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

2 bed park home / mobile home

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/113488958#/?channel=RES_BUY

Not one but 2 garages! Actually DH and i could hide in one away from the kids....

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144506492

This is nice for £135k

We are on an Island, so commutes are little different.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/140098571?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

this kind of beauty

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/134107064#/?channel=RES_BUY

4 bed terraced in good nick here www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143131538

A very respectable but small 3 bed terrace on a naice street with a usable yard/garden. I won’t link because I did a much smaller range to make sure I could get it in a good area.

I think we may not live that far away from each other 😂 hi neighbour! 👋

A small house boat with an expensive mooring https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/136090397#/?channel=RES_BUY

Or

A studio in the attic https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143373215#/?channel=RES_BUY

A Studio on the perimeter of Heathrow https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141728723#/?channel=RES_BUY

For example!

Caravan

5 beds, liveable, but needs a lot of work! www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/138057881

40% of a mobile home - or a piece of broken concrete in front of where there used to be an industrial unit dealing with hazardous chemicals/in need of full decontamination with no planning permission and very unlikely to be any (if you're lucky, it's up for auction, so could go for more than that).

1 bed flat.

@TempleOfBloom i saw that boat, apart from the size/mooring it's so nice

25% shared ownership of a 1 bed flat in Newbury (20 miles away), with "amazing views across the communal roof gardens" 😂

2019 Ferrari Portofino or 2022 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster at the supercar dealer in Pangbourne 😎

Quite a few 3 bed semis and 3 bed terraced houses, with 5 miles of my home, a fair proportion of those with off-road parking.

I’m not totally sure what all the areas are like, but I’m still seeing 3 bed semis and terraced houses all the way down to £70k (and i stopped looking there), so presumably the properties in the £140k range aren’t in the worst areas.

That is a MUCH nicer boat than the one that came up on my search!

Mainly land, the occasional park home, garages and some tiny flats in not very good locations from my house... from my work it's even slimmer pickings.

With mooring fees of £17k p.a!

Second hand Range Rover probably.

(That’s in the village I’m currently visiting … )

I got this one....and a retirement flat!

Mostly one or two bedroomed flats or a terraced two bed houses. Or a one or two bed bungalow.

Street behind mine so I'm not linking but there's a 3 bed semi on for £135k. Needs cosmetic work but nothing major and is on the corner so lovely big garden.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143183282?utmcampaign=property-details&utmmcontent=new-homes&utmmedium=sharing&utmmsource=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_NEW

I found a 3 bed detached! It was the only one though. Most were semis or end terrace houses.

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/66590239/?search_identifier=7e049004956d87d1ced5483cb2888b27d937e34efa536c6f9618022624826c74

This sold recently, I bookmarked it for a paint colour!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143880977#/?channel=RES_BUY