Would like to buy a coastal home in the UK. How and where?

Question

Where is good and cheap to buy. South Wales and South England prefered.

Answer 1

The south of wales is probably cheaper.

I would suggest looking on rightmove.co.uk and vebra.co.uk for properties and see which area you prefer.

Good luck

Answer 2

Coastal or with a sea view. If you mean the latter, you are in for an expensive time. Wales will be cheaper as there aren't many jobs there, but watch out for the natives if you only want a second home.
On the south coast, even a wooden holiday home on the beach, without electricity will cost you £250,000.

Answer 3

I agree that Wales will be slightly cheaper than Devon and Cornwall (though it's actually easier to get to).

I would strongly advise renting out of season to look around and make contacts with estate agents and get to know the area. You say you are looking for a 'home'. I hope that means that you are looking for somewhere to live permanently rather than just a holiday cottage or summer residence!

It is often a great deal cheaper to look slightly inland. There are some beautiful places to be had where, perhaps, you can't see the sea but you may be only a short distance from it. This has the advantage that you do not have the summer tourists (whom you will learn to tolerate, believe me) going past your windows all day and throwing their empty Calippos in your front garden.

If in Wales, there are two phrases which you should learn which will get you a tremendous way in even a partially Welsh-speaking area. It doesn't mean you know Welsh, it means you care.

'Diolch yn faur' means 'Thanks very much' [dyolkh un fowr]
'Os gwelwch yn dda' means 'Please' [oss gwel-ookh un THa]
(where 'kh' is like 'ch' in 'loch' and 'TH' is the voiced 'th' we use in 'there'.)

Thank you is such an important thing and if you can just say 'please' and 'thankyou' in someone's own language, it shows that you care and will go a long way to melting their hearts, especially when they discover that that's all you know!

(My other favorite phrase is "Yn peint cwrw, 's gwelwch' ... Iechyd da!" ) ... which reminds me: near shops and a good pub is not a bad thing!

Answer 4

There is no where 'cheap' the starting prices are £500,000. Did you think about the locals who are already being priced out of the areas where they were born and brought up?

Answer 5

.....and once again you southies miss out Northumberland.I am so glad.

Answer 6

i dunno