Need cheap home.

omits

We are splitting up and will not have much cash between us to setup two homes. Anyone know what parts of the country offers homes in region of £110K region. As we are in or 60s will will be living alone but used to reasonable residential area and would require freehold as do not believe in being ripped off by leaseholders. Prepared to live anywhere in the UK. Many thanks.

PasturesNew

Where are you now? There's plenty all over the country at that price. At the coast, in towns....

I bet most places will have some at £110k that are nice enough in nice areas.

ruggedtoast

Why not just stay together and buy a larger home where you can rattle around?

PasturesNew

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Why not just stay together and buy a larger home where you can rattle around?

Or can split into two flats or two bungalows.

Maybe they hate each other

omits

When we clash there is more damage than two trains colliding. So separate properties is definite. I was hoping someone in another area than the south (too expensive £170K +). I may have to end up giving more to get one property in the south and compromising myself in the north or Scotland (or maybe south Ireland?). Just touting for ideas from others more experienced that's all. Thanks.

PasturesNew

Nice little place at the seaside, with a bit spare
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/32390645

Searching Zoopla gives you an idea of where they might be:
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/map/houses/england/?include_retirement_homes=true&include_shared_ownership=true&new_homes=include&price_max=110000&price_min=90000&q=england&radius=0&results_sort=lowest_price&search_source=refine&pn=1&view_type=map

mayonnaise

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nice little place at the seaside, with a bit spare
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/32390645

Searching Zoopla gives you an idea of where they might be:
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/map/houses/england/?include_retirement_homes=true&include_shared_ownership=true&new_homes=include&price_max=110000&price_min=90000&q=england&radius=0&results_sort=lowest_price&search_source=refine&pn=1&view_type=map

It always surprises me how cheap property is outside London and the SE....it surely puts all this talk about booms and bubbles in perspective.

PasturesNew

mayonnaise wrote: »

It always surprises me how cheap property is outside London and the SE....it surely puts all this talk about booms and bubbles in perspective.

It's usually because those places don't have many jobs. Lack of people in well paid employment = no money to pay more than what's being asked.

But, not all cheap places are bad places.... if you're buying the cheapest house in town though you do need to find out if it's because it's a bad area, or just because there's no jobs.

jacko74

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's usually because those places don't have many jobs. Lack of people in well paid employment = no money to pay more than what's being asked.

But, not all cheap places are bad places.... if you're buying the cheapest house in town though you do need to find out if it's because it's a bad area, or just because there's no jobs.

Cheap areas and slow markets aren't necessarily down to a lack of employment, well paid or otherwise.

I live in a nice village on the edge of stunning Peak District countryside yet within a 30 minute commute of Manchester, Sheffield, Stockport not to mention all the smaller towns in between.

Yet the market in my area is dire and has seen virtually zero recovery since 2006.

SailorSam

I've seen lots of posters on here talking about where they live in little villages where prices are often well within most peoples means, the only drawback is a lack of public transport and nearby shops. So if you drive they can be a pleasant place to live at a bargain price.

daveyjp

You don't have to travel far out of a lot of main city centres outside of the south east to find reasonably priced property with facilities on the doorstep and excellent public transport.