Whats the best cheap place to live in UK - wales or north/north east etc

PokerPlayer111

Some of the prices of these houses in cheaper areas in uk are insane. Where i live in devon i'd pay maybe 120k for a rubbish terrace house in a crap street. I have no kids, no pets, im self employed work mostly online, thinking of just buying a cheap house for 40k-60k in a rubbish crap street somewhere else. I'm a first time buyer and ID BE MORTGAGE FREE! since i have the cash for this. Or i can get a 25 year mortgage and stay in devon stressed out over money for years hmmm does that sound good idea?

Problem is im worried about being punched in the face when i turn up in one of these cheaper areas... I can just imagine walking down the shops and that happening hmmm. Im considering:

Wales - anywhere south, closer to english boarder the better
North East - hartlepool, durham
North (i guess) - but probably not

Areas im not touching = bradford, liverpool.

london.cidade

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=United+Kingdom

I like that website. I use it to compare countries. I hope within the UK, they provide accurate results. You might want to give a try.

alchemist.1

Bradford and Liverpool will probably be too expensive for you with that sort of budget.

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PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

stay in devon stressed out over money for years hmmm does that sound good idea?

Hmmmm. Devon is quite nice.

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

Problem is im worried about being punched in the face when i turn up in one of these cheaper areas... I can just imagine walking down the shops and that happening hmmm.

Hmmmm. That doesn't sound quite as nice.

dgtazzman

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

Wales - anywhere south, closer to english boarder the better

Then you'd better stop looking in Wales, you're not going to get much for that 40-60k budget near the English border. You'd need to look at the less affluent areas and remote villages of West and North Wales to buy something half-decent outright for that...

Cakeguts

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57601489.html This is what you get in a nice area in the North. Transport links to Manchester and Leeds. Canal with canal boats on it.

PokerPlayer111

alchemist.1 wrote: »

Bradford and Liverpool will probably be too expensive for you with that sort of budget.

Yeah i meant burnley i think, still i have seen places in all 3 of those areas under budget.

PokerPlayer111

Cakeguts wrote: »

This is what you get in a nice area in the North. Transport links to Manchester and Leeds. Canal with canal boats on it.

Yeah not bad at all, not super cheap but still cheap. Im guessing you know something aboutt that area

Mardle

How about this one http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59244904.html

Compare it to this one in the next street.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57320221.html

PokerPlayer111

Mardle wrote: »

How about this one

Compare it to this one in the next street.

Thats a good spot, and also you have a martial arts place few doors down on street view to defend against physical attacks from local nightmares.

chrissie57

Because it so much safer and more civilized darn sarf http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/24/teenage-cyclist-hacked-to-death-by-gang-with-machetes-6593755/?ito=facebook:cool: