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

sugar-walsh

Lancaster is a good bet. 3 miles to the seaside, 30 minutes to lake district, North Yorkshire half an hour away. M6, train links good. Manchester less than an hour, as is Liverpool, Preston, Bradford. Even Scotland or Wales are only an hour or so away. 2.30 on the train to London.

Plus, to be honest, a mortgage for 40k ish at 1.29 % (I think I saw that advertised) is buttons.

Mx

Cakeguts

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

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

I do. I don't live there but I picked a local area that is nice and you aren't likely to get mugged on the way to the station.

GDB2222

If you go to the centre of Wales, somewhere like Llandrindod Wells, you can easily get a flat within your price range. It's reasonably low crime. Nothing much happens there.

trailingspouse

PokerPlayer111 wrote: »

North (i guess) - but probably not

That's a bit sweeping isn't it?

On second thoughts, no, don't come and live in the north.

Have you even visited 'The North'?

You want to buy a house for £60,000, and you want to live somewhere 'nice' - good luck.

Why don't you just get a 25 year mortgage and buy a decent house in a decent area.

ChasingtheWelshdream

GDB2222 wrote: »

If you go to the centre of Wales, somewhere like Llandrindod Wells, you can easily get a flat within your price range. It's reasonably low crime. Nothing much happens there.

Hello, we have just moved to Llandrindod from Essex, and have traded our modest 70s box with 20 years mortgage attached, for a huge 5 bed period place, mortgage free and money in the bank.

It is quiet (we like quiet), but be prepared to travel fair distances for amenities you may take for granted now.

We love it, but it was still a culture shock when we wanted a dishwasher and asked where the nearest retail park was (an hours drive is the answer).

Planet_Switzerland

If you have £60k in cash and you can buy somewhere near where you live for £120k, that's just £60k you would need to borrow.


You could get a 2% mortgage given the size of your deposit, so that would work out around £250 a month on a 25 year mortgage. I would assume you pay more than that on rent at the moment.

HaleyP

I've lived in Teesside my whole life and work in Hartlepool and there's some beautiful areas around here- and cheap! I've just had an offer accepted for £130,000 on a lovely 4 bed property in a semi-rural area and that's at the top end budget for this area. Thoroughly recommended :j

Davesnave

paulandjanine wrote: »

Hello, we have just moved to Llandrindod from Essex.....

It is quiet (we like quiet), but be prepared to travel fair distances for amenities you may take for granted now.

We love it, but it was still a culture shock when we wanted a dishwasher and asked where the nearest retail park was (an hours drive is the answer).

That's not unlike the centre of Devon, although I could reach a small retail park in around 40 minutes, tractors permitting.

An estate agent put us off buying in your area, claiming that the winters there were long and harsh. She knew we had a small business growing and selling plants.

So we moved here in mid-2009 and lost half our stock in the following extremely severe winter! :rotfl:

Livelongandprosper

Buying in a remote spot you need to check BB speed

We are mortgage free having moved from London to NI 12 years ago. Best thing we ever done. Houses here where I live can be got for 45k although a brand new build with mains gas and sewers and fibre bb will be £120k

Davesnave

Livelongandprosper wrote: »

We are mortgage free having moved from London to NI 12 years ago. Best thing we ever done.

Had you done it two years later, you might be saying something slightly different!