Are you totally 'location location location' or rather have a nicer house?

Fantastic house but NOT on a council estate, because you also wouldn't find a house there.

Realistically value for money, house size and location gives you two options. Out in the middle of nowhere with a huge house on the cheap which lets you spend more money doing it up exactly how you want it would be the 100, and 1 would be the living in a tiny apartment 5mins walk from work in central london. -100 would be living on a council estate in a grotty council house which is massively overpriced for what it is compared to that country mansion that costs next to nothing.


If I get a job I can do from home, the country mansion wins hands down, if I can't the city apartment right by work wins, because at the end of the day work will be work, if its 8 hours or 12 hour days, you don't want to add on 2 hours travel time a day. 2 hours a day out of your life, is worth more than the best house in the world, at least when you require the money from work to live. You can't replace lost time, nor the tired feeling you get from excess travel that makes you not want to do anything after work. You can still make a small apartment nice, no matter where it is.
 
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Probably about 10. I'd put up with almost anything to live in a decent location where I wouldn't have to move far to get stuff.

Can you tell I grew up in London? :p
 
30.

Things like schools, being close to work and not living next to hordes or children playing in the street do come high on my list.

What's the point in having a great house if you can't enjoy it.
 
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10.

Thing is, house might be rubbish but you can make it your own and tidy it up, I quite enjoy decorating so that's not a problem.
 
Our town isn't the nicest in the world, but I live about 3 minutes from the train station, so it only takes me about half an hour to get to work, which is brilliant.
 
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As with all things the answer lies in the balance, in shades of grey;)
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location is also a twofold variable, there are good and bad areas but within and between them there are good and bad streets etc, houses on my road are worth probably 10% more than houses on the next road, despite the houses being exactly the same and physical location difference being the distance of two yards and an alley.

I'm about a 60 I'd say, but it depends on the deal you're getting, I bought maybe a mile away from where I was ideally looking, essentially the same area but it's got a better balance of both price and standard of residents.
 
20 or 25 ish I guess if I had to choose, I don't spend that much time at home really all told. Even if I'm just writing email and stuff I'd rather pop out to a cafe and have a coffee while I do it on my laptop rather than stay at home.

Right area works better for me, but I wouldn't live in a complete hole of a place either.
 
I spent ~£95k moving from one 3 bedroom mid-terraced house to another (albeit a bigger, better one with a garage), so I guess I must fall around 30 on that scale.

Used to live next to psycho neighbours and commute to work via train and a 1hr walk, now I have nice neighbours and a 25min walk to work. Expensive but quality of life is improved.
 
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