what could £140,000 buy you within 25 miles of where you live

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Inspired by million pound thread, I thought what if anything could you buy with 4 x the average full time salary (32,000) so 128K mortgage and a 10% deposit 13K = 141K call it 140 to allow for fees
90 minutes is considered the longest reasonable commute . So I thought what is the biggest accommodation you can get near you that is liveable ie no renovation just re-decorating the electrics and plumbing are safe not necessarily modern

A garage

espc.com/property/11-george-terrace-loanhead-eh20-9jz/36202198?sid=915925

Not an awful place to live, easy commute to Edinburgh.

That bathroom!!!🙈

1 bed flats - mostly teeny tiny, Some retirement properties, static caravan/park homes...

Same as above!

400 plus possibles, ranging from holiday lodges to 3 bed houses in dodgy areas. There are some one or two bedroom flats in okay areas of two meh towns.

Some fairly reasonable studio flats and a few tiny/grotty 1 bed flats with very short leases. Houseboats and park homes. This is an interesting container property: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142494248#/?channel=RES_BUY but there is a short lease.

Interesting I live in Newbury and I found a 2 bed flat in Swindon and several one beds in Newbury. Andover it would only get you a studio.

I took out all the shared ownership and retirement properties and was left with 600-odd properties. However, many of these are auction sales so will probably fetch more than the £140k guide price.

Discounting them too, I'm left with studios in down-at-heel London commuter towns plus the odd park home.

This is why I am encouraging my kids to build lives in their northern uni towns, where they are more likely to be able to afford to live life and have a family.

A one or two bed flat in a city tower block. Nothing that price closer than 10 miles radius

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145211669

or some very run down properties