Where to buy house for under 300K?

ReadySteadyPop

MysteryMe said:

A monthly Grantham to London zone 1-6 season ticket is just under £900 a month

This is a handy tool to calculate potential travel costs

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tickets-railcards-and-offers/ticket-types/season-ticket-calculator/

Terrifying, no wonder people want to WFH, I hear younger people are deserting London in droves, no wonder, what a horrific life standing on a train 4 hours a day to get into work for an 8 or 9 hour day just to pay a big mortgage and paying 900 pm for the privilege!

lincroft1710

ReadySteadyPop said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Mnoee said:

ThisIsWeird said:

I must be missing something, but for quality of life, why not Cambridge? Seemingly possible to buy even a semi for £300k - cycle to station, just over an hour to London. 

I think you're missing that they're shared ownership at that price. You can get 35-50% of a semi... 

Ah, I thought it was £350k when I searched https://www.onthemarket.com/details/16128233/
But there's a few terraced and flats for less. Not very desirable examples, admittedly, but, a lovely place to live.

Dreadful looking house, probably you can hear every sound from neighbours, heartbreaking that people would contemplate that price for such poor quality of life, I suspect it won`t sell for that though, or if it did the buyer would be looking at a sizeable loss in future.

Not the most attractive house, but hardly "dreadful" (I've seen a lot worse in my time). Being Cambridge, that price does not surprise me.

snooksnj1

gwynlas said:

There are quite a few properties in Hants that fit your criteria

Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Gratley,  But it goes into Waterloo. 
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/151891829#/?channel=RES_BUY
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147427265#/?channel=RES_BUY

mark_cycling00

I know this isn't necessarily helpful but £200k gets you....

A grade 2 listed
2 bed house
Build by isambard kingdom Brunel
Sandstone terrace with front garden 
Centre of town, nice historic area 
just 45mins from paddington, trains every 10mins

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/153109784#/?channel=RES_BUY

It's Swindon!!

I only found out about the "railway village" today. It's really very pretty. 

mabbit

ReadySteadyPop said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Mnoee said:

ThisIsWeird said:

I must be missing something, but for quality of life, why not Cambridge? Seemingly possible to buy even a semi for £300k - cycle to station, just over an hour to London. 

I think you're missing that they're shared ownership at that price. You can get 35-50% of a semi... 

Ah, I thought it was £350k when I searched https://www.onthemarket.com/details/16128233/
But there's a few terraced and flats for less. Not very desirable examples, admittedly, but, a lovely place to live.

Dreadful looking house, probably you can hear every sound from neighbours, heartbreaking that people would contemplate that price for such poor quality of life, I suspect it won`t sell for that though, or if it did the buyer would be looking at a sizeable loss in future.

The conservatory is shocking - the boundary side window faces into next door's conservatory with a gap of about 20cm...they have fitted frosted glass windows but its a ridiculous setup.

Murphybear

mark_cycling00 said:

I know this isn't necessarily helpful but £200k gets you....

A grade 2 listed
2 bed house
Build by isambard kingdom Brunel
Sandstone terrace with front garden 
Centre of town, nice historic area 
just 45mins from paddington, trains every 10mins

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/153109784#/?channel=RES_BUY

It's Swindon!!

I only found out about the "railway village" today. It's really very pretty. 

The house is lovely and the rooms a reasonable size.  But you know what they say,   “location, location, location”.  

MysteryMe

lincroft1710 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Mnoee said:

ThisIsWeird said:

I must be missing something, but for quality of life, why not Cambridge? Seemingly possible to buy even a semi for £300k - cycle to station, just over an hour to London. 

I think you're missing that they're shared ownership at that price. You can get 35-50% of a semi... 

Ah, I thought it was £350k when I searched https://www.onthemarket.com/details/16128233/
But there's a few terraced and flats for less. Not very desirable examples, admittedly, but, a lovely place to live.

Dreadful looking house, probably you can hear every sound from neighbours, heartbreaking that people would contemplate that price for such poor quality of life, I suspect it won`t sell for that though, or if it did the buyer would be looking at a sizeable loss in future.

Not the most attractive house, but hardly "dreadful" (I've seen a lot worse in my time). Being Cambridge, that price does not surprise me.

Yep Cambridge is not the cheapest place to buy. It's not a show home but certainly not dreadful. 

It's also close to two hospitals so has that going for it as well. 

Albermarle

ReadySteadyPop said:

MysteryMe said:

A monthly Grantham to London zone 1-6 season ticket is just under £900 a month

This is a handy tool to calculate potential travel costs

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tickets-railcards-and-offers/ticket-types/season-ticket-calculator/

Terrifying, no wonder people want to WFH, I hear younger people are deserting London in droves, no wonder, what a horrific life standing on a train 4 hours a day to get into work for an 8 or 9 hour day just to pay a big mortgage and paying 900 pm for the privilege!

Many people only commute to the office two or three times a week nowadays. For sure you do not have to stand on a train on Fridays as they are semi empty.
For younger people this is better than WFH all the time, which can get boring.

Skiddaw1

Murphybear said:

mark_cycling00 said:

I know this isn't necessarily helpful but £200k gets you....

A grade 2 listed
2 bed house
Build by isambard kingdom Brunel
Sandstone terrace with front garden 
Centre of town, nice historic area 
just 45mins from paddington, trains every 10mins

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/153109784#/?channel=RES_BUY

It's Swindon!!

I only found out about the "railway village" today. It's really very pretty. 

The house is lovely and the rooms a reasonable size.  But you know what they say,   “location, location, location”.  

Oh I don't know. Swindon ain't bad. There are plenty worse places. Fab countryside just on your doorstep. I wouldn't rule it out if I was the OP.

ThisIsWeird

mark_cycling00 said:

I know this isn't necessarily helpful but £200k gets you....

A grade 2 listed
2 bed house
Build by isambard kingdom Brunel
Sandstone terrace with front garden 
Centre of town, nice historic area 
just 45mins from paddington, trains every 10mins

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/153109784#/?channel=RES_BUY

It's Swindon!!

I only found out about the "railway village" today. It's really very pretty. 

Two reception rooms. Two LARGE bedrooms. Cute - when done up sympathetically.
Within quick - day-trip - reach of the most stunning areas of the country, like Wales and the SW.
Yup, silly.

(Rushes off to buy...)