.html

johnnyurq

TTony said:

johnnyurq said:

Here is another belter in a Spa town close by.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42970253.html?showcase=true&premiumA=true

That one has a "sun deck".

Strikes me as a little optimistic ...

How very dare you @TTony we get a good week or so of sun in the summer, sadly not all at once and months apart.

Strath actually isn't too bad and maybe why it is a spa town, the Victorians used to flock there and drink the horrid waters.

johnnyurq

TTony said:

Antique_Guitars said:

What if my budget does not exceed 10k? Flats are OK to. >:D<

Then you need one of these.

See my first post in this thread.

Maybe a static caravan or failing that squatting (not to poo).

Treehouse or become one of the people under the stairs.

Antique_Guitars

One of you needs to let me live with you for free. I offer free touching as rent.

johnnyurq

Will the touching be inappropriate?

Deal or no deal? 

Antique_Guitars

johnnyurq;222674" said:

Will the touching be inappropriate?

Deal or no deal? 

It's always inappropriate

Let's do it my little pony