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 parking space

Mostly one bed flats, shared ownership or retirement.
This is the pick of the bunch, two bed flat in country house quite near lovely beaches

1-bed or studio flat, retirement flat or a park home.

Not a single house or bungalow. Lots of one bedroom flats and retirement flats, all leasehold. A few two bed park homes and a four berth boat!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144750392

4 bed terrace

Not that poster but I also had to change it to as 25 isn’t an option on the rightmove app for me

1 bedroom flat nearby needing a lot of work. 2 bedroom terrace at a town 20 miles away grotty town though !

An abundance of semis and terraces. I'm rather taken by this cottage:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/140332883#/?channel=RES_BUY

Also some detached houses - no idea about the area for this one but the house looks nice enough

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/135276284#/?channel=RES_BUY

If you need 4 bedrooms there is this semi - again, don't know the area:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143530574#/?channel=RES_BUY

Very very cute but tiny 2-bed cottages, and park homes.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/137168027

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/137998943

Nothing...

Maybe a garage or a flat with a short lease that needs complete renovation.

South East, pretty seaside town.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143546399

6 bed terrace!

One bed studio

Quite a few nice 2 or 3 bed terraces, or semi-detached houses, mostly with some garden or parking, or both.
Gotta love the Midlands.

Yep, also from Clapham so a garage (if you can find one) is the max

2x retirement flats
1x shared ownership, new-build 2 bed semi on the outskirts
1x 1 bed flat v close to the rail tracks

This is the pick of the properties when I looked up to 20 miles from where I work.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131466569#/?channel=RES_BUY

Which probably explains why I put up with a long commute!

Ground rent of over £7k a year on a new build house?? Can't really get my head round that being legal.

It’s not really ground rent as such. It’s rent on the 65% of the house you don’t own.

@PotteringAlonggotkickedoutandhadtoreregister that's a cracking house for the money

A studio apartment in a not great area

Ah! It was listed as ground rent but it's rent (as in shared ownership rent). Thank you- that makes more sense! I'd seen a news article about outrageous ground rent/service charges but that would've been ridiculous.

Theres a variety that only consists of 1 bed flats, tiny 2 bedroom terraces or static caravans.

Mostly flats, either one or two bed. The odd 2-3 bed semi further afield.

A 2-3 bed house with front and back garden in an area you wouldn’t want to live at all.

Oh and the areas are all pretty bad apart from the caravans, but then you can’t stay there all year round.