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So where can you buy a 4 bed detached for less than £450k?

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ArtistInResidence · 05/04/2021 22:52

Inspired by the previous thread.

Where in the UK can you buy a 4 bed, 2 receptions detached house with a garage & garden?

We were all set to put our house on the market last summer to upsize... and then we didn't.

Now there's a huge influx of people from the SE moving here, which has pushed up prices. In a way this is good because our house is worth more but we want to upsize so we would have to take on a larger mortgage than originally planned.

Are there any areas left in the UK where a 4 bed detached is £450k or less?

OP posts:

coronafiona · 05/04/2021 23:14

Staffordshire. It's beautiful, but no one knows about it. Don't tell anyone. About 1.5hrs into Euston, if that is relevant.

Mammyloveswine · 05/04/2021 23:14

Front Street, Witton Gilbert, Durham
www.rightmove.co.uk/property/61988946

Diamondella · 05/04/2021 23:14

Yorkshire
Midlands
Cheshire
Shropshire
Merseyside
Absolutely loads of place

Hadenoughofbloodycovid · 05/04/2021 23:17

@BashfulClam

Scotland

Scotland’s a big place! Doubt you will get all of what op requires in Edinburgh for that price.

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ArtistInResidence · 05/04/2021 23:17

MichelleScarn WiFi in Scotland? Surely not .

Tbh I was canvassing for ideas.

We live in the Cotswolds now and our family home is worth more than £450k. It was the other thread that got me thinking.

My job is portable, I can get a job. There will be the hassle of interviews, yes, but it would probably do me some good.
That said, I love Wales but I probably

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slashlover · 05/04/2021 23:17

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/96246200#/

4 bedroom barn conversion, Ayrshire £360k. I would happily live there.

Mammyloveswine · 05/04/2021 23:17

Graythwaite, Chester Le Street, DH2
www.rightmove.co.uk/property/102620780

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ArtistInResidence · 05/04/2021 23:17

Aargh posted too soon...

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Africa2go · 05/04/2021 23:18

What a silly question!

Pretty much everywhere apart from expensive pockets (central London obviously but there are expensive pockets everywhere).

Kitkatbar2018 · 05/04/2021 23:18

Oh my gosh check out this property in Cornwall - www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/78694665?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard

Antiqueanniesmagiclanternshow · 05/04/2021 23:18

I live just outside manchester and you'd struggle to get it here. House prices are bonkers and going up all the time.

Mammyloveswine · 05/04/2021 23:19

Meadow View, Bebside
www.rightmove.co.uk/property/89215408

Disneyblue · 05/04/2021 23:19

Yorkshire. Ours is exactly as you describe and has been valued at 300k.

folloyourarro · 05/04/2021 23:20

East Mids, we just bought a new build 1600sq ft detached 4 bed house, 2 reception rooms plus study, double garage, driveway for 4 cars, £365,000. You can get something bigger and higher spec going up to £450k, or something similar in one of the more picturesque/naice neighbouring villages and towns (our town is particularly cheap!)

Mammyloveswine · 05/04/2021 23:21

High Horse Close, Rowlands Gill, NE39
www.rightmove.co.uk/property/65887830

arethereanyleftatall · 05/04/2021 23:21

Not a chance where I live, 1 hour north west of central London. I'm interested that many on this thread think it's only London where you can't.

DumpedByText · 05/04/2021 23:22

Flintshire in North Wales, you'd get an amazing house with that money.

orangecinnamon · 05/04/2021 23:22

Parts of South Hampshire, parts of West Sussex coast. Herefordshire, Leicestershire , parts of South Wales. That is only where I know people have bought recently.
There are lots of places . Someone once linked to a website where you put in where you want to be commutable from and it comes up with suitable properties.

The problem is that people will deem certain areas unsuitable for whatever reason. Schools, proximity of social housing , commuting distance whatever. Once you add in whatever you won't compromise on then finding housing naturally becomes an issue.

weenawoo · 05/04/2021 23:23

Lincoln, plenty of 4 beds for much less than that in lovely villages that are under 20 minutes from town

WithASpider · 05/04/2021 23:23

Midlands. Specifically Halesowen. I had a look a couple of days ago and saw a few that need some upgrading for £350k.

Jaxhog · 05/04/2021 23:24

@MichelleScarn

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/74239549?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard

This is near me

Wow! I love it. Back to my Scottish roots, perhaps?

CrazySheepLady · 05/04/2021 23:24

You can do better for less money in the north east. Wynyard is considered pretty exclusive.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77277865#/

Lettitbee · 05/04/2021 23:24