What does £200k buy you in Britain away from the cities?

stampede

Derbyshire - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31750038.html

4 bed, double garage.

Slightly above budget at £210k, but it does say offers in the region of.

*~Zephyr~*

I live in South Wales in a 4 bed detached bungalow with sea views. It cost me £190k in 2011. Not sure what it would be worth now.

flea72

You cant get a defined answer, as there are too many variants

Within a 3 mile radius of my house, £200k will buy you anything from a 2 bed flat, to a 5 bed house, so even in a small locality, there are huge differences in what your money gets. Open that up nationally and you would be pulling your hair out trying to narrow down the search

You dont have to move into the back of beyond to find decent affordable housing. Im under an hours commute from The City

76zedfour

Maybe I should have worded it as whats the most idyllic house you can find in Britain for £200k perhaps?
Those examples in Scotland look and the Midlands look value from my viewpoint

PasturesNew

76zedfour wrote: »

Maybe I should have worded it as whats the most idyllic house you can find in Britain for £200k perhaps?
Those examples in Scotland look and the Midlands look value from my viewpoint

What is idyllic though? Some look nice, but are in bad places, or remote places without access to goods/services/shops/jobs.

It's too airy fairy a question.

To find something that looks nice isn't too hard.... see where it is and suddenly there's a whole raft of other parts to the equation that add up to "idyllic".... and, for most people, thosehouses aren't sensible/suitable except as some faux dream on an Internet forum. Not to mention the fact that this "idyllic" house might be 300-400 miles away from anybody you know, or are related to .... and you've never been there.

You can't find ANY house within 5 miles of where I grew up in the £200k price band. None at all.... and it's not London.

Perelandra

wymondham wrote: »

inside London a phone box, outside London a swimming pool!

If you're Doctor Who, you get a phone box and a swimming pool at the same time.

Thrugelmir

Here's one.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44891215.html

purch

PasturesNew wrote: »

You can't find ANY house within 5 miles of where I grew up in the £200k price band. None at all.... and it's not London.

Yeah, but then again you did grow up on Wolf Rock lighthouse PN :eek:

lazer

http://www.propertynews.com/Property/Killough/ARFARF2127/12b-Fishermans-Row/287536518/Page6


In Northern Ireland

noodle_doodle

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44475229.html

6-bedroomed house by the sea for 155k, needs a bit of modernising but still, 25k a bedroom...