UKs cheapest houses

gwernybwch

Nice1 wrote: »

Ive been using the search criteria of 40 miles distance from Caldicot.

There are places in villages about 20 miles from Newport etc that are up for auction guide priced at 15k

They need complete renovation but I am a skilled builder so thats no problem for me and my friends.

If you were going to buy somewhere cheap in South Wales, it is going to be more often than not somewhere in the Valleys.

If I was going to buy somewhere in the Valleys, I would be looking for somewhere with either a good rail link to Cardiff (usually the RCT valleys) or a location where you can relatively easily get on the M4 (the lower valleys all across South Wales).

Maybe somewhere like Abertillery or Maesteg would be a good start for your searches?

PS: Loving the stereotypical comments about burning down the houses of 'incomers' and speaking Welsh when English are present!

notts_phil

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

It probably depends how far off the beaten track you go! Or maybe we were just unlucky. Definitely true on the trains though. I can't believe there are many people whose ONLY language is Welsh these days.

Very common in west wales especially around cardigan.

Welsh_Totster

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

It probably depends how far off the beaten track you go! Or maybe we were just unlucky. Definitely true on the trains though. I can't believe there are many people whose ONLY language is Welsh these days.

there are a few farmers down Carmarthen way and people from deepest darkest mid and north Wales that are Welsh only speakers, even these days! only something like 22% of Welsh people in Wales can actually speak Welsh so its not as widespread as a lot of people think. Generally though, Welsh folk are friendly and very welcoming. Youll always get a few odd bods though :rotfl:

sham63

Links to the two main South Wales auction houses (if you haven't already got them)

http://www.paulfoshauctions.co.uk/auctions.php

http://www.seelandco.com/


Both have the results of previous auctions so you can see what the 'sold' prices were.

C_Mababejive

vuvuzela wrote: »

Very much the same case for Burnley. The houses there are cheap for a good reason in that no-one wants to live there.

Huge tracts of Burnley are like Bengal...it is one of the ugliest places on the planet on a wet day.

worried_jim

I think it's a great idea OP. When I retire I plan to sell up here in Brighton and do the same thing, I am looking at County Durham and a place abroad in the Sun.

I love South Wales, it is one of the friendliest places I have ever worked (Cwmbran and Llantrisant), however the only time I have ever been a victim of racism was in Wales (Builth Wells).

C_Mababejive

PasturesNew wrote: »

There was a Burnley house on Homes under the Hammer today. Bought for £19k, when it came to the agents valuing it after the work had been done .... they both looked uncomfortable.... and one said "the market is for investors only, no owner occupier would want to buy here".

Theres a future for him in the Diplomatic Corps..!

sham63

I moved to Wales 9 years ago - the 'speaking welsh' thing has only happened once in that time, in a pub in Carmarthenshire. Just thought it was funny, didn't take offence.

Other than that, Wales is very freindly and I love living here. Every time I go back to the south east I'm glad I don't live there anymore.

chris_m

notts_phil wrote: »

I disagree really. I have seen it in action lol

Me too, in Snowdonia. Walking from the campsite to the pub each evening there was a group of people chatting over a garden gate. First evening, they switched to Welsh as we approached then back to English after we'd passed. Second evening, the same. Third evening they didn't bother to switch and on the fourth evening they greeted us with a cheery "Good evening". They must have got used to us.

Likewise a small pub near Llangollen - definitely English being spoken as we opened the door, but by the time we got through it the langauge had changed to Welsh - in mid-sentence it seemed. After we'd been sat quietly in a corner with our beer for half an hour or so, the language gradually drifted back into English.

The more harmless of their quaint customs methinks, at least they didn't get the matches out :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

C_Mababejive

chris_m wrote: »

Me too, in Snowdonia. Walking from the campsite to the pub each evening there was a group of people chatting over a garden gate. First evening, they switched to Welsh as we approached then back to English after we'd passed. Second evening, the same. Third evening they didn't bother to switch and on the fourth evening they greeted us with a cheery "Good evening". They must have got used to us.

Likewise a small pub near Llangollen - definitely English being spoken as we opened the door, but by the time we got through it the langauge had changed to Welsh - in mid-sentence it seemed. After we'd been sat quietly in a corner with our beer for half an hour or so, the language gradually drifted back into English.

The more harmless of their quaint customs methinks, at least they didn't get the matches out :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Did you hear the rasp of a Swan Vestas being fired on the striking strip..?