Thoughts on areas of the UK that have cheap £150k detached housing?

Heres_the_deal

I’ve been looking ‘online’ at £140-160k (sometimes a lot less) detached houses around Durham, Carlisle and parts of Wales and Scotland. Does anyone on here live in such an area, and can let me know what I should expect, or suggest any other areas in the UK with similar house prices.

Work and commute travel are not a priority, the more rural the better. 

RelievedSheff

We live in Worksop and you can (just about) still buy a 3 bed detached house for £160k in some parts of the town.

A few examples below:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86987515#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/81607012#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85055143#/

Prices have shot up recently though as in other parts of the country so it is getting more difficult to find detached properties in that price range.

I wouldn't call Worksop rural as such but it is surrounded by some beautiful countryside and it benefits from great transport links with the A57, A1, M1 and M18 all a short distance away.

lincroft1710

Jaywick in Essex has some exceptionally cheap detached bungalows, but you probably wouldn't really want to live there!

lincroft1710

RelievedSheff said:

We live in Worksop and you can (just about) still buy a 3 bed detached house for £160k in some parts of the town.

A few examples below:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86987515#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/81607012#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85055143#/

Those bedrooms in the Trueman Court house are very narrow!

davidmcn

Heres_the_deal said:

I’ve been looking ‘online’ at £140-160k (sometimes a lot less) detached houses around Durham, Carlisle and parts of Wales and Scotland. Does anyone on here live in such an area, and can let me know what I should expect, or suggest any other areas in the UK with similar house prices.

Work and commute travel are not a priority, the more rural the better. 

Any other criteria? You can get something like that in most of Scotland and Wales.

sleepymans

You might find a doer upper in Lancashire in that price range

Notnewnotold

lincroft1710 said:

Jaywick in Essex has some exceptionally cheap detached bungalows, but you probably wouldn't really want to live there!

Oi - my gran had a detached bungalow in Jaywick, and we had many happy holidays down there when I were a lad! Mind you that was 40+ years ago...

RelievedSheff

lincroft1710 said:

RelievedSheff said:

We live in Worksop and you can (just about) still buy a 3 bed detached house for £160k in some parts of the town.

A few examples below:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86987515#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/81607012#/
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85055143#/

Those bedrooms in the Trueman Court house are very narrow!

They are. None of the above houses are very big though. They are all at the smaller and cheaper end of the market for detached properties in the area.

fiwen30

You’d get something for that price in NI - County Down, or the outskirts of Belfast - if you’re that way inclined.

ProDave

Have a look on hspc.co.uk, quite a few in the Highlands in quite nice locations.

[Deleted User]

When a house is cheap its normally cheap for a reason - either in a undesirable area or in need of renovation. 

Why does it have to be detached? If budget is an issue (which it seems like it is) then maybe going for a semi or terraced would allow you to buy in a better location.