Where is the best value place to live in the country considering...

cepheus

Weather will never be dry on the West side of the UK or Ireland, and the lake district is the wettest of all. Northumberland seems a better bet for rain, since the hills shelter much it, cold with snow in winter though. Anglesey doesn't do to bad for Sun, certainly far better than most of Ireland






Personally I hate too much sun and heat.

cepheus

namecheck wrote: »

Sorry, I think this looks really grim and depressing!

We once had a disastrous holiday on Anglesey so I am probably a bit biased (apologies to anyone who lives there).

no this is grim and depressing what £135,000 buys you in Reading



http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/27162901

cepheus

Don't think I would buy that bungalow but just demonstrating the going rate. It seems there is a glut of bungalows there but houses are much better value.

This is much bigger than I need, but it is an awful lot of house and surroundings for the money

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29210353.html

character for the money

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33312230.html

also expensive to heat and a lot of work to maintain I guess?

Something more modern like this may be less pleasing to the eye, but a lot less work and cheaper to heat..

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36223847.html?premiumA=true

saverbuyer

GlynD wrote: »

Feast your eyes on this for £160,000 http://www.propertypal.com/19-old-forge-banbridge/215308

Yeah but the average salary in Banbridge is £14-18,000 a year. One way ticket to negative equity.

Bluebell1000

My Dad recently bought a lovely 3 bed detached in Lincoln for £150k, in perfect condition. Lincoln is a nice place to live, small ish and friendly Depends on what you're looking for but this is a similar area http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39746933.html

GlynD

saverbuyer wrote: »

Yeah but the average salary in Banbridge is £14-18,000 a year. One way ticket to negative equity.

Not when you're buying at rock bottom prices. Who says you need to work in Banbridge anyway? The A1(M) to Belfast runs right past it and you can be in the city in 20 minutes on a good day.

cepheus

If an employer is irrelevant surely it's best to find somewhere prices have been depressed due to high unemployment without crime rates escalating.

Perhaps it may be best to wait until the public sector has been squeezed still further since Northern employment is more heavily dependent on that sector.

North Wales is still going down, in fact one should subtract 2-3% from all these due to inflation, so Anglesey property is reducing around 6 to 7% per annum in real terms.

getmore4less

saverbuyer wrote: »

Yeah but the average salary in Banbridge is £14-18,000 a year. One way ticket to negative equity.

When you buy with cash you always have 100% equity.

saverbuyer

GlynD wrote: »

Not when you're buying at rock bottom prices. Who says you need to work in Banbridge anyway? The A1(M) to Belfast runs right past it and you can be in the city in 20 minutes on a good day.

Rock bottom? In N.I.? You obviously haven't been living here long.

Oh and the median wage in Belfast is £23K. Massive leap there.

saverbuyer

getmore4less wrote: »

When you buy with cash you always have 100% equity.

I'd prefer to "waste" my money on drugs and woman than burn it on Banbridge property.