to ask what £300k would buy where you live?

[callingtimethistime]

And do you like living there? If not, where would you rather be?

WIBU to consider moving there with my DC?

(This is part idle speculation, part deadly serious as going through separation and I've never liked the the town we currently live in. It doesn't have much to offer older DC, plus the secondaries aren't great here. Wondering where we might all have a better life... )

3 bed semi in shabbier end of town.

www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-vic-mordialloc-136952526
If you converted to dollars!

@judgejudyrocks

I never understand why people don't move to cheaper areas?

Our house is worth about £270. Its a 5 bed townhouse with stunning sea views (we are on right the seafront), we have all the local amenities you could wish for and we're just a 20 min hop on the train from Edinburgh. Excellent schools. I've lived in London previously and I'm well aware that we would only get a flat there for that amount of money, which seems ridiculous.

Whereabouts are you, if you don't mind me asking? I've always fancied Edinburgh but don't think we could afford it on £300k

3 results from the village I live in, and they're all park homes! A bit further out and you'd get a 2/3 bed flat. South coast.

very little

You get a lot for your money in the Borders...there's been a lot of investment into good quality new schools in most towns. Depending on where you are, you're about an hours drive from Edinburgh and/or Newcastle. Theres also the (newish) Borders Railway to Edinburgh. Lovely area, beautiful scenery!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110568824#/?channel=RES_BUY

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80909076#/?channel=RES_NEW

Nothing. Cheapest is double that

Tiny terraced 2 bed house which is really more of a massionette, or some ok size flats which seems and now known as apartments, but no outside space. For a 3 bed family house really you need £400K + depressing, you prob need £600 k for a 4 bed 😭 I can't believe how a normal family home is so out of reach.

Bugger all! London suburb

A 4 bed detached on an early 90s quiet estate that needs a little work to modernise it. It's what we're in the process of buying at the moment.
It'd be £325-£350k if all up to date.

[quote Vispa]You get a lot for your money in the Borders...there's been a lot of investment into good quality new schools in most towns. Depending on where you are, you're about an hours drive from Edinburgh and/or Newcastle. Theres also the (newish) Borders Railway to Edinburgh. Lovely area, beautiful scenery!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110568824#/?channel=RES_BUY

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80909076#/?channel=RES_NEW[/quote]
Ooh, that first one especially looks lovely!

Are there places in the Borders with stuff going on for teenagers?

Are there places in the Borders with stuff going on for teenagers?

Lots of pleasant market and farming towns, famous for riding and rugby. Plenty of fresh air, fishing and friendship.

I love a trip to the Borders.

@callingtimethistime
This might be of interest...
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/local/1656029-Moving-to-the-Scottish-Borders

**Are there places in the Borders with stuff going on for teenagers?
It varies depending on where you are - there is a lot in the way of outdoor sports, (mountain biking at Glentress, riding centres everywhere, etc) Galashiels has a cinema, there is a Borders Youth Theatre. Of you are near to Galashiels/Tweedbank you can hop on the train and be in Edinburgh City Centre in under an hour, which has so many possibilities. If nearer Berwick, then Edinburgh and Newcastle are both an hour by train. We like it because its a gentler pace of life, but there is so much in the two cities that are close enough to access when we want to.

A big garage? A bed sit? Not a lot.

I just had a curiosity peak and there are 3 bed properties in London for that😱 few , but there are. Flats are dropping, aren't they

£300 K would buy a nice 2 bed flat/maisonette with some change (not a lot though!). East Herts. Nice but pricey - we bought thirty years ago so not so bad then. We like living here.

150,000 scratchcards.

Which is what most people where I live would spend it on.

A 4 bed detached or semi. With garden and garage. On a newish estate not rural. Commuting distance to Manchester.

In my area a 3-4 bed detached with large gardens, garage in the upmarket/posh areas of the city.

A lockup/garage.

@dottypencilcase

A lockup/garage.

Hahahah Just laughed out loud and it’s nearly 2am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Same here.🥺

Something like this

reiwa.com.au/44-hayeswater-circuit-waikiki-4487956/

Prices have gone up a lot in the last year when we bought, at least 10%!.

Last year you could have got a pool as well for that price.

We bought a detached 3 bed with outbuildings and 19 acres for 315.

Aberdeenshire.

Nothing at all where we live. (You'd have to possibly double your budget to get something resembling a family home.)
If you move out by about 10 miles, you can get some houses with garden that need quite a bit of work done. Some of them old farm houses, half-timbered and quite nice.

We live in commuting distance to a major city. We have plenty of childcare around (much cheaper than in the UK and because our area is developing, they try to develop that area with it). Not sure about the quality of schools at primary level but we've got several grammar schools to choose from (no entry test like in the UK, it's dependent on catchment and parental choice). They are supposed to be very good schools. Most people speak English but they take some time to warm up sometimes. We do have a big English-speaking community around as well, though, including various English-speaking and bilingual education options.