not2old

indeed it could be depressing at those prices, yet it could get better moving North or NE rather than the SE, even lower property prices in Bridlington

4 bedroom for £107,000, get rid of the junk, clean & paint....

4 bed terraced house for sale in Quay Road, Bridlington YO16 - 38387005 - Zoopla

wonderwoman

I feel your pain! I've been looking at Chichester and surrounding areas, I seem to have champagne tastes on a beer budget 😂

christmasoompa

You'd get a 3 bed semi for less than that where I live - we paid just over that for our 6 bed 4500sq ft farmhouse with a couple of acres. Granted, it was a few years ago but even so......prices haven't risen that much!

If you're in prime commuter areas such as Surrey, or more towards central London, then it can be very pricey, but if you want South East then look at cheaper counties such as Bedfordshire maybe?

Stinkypup

Where you are, that must have been a good few years ago and I would imagine that price has actually risen significantly higher than you suggest- prices as you know have continued to rise rapidly in the Home Counties as well as elsewhere in the commuter belt .I gather that you live within this area. No way could one buy a large 6 bed Georgian farmhouse with 2 acres within commuting distance London for say £500 or anywhere near that unless it was a shell and even then you would be lucky.

We lived in Norfolk, prices for these properties shot up, rectories, halls houses etc, fed by the London crowd living the weekend country life or even daily commuting, way more expensive and difficult than commuting from the Home Counties.

Novocastrian

I'd already guessed that from your username. I used to live on Kenton Road.

Kentonmag

Well I came from Newburn and Throckley but We called our dog Kenton...Go figure

Souvy

In my neck of the woods that sort of money would buy you something like this.

https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/S...Parc-Champlain

not2old

I believe Canadian property prices are totally stupid

Getting back to what Kentonmag was saying about house comparisons to certain area's of the UK to Canada - back in my home town in Mersyside I can get a decent (on the market today) 3 bedroom corner terraced house with two downstairs reception rooms, big kitchen & bigger than noprmal by comaprison bedrooms for £40,000 or less, thats what its is, no mistake in the 000's, just £40k

I've been looking at this & would definitely on a return to the UK buy one similar to then flip it on a 'Rent to Own' (lease to own) 3 year term. Nice income, no issues with the tenant.

Then again, I suppose £450k for a semi in the SE is what it is, similar to the GTA or Vancouver


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dbd33

I could live with it but how much sense does it make to have a bathtub in a bedroom with a hardwood floor?

Souvy

It was only an illustration. It's actually quite hard to spend that sort of money around here. I think the mls search I did for the 700-750 range threw up about five properties.

Go any higher and you'd be looking at mansions on the river.

Novocastrian

We called our ex-dog Geordie. Go figure too.

Novocastrian

Why do I get the impression that we might be near neighbours one day?

Siouxie

Yup.

Farmhouse commuting distance london - Trovit

christmasoompa

There's properties in that list for less than £500k, so not sure what that proves. And who said commuting distance to London? The person I was responding to simply said South East, no mention of needing to commute to London at all.

My point is simply that ScotinCanada could get a 3 bed semi for less than £450k in the South East, despite what they think.

Stinkypup

None of those properties are anywhere near the South East.