Cheapest areas for property in the UK

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This is just out of curiosity. Some areas I can probably guess. I know the cheaper bitss in London.

I was watching that auction property programme. I know it is years out of date but nearly choked when one house went for £40k! Yes it needed work but even so and yes I know it was a few years ago!

I feel so sad for all the unloved city centres and towns - a lot of boarded up shops etc and I know this doesn't just affect the north. we have our problems too in the south. I reckon there will be more boarded up[ shops before long.

I passed a pub on the way to work which was boarded up. I thought it had gone out of business now but then realised it cannot open at the moment and so for security reasons has been boarded up.

In my defence I am doing double shifts this weekend and am a bit slow!!!!

Derby is fairly affordable , or some areas of Wales

Durham and Blackpool are cheap. Go on Rightmove and filter under £20k

Yes I found that Durham was cheap.

about 10 miles away 16k.

There's a reason for that though.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-63017214.html

Durham but not under 40K!!!

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67639101.html

This isn't bad I guess but don't know the area.

Durham city itself is not that cheap.. Some of the outlying villages are but, though beautiful countryside the villages are run down, ex pit villages with generational unemployment.

Those shows never show what a pita getting all the work done is.

Hardest thing assuming you can persuade tradesmen to actually do the job, is co ordinating all the different trades so they don't undo each other's work

It only really works if you or OH or someone is an actual qualified trades person

Colne Lancashire. Beautiful countryside. Rubbish commuter connections though. But if you drive and or work from home not a problem.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-90589502.html

Some of these are in quite good nick I reckon. Just not my cup of tea. The tiny outside space is depressing and hated the fire place.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68766090.html

LL sold our old house for £80k. This is NE Wales. Granted it needed about £40k of work and isn't in a desirable area.

I would agree, the prices are low for a reason, particularly where I live. Low wages, poor job prospects and high unemployment are all very much present in my immediate local area. More so now the retail and service sectors have been obliterated.

My house was 90k three years ago in Leeds (3 bed through terrace). But it's not the greatest area.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-73233145.html

Maryport, Cumbria. Nicknamed Scaryport. 20 minutes from the Lake District.

It's a shame because it has potential to be a really lovely town. But it's massively run down.

Yeah (sigh) . I wouldn't want to live in the cheapest areas of London either - Barking and Dagenham - no thanks. Lived near these places once.

PippaPegg - well quite. i would not have a clue! I cannot even play Monopoly right! Just a fantasy of mine! Like living in all those places in the sum - Whatever the name of that programme is.

Grew up in Lincolnshire and it's good value for money albeit quiet.

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Grew up in Lincolnshire and it's good value for money albeit quiet.

Derby, went there once for work, although a long time ago. Only place, apart from Amsterdam, I have seen ‘ladies of negotiable affection’ to quote the late Sir Terry Pratchett standing outside their houses during the day!

Blaenau Gwent is one of the cheapest places. Depressing but nice views in lots of areas. You can get a decent house for about £70k, or one that needs significant work for about £50k I found this property on the Rightmove Android app and wanted you to see it: www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/90747458

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Northern Ireland? Don't think so!

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71820385.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64029864.html

Jaywick- North Essex coast. Actually has a lovely beach, white sand, but is built below sea level, some 'houses' are more like chalet style lean-toos, and many are many residents are very poor. It always comes up as one of the most impoverished areas, along with places farther north.

Some lovely villages nearby, and other coastal areas, but they are much more expensive.

E Lancs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Morecambe, Bolton, Salford, West Cumbrian Coast and Furness peninsula Coast. Parts of Liverpool and Birkenhead are very cheap. Any of those Homes Under the Hammer episodes where they buy in Cumbria outside the Lakes; some of them are very cheap but there's not a lot of jobs going. Little pockets of pricey housing thanks to Sellafield wages!

When I linked that house in Goldthorpe and said it wasn’t that bad, I was getting confused with Wath. Apologies. My only experience of Goldthorpe is the Asda and the massive Aldi. It is close to some lovely villages though (High Melton, Hickelton).