What is the GRANDEST house you can buy under 500k (just for fun)

[LaurieFairyCake]

Occasionally I browse property all over the country and come upon a gem for under 500 that has 10 rooms and 12 foot ceilings and sweeping staircases in an unlikely place - mostly Victorian seaside resorts

So what's good out there at the moment ?

In my city, just a large semi in a decent area. Nothing grand www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124470965#/?channel=RES_BUY
Or maybe a detached newbuild on an estate away from any amenities
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120207377#/?channel=RES_BUY

Out of town, there is a large farmhouse, developed to death (particularly that terrifying staircase)
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122104277#/?channel=RES_BUY

More dull new builds

This is cute www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125360270#/?channel=RES_BUY

And this could be cute www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123288407#/?channel=RES_BUY

I skipped past that one on my search. Disappointing interior.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122388476#/?channel=RES_BUY But of a dooer upper, scope to extend. Just under 14 acres and a snip at £50k under budget.

A couple from near me.

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbabrsbhs220013?utmsource=search.savills.com&utmmmedium=sharedproperty&utmmcampaign=detail_page

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbabrsabs220054?utmsource=search.savills.com&utmmmedium=sharedproperty&utmmcampaign=detail_page

We don’t have many of the beautiful, historic, stylish homes here like you have there. Most are newer, and they are designed with the hot weather in mind. Almost all are ranch homes. The sand won’t allow for basements and the heat stops most from another floor! This is a fairly typical home in my neighborhood, but a little larger than what I have and theirs has a pool. Maybe a third of our homes have pools. The price is about £457,000. www.zillow.com/homedetails/8633-Pinetree-Dr-W-Seminole-FL-33772/47137817_zpid/? I think I’ve enjoyed seeing your homes more than you’ll like seeing ours.

Or this one. I love the outside of it.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121922354

My parents stayed here many years ago, the food was fabulous. But you've got two 1.5h boat trips to get to Thurso in the north of Scotland and I'm not sure if they'll sell to a non-Orcadian.

No you don't, it's just a flat

I see they managed to modernise all the internal character out of the village school.

It seems that in order to snap up one of these gems we would need to move to the more remote parts of Scotland for most of them - not very practical for most of us, unfortunately. I rather like the look of the American ranch too but again not practical. Ah, well, back to dreaming.

I don’t know why my post was underlined.

Not much that's Grand architecturally but you can get some lovely big houses 5 or 6 bedroom detached places

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123348236#/?channel=RES_BUY

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124353797#/?channel=RES_BUY

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124443725#/?channel=RES_NEW

I give you this in a great part of Glasgow.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125469989#/?channel=RES_BUY

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121805927?utmcampaign=property-details&utmmcontent=buying&utmmedium=sharing&utmmsource=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

Omg look at this beastie!!!

That is fabulous, I can see it as one of houses in Sex Education.

This one needs a bit of work - but that staircase! The hallway! The stained glass! The view! Those tiles in the bathroom!

I love it! They should rent it out, I’d love to stay in a place like that for a few nights. The past is a foreign country…

This is amazing 😍

I've seen lots of gorgeous remote places. Usually they are lacking in the roof department. Or electricity.

Fascinating to look though!

Looks quite grand until you realise it's a 2 bedroom flat inside the big house, and that DH would only be able to stand up straight in about 20% off

www.places.je/property/26399

20% of it, not off!

Not much around me, but I love this: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124334027#/?channel=RES_BUY

(not sure if it’s been posted yet, I might have missed a link or two…)

I actually nearly went as far as booking a viewing on that one a couple of months ago. Though it would make an amazing holiday business / development (sailing lessons). But check out the map 😅. You’d get radioactive fish.

Not much around here for 500k. This one comes up as the most expensive in a radius of 10 miles

Here

Can't get a 2 bed flat near me for that. Amazed at the Aberystwyth house by the front - thought they would go for much more.

With apologies for being a wet blanket, I couldn't help noticing quite a few of these are in Scotland and advertised as 'offers over'. There is no definitive rule on this but some properties go for quite a lot over the advertised offers over price. So anything in the high £400k region would probably break the £500k barrier. Just in case any of you are checking what you can afford and planning a move 😉

More here is you're interested. www.heraldscotland.com/news/20103695.need-know-offers-over-system/