Find the Nicest House for £45k...

silvercar

southantrim3 wrote: »

Hey guys, here you go - under budget at £43k. Granted it's in Banbridge, Northern Ireland and needs a bit of work done to it. It is however liveable in and even has a white bathroom suite. Can't be bad!
http://www.propertynews.com/brochure.php?r=1&c=373&s=113108171&i=70&p=1210RR200262672&fp=1&sort=h2l

Comes to something when single glazed windows are considered a feature!

Good find though!

silvercar

I wanted to say thanks to PasturesNew for such a fun thread.

MrsE_2

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

It can, when you are talking about two different things. The ceremonial county is London but the postal county / traditional county is Surrey.

It was in Surrey until 1965:D

Really2

Have I won anything ?

baby_fuzz

silvercar wrote: »

I wanted to say thanks to PasturesNew for such a fun thread.

I think you can 'like' the thread - there was some button I clicked on the first page. If enough people 'like' it, perhaps PasturesNew will gain MSE-email fame (or infamy...)?:p

baby_fuzz

ash28 wrote: »

Fully refurbished!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28669082.html

this one - not too bad either
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-21972064.html

and this one
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27099652.html

I'm very impressed - I bow to your superior cheap-house-finding!

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

I wanted to say thanks to PasturesNew for such a fun thread.

I'm pleased people are enjoying it

They all seem to be squabbling on the other threads about stuff, so I thought I'd start this as I didn't want to read that.

ukcarper

PasturesNew wrote: »

With local knowledge, it would probably turn out to be unfinished/abandoned, illegal ... with feral gangs running around in the hillsides and the main road stops 2 miles away

Sounds nice. If it were "legit" I'd buy it and just sit there for 2 years staring at the water... I love water.

A bit over priced but as you like water.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27371494.html

PasturesNew

ukcarper wrote: »

A bit over priced but as you like water.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27371494.html

They take a lot of maintenance.... and I'd be scared to live in one for 1001 reasons... I'm a real scaredy cat about anything really. So chuck in the usual "scared of" list, which includes: piped water, anything electrical, knowing cables are hidden and might be starting fires, worrying every time I think I can smell strange burning... I'd also have to add in: extreme fear of fire due to wooden construction, sinking potential and ne'er do wells hanging about on tow paths/moorings.

treliac

PasturesNew wrote: »

After the big row in one of the threads about a £35k house being affordable - and the ensuing argument/discussion over whether it's a "nice" house at all .... if you're a tad bored why not try to find the nicest house you can for £45k.

Rules:

• No flats
• No mobile homes/boats/similar
• No auction properties
• Nothing that is a renovation property
• No shared ownership
• No holiday homes/chalets
• No short leases
• No unmortgageable 'non standard construction' dwellings

So - where is the nicest house for £45k?
A proper house that looks like you could just move into it - and get a regular mortgage without any problem.

I've picked £45k as a house that could reasonably be bought at 3x single salary for somebody earning £15k....

What about a shed? That's all you'd get round here!