To live in a 4 bed mortgage free for £250k

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Where can I find a really good 4 bed for £250k?

Not joking - that's where we are at post divorce. The world is my oyster but ideally I need a great primary, secondary, and a flexible school hours (9-3) job (DC have medical stuff going on so can't manage wraparound childcare). Anywhere?

I managed to get a large 4 bed on the south coast (east of brighton) for not much more than 250k!

I saw a 4 bed in Newhaven come up recently for 220k,

So those houses are there... if you hunt! Both Eastbourne and Brighton hospitals have been great with my not medically uncomplicated kids. Although train to London for Whitechapel hospital can be a bit of a chore.

Isle of Wight ? I've done a search up to 260 as you can always batter them down 10k

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Man, there's some bastard ugly houses being flogged on this thread! OP deserves something a bit nicer imo. Here, OP, how about a period property in Dorset, 4 beds, a pretty garden and sea views . Nearest decent hospital at Southampton, I should think. Might buy it myself if you don't fancy it.

Portland is a fair trek from Soton, I live there :-) Bournemouth is nearer but good luck in the traffic... Nice house though x

Think a PP has already said but North Staffs or just over the border into some of the cheaper bits of Cheshire. Really accessible for lots of cities while being quite rural feeling in small towns with good schools.

If you really can go anywhere in the UK I'd look at Dundee as well - lovely small, friendly city and Ninewells Hospital.

Taunton Somerset. Good schools and currently v cheap housing. You can get a 4 bed for that price. Also good hospital and Bristol nearby.

You can almost buy a whole street in the NE for that.

Seriously, in some of the smaller town and villages outside of Sunderland and Durham you can easily get a 4 or 5 bed modern house for that price.

Manchester. Plenty of places, some lovely where you could get a 4 bed for around 250k

We've just sold our 3bed for £250K, its in a lovely village between Basingstoke and Andover, an hour from London on the train, 'outstanding' primary feeding into 'outstanding' secondary - it's an ex council terrace on a large estate without a drive and needs some decorative work, I'm sure you could get 4 bed in Basingstoke or Andover if you were happy to get an ex-council place. North Hants Hospital in Basingstoke is good and Southampton is excellent.

OP do you not have any family or friends -other than ex - that you might want to move closer to? I'm in Newcastle, DS in Nottingham, DD in Leicester, DB in Oxford and until earlier this year DF in Shrewsbury Shropshire which I agree is lovely x

op why do you need 4 bedrooms? does it have to be 4?

You can rule out most of Cornwall, sadly.

The IoW is a lovely place to live but I wouldn’t want to be here if my children had complicated medical needs. St Mary’s are great at stitching people back together but anything more complicated goes to the mainland. Plus the schools are quite up and down.

Love that Dorset house

Macclesfield may be an option as I don't think there are any bad schools there and you can get a decent sized house for your money. The problem with a lot of the areas stated in the north are that you may need to access grammar schools (which costs a lot in tutoring) or pay. There is a decent but small hospital.

South of Scotland. Great houses, low unemployment, good standard of living, free prescriptions, great schools (no SATS), low council tax, I could go on. We live near Kelso, it's beautiful x

Portland is mega windy and it is difficult to drive anywhere in the summer season. I believe Shropshire and Lancashire are reasonably priced.

Shropshire is really lovely, my in laws moved from Cornwall to just outside Shrewsbury and beautiful it is too, and no bloody tourists :-)

Glasgow for sure. Possibly you'd struggle in Edinburgh.

Leeds is a great city, fantastic restaurants, nightlife, countryside, has lots of well-paid jobs and excellent hospitals, you can (just) get a 4 bed detached for £250k:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71900554.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-72879443.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-62048694.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-75814181.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-72879443.html

There are also some lovely character properties for that price in Leeds:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-78268475.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-79762379.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71994880.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80154965.html

Wales, Scotland, some English places up North.

I just bough a 4 bed detached for £239k in north yorks, lovely area too

Much as I love Manchester you have to be more in greater Manchester or on the outskirts to get a 4 bed for £250. Warrington way has good value houses for less. How about Culcheth? My friends live there and its very commutable to Manchester. See also Wigan. I love the places near Haigh hall. How about Chorley? Im Manchester try monton.

I do think the Midlands are a good idea, acces to Birmingham hospitals and not too far to get the dc and dh together.plus easier to travel for sales jobs.

Agree you dont tell STBX get your ducks in a row and go.

Haven't RFT but a colleague is moving to Norwich and showed me some amazing houses for £250k. Think there are good jobs around there too.