CHEAPEST HOMES UP FOR GRABS
IF YOUR budget for buying a property in Wales is up to £50,000, then finding something suitable is a big challenge. Most of these cheaper homes will need major renovations, so unless you’re handy with a hammer or skilled with a saw, don’t forget to add these building costs to your budget.
Maybe you could transform one of these properties into your dream home? 1. PORT TALBOT: £0+ Yes, that’s right, this rather battered and bruised looking house is going to auction for £0 – it has no reserve price.
Who knows how much it will eventually sell for, but whoever buys it needs to have a healthy budget to revive it. When renovations are complete, they can celebrate owning a spacious three-bedroom house.
Paul Fosh Auctions, The Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday, June 14, at 5pm. 2. BARGOED: £16,000+ A terraced one-bedroom home that needs complete modernisation. It’s cash buyers only with this one, as it’s a leasehold property.
It used to be a three-bedroom home.
Paul Fosh Auctions, The Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday, June 14, at 5pm. 3. MOUNTAIN ASH: £24,000 A bit of imagination required with this one – it used to be a commercial premises, so will need a change of use to residential planning permission. If successful, then it’s an all-out makeover inside and out, with a detached home eventually emerging from the rubble. Apex Estate Agents, branch, 01685 883163. Aberdare 4. TONYPANDY: £26,000+ The sledgehammer has been out on this one too – a two-bedroom terraced home that used to have three. But it does have three storeys.
The mountain views from the garden might be a welcome distraction from the total refurbishment that’s needed here, plus a pre-auction solicitor check on its possible leasehold status.
Paul Fosh Auctions, The Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday, June 14, at 5pm. 5. GLYNCORRWG, PORT TALBOT: £37,000+ This three-bedder is not only semidetached, it also has some period features like a section of Minton floor tiles, decorative wall tiles, original staircase and ceiling detailing in the hallway.
Paul Fosh Auctions, The Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday, June 14, at 5pm. 6. TREGARON: £40,000+ Two for the price of one with this two-bedroom end of terrace.
It comes with an integrated shop, which has a real retro vibe showcasing cool wood-effect cladding. Up for auction, planning permissions should be investigated into incorporating the commercial space back into the home, if desired.
Morgan & Davies, public auction at Lampeter RFC, North Road, Lampeter, on Thursday, July 19, at 6pm. 7. PONTARDDULAIS: £42,000+ How cute is this little guy, left? Bet you didn’t think it would offer a new owner two bedrooms. Downstairs there’s a lounge and a kitchen leading into the garden; yes, it has a garden too.
Paul Fosh Auctions, The Park Inn Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday, June 14, at 5pm. 8. KIDWELLY: £45,000+ Got a bit of character this one; twobedroom mid-terrace fondly described as a cottage, that still has a number of period fireplaces.
It’s got the potential for a cottagestyle garden round the back too, with a surprisingly spacious rear plot.
John Francis public auction at Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli, on Wednesday, July 18, at 1pm. 9. NEATH: £50,000 A two-bedroom end of terrace that is surprisingly spacious but needs complete modernisation throughout.
Clee Tompkinson Francis, Neath branch, 01639 646926.