Help me find an affordable place to buy a house

homeless9

knightstyle wrote: »

OP you need to come back with more info. on your requirements, town, city, country, sea, hills, walking, cycling, what do you want from the area?
Plus how many bedrooms, near Main road trains, etc.
Lots of lovely 4 bed detached houses in quiet areas up here in Lincolnshire.

I am 30 and single..... I ideally need to be somewhere where I can meet other people in my age range, have beers.....

Basically I ideally need to be near a number of small or medium towns or a city, and not in a small town/village.

All these nearby would be ideal......Supermarkets, gyms, leisure centres, pubs/bars, cinemas, shopping centres......

Where I live currently is one large town surrounded by many smaller towns, so there is everything you need all around you.....

ProDave

When we reached 40, we had had enough of the over crowded over priced SE so wanted a complete change.

We ended up in the Highlands just north of Inverness.

Now for us we like the countryside and peace and quiet so I know that would not suit you.

But how about living in the city of Inverness? That should offer all you ask for at an affordable price. And if you dare to venture out into the scary countryside, there's plenty of fantastic countryside around here.

Bluebell1000

Lincoln? Maybe something like this (no connection to the sellers, I just cycle past it)?
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54856191.html#

You would be closer to the leisure centre and Asda / Lidl in North Hykeham, but we can't get fibre broadband yet! (Possibly through Virgin though?) Also North Hykeham would mean you'd be about 30 mins cycling from the centre of Lincoln.

Or, if you prefer smaller with character, something like this... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-56856777.html (I know someone who lives on this road, and says it's a great area). Close to Yarborough Leisure Centre, Tesco, pubs etc.

thecoffeehouse204

Ramsbottom in Lancashire, even got an article in the guardian about what a lovely place it is to live. 10 minutes from bury which has supermarkets, gyms, cinema, shopping but with lots of lovely countryside walks nearby too. Spoiled for choice for places to eat / drink too.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/20/lets-move-to-ramsbottom-greater-manchester

BlackBird75

homeless9 wrote: »

Self employed, working at home running an online retail business, as well as doing freelance graphic design work. So I can live anywhere as I work from home. As long as I have internet connection and a Post office nearby - I am good to go.

Then go for somewhere cheap like Middlesbrough.

datlex

BlackBird75 wrote: »

Self employed what?
Where can you realistically find work?

If you've got a fairly good trade / profession, that can work anywhere, I would just start with cheap areas (e.g. Middlesbrough, Redcar etc).

homeless9 wrote: »

Self employed, working at home running an online retail business, as well as doing freelance graphic design work. So I can live anywhere as I work from home. As long as I have internet connection and a Post office nearby - I am good to go.

What do you mean by near by post office? Middlesbrough has some nice areas. These are a 5 minute walk from a post office (is that close enough for you?)
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55667361.html
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-56791563.html

Gwendo40

thecoffeehouse204 wrote: »

Ramsbottom in Lancashire, even got an article in the guardian about what a lovely place it is to live. 10 minutes from bury which has supermarkets, gyms, cinema, shopping but with lots of lovely countryside walks nearby too. Spoiled for choice for places to eat / drink too.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/20/lets-move-to-ramsbottom-greater-manchester

Ah yes, another one of the series of articles in the Guardian aimed at ramping up prices in more affordable areas.

RedFraggle

York or Leeds.

DigForVictory

North, clearly.
Within easy commute of Manchester as from there you can get most everywhere else. (Says she who used the train to get to Thirsk - OK I had to overnight at Inverness but that wasn't that big a deal)
Bury & Ramsbottom have been mentioned, and the further north you go short of the Lakes, the prices aren't obscene.

In your self-employed state, come on a working tour of possible areas?

seven-day-weekend

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E19746&maxPrice=220000&minPrice=100000&propertyTypes=detached%2Csemi-detached&includeSSTC=false

Very popular estate in South Staffordshire, near Wolverhampton, 20 miles from Birmingham and close to pretty countryside. It has a village centre with the usual fqacilities and a pub, further pubs in Codsall and Wolverhampton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perton

Or Codsall itself, it is bigger than Perton, has plenty of shops and pubs and a railway station, with trains to Wolverhampton,Birmingham, Telford and Shrewsbury.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E6751&maxPrice=220000&minPrice=100000&propertyTypes=detached%2Csemi-detached&includeSSTC=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codsall