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what can you buy for £300k in your area?

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hansapes · 27/07/2026 18:26

In terms of housing. I live in the pretty part of a big Scottish city and you can get a 80 square meter 2 bed flat for that here.

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FFSItsTooHot · 01/08/2026 17:16

A one bedroom flat,or at a push a 2 bedroom maisonette. I live in West London.

KeptWomanSummer · 01/08/2026 16:54

2 bed 1 bath flat is about as good as it gets from a quick zoopla search.

what can you buy for £300k in your area?
SwirlingAroundSleep · 01/08/2026 16:52

My specific postcode a 90s style small 3 bed detached with big garden. Wider area (3 miles or so) you can get a 3 bed detached newbuild, 4 bed detached older property (10+ years up to Victorian). You get a lot of bang for you buck in the midlands.

NoWordForFluffy · 01/08/2026 16:52

Anything between a 10 bed HMO, to a 2 bed apartment, or 3-4 bed house.

Gingercatlover · 01/08/2026 16:52

3 bed semi

ScoobyTuesday · 01/08/2026 16:49

Not enough for a one bed flat, but there is a two bed flat in dodgiest part, with no photos of the inside.

ExplodingSmittens · 01/08/2026 07:38

Pretty decent 3 bed semi with a garage and off road parking if you’re willing to do a bit of work.

CrushingOnRubies · 30/07/2026 14:16

Should add that’s in South West England

CrushingOnRubies · 30/07/2026 14:09

4/3 bed house mid terrace in a quaint village with amenities close by.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 30/07/2026 13:32

Rocknrollstar · 28/07/2026 21:45

Probably a garage. I live in north London.

You could get a one bedroom flat or studio. As I said before prices have dropped and many landlords are selling flats so ideal time for FTB. Although still expensive.

RobinEllacotStrike · 29/07/2026 10:53

thats about what my house is worth.

3 bed end of block townhouse, garden, built 1980, nice to live in, Kent, 15 minute walk to both an amazing beach, & train station to London.

Apricotdog · 29/07/2026 10:48

2 bed apartment in Surrey

ErrolTheDragon · 29/07/2026 09:08

Modern 4 bed detached in ok areas, 3 bed detached in nice area in desirable school catchment etc, decent looking older properties. North West.

Lots of new builds around.

BigMartin · 29/07/2026 09:04

In and around Aberdeen you could get between a 3-5 bed detached in decent areas.

frecklejuice · 29/07/2026 08:43

I’m in the South East (Bromley) and could get a decent sized 2 bedroom flat, there are more but the areas aren’t that great. Could definitely find something though.

ilikeeggs · 29/07/2026 08:37

A decent 3 bed semi in my part of the East Mids

GreenFootstool · 29/07/2026 08:26

3 bed terrace with a garden and garage. Cornwall.

likelysuspect · 29/07/2026 08:20

Clearingaspace · 29/07/2026 07:40

its interesting as I would have though that, but if I look up Notting Hill, Chiswick or Kensington in rightmove for example, it does bring up flats for under 300

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Well of course it does, the idea you can buy 'nothing' but a garage is nonsense. People love to big this up

Clearingaspace · 29/07/2026 07:40

averythinline · 28/07/2026 21:21

Nothing.. west London

its interesting as I would have though that, but if I look up Notting Hill, Chiswick or Kensington in rightmove for example, it does bring up flats for under 300

SomersetCider · 28/07/2026 23:48

Three-bedroom 3 bath terraced cottage, but it’s bigger than you’d imagine a terraced cottage to be because it’s double fronted. No driveway though, if you had a driveway then the house would be a lot smaller for the same money. Relatively affordable rural town in Somerset.

MrsMontyD · 28/07/2026 23:10

A 2 bed detached bungalow or a 3/4 bed semi detached house, largish “sought after village” East Midlands.

petitpasta · 28/07/2026 22:51

Within 5 miles of where I live in the Midlands £300k could buy a 4 bed semi (although it backs on to the west coast main line so you need to like trains!), a 3 bed detached in need of work further out of town or a 2 bed flat in the centre of the city.

The cheapest house (that isn't shared ownership or a retirement flat) is a studio in a nice part of the city for £85k.

Rocknrollstar · 28/07/2026 21:45

Probably a garage. I live in north London.

Brightbluesomething · 28/07/2026 21:42

3 double bed townhouse with 2 bathrooms, cloakroom, kitchen diner and conservatory in my very lovely and pretty affluent village with good schools nearby. Oh and money to spare after stamp duty.
You could get a detached 3 bed as well but the 3rd bedroom is a single. Although the gardens are a bit bigger.
Up north, obviously.

Solaire18381 · 28/07/2026 21:31

A three bed semi, quite a nice one. Just north of the midlands.

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