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    Southampton Flats

    I'm thinking of buying a flat in Southampton at the ~300K level and there's some nice ones on the market. However why is the Southampton property so much cheaper than elsewhere on the south coast and why do I see a number of flats with recently reduced prices? I know Southampton is a working port but is it simply that or BTL people getting out of the market or inflation frightening people off property purchases or something else? Anyone got the gen on the Southampton property market?

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    A *lot* of student accommodation was built there by Southampton Uni over the past several years and the private rented sector already had a lot of capacity. Then covid massively reduced demand for student accommodation and it probably hasn't fully returned. On some level, that is a separate market than other private rented accommodation, but it has an impact. There's also been a lot of development in Ocean Village in recent years (Moresby Tower etc.) so, again, excess capacity for flats in particular. Combine that with the interest rate outlook, taxation of BTL etc. and it looks a much riskier proposition than it has in the recent past.

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      #3
      Originally posted by tazdevil View Post
      I'm thinking of buying a flat in Southampton at the ~300K level and there's some nice ones on the market. However why is the Southampton property so much cheaper than elsewhere on the south coast and why do I see a number of flats with recently reduced prices? I know Southampton is a working port but is it simply that or BTL people getting out of the market or inflation frightening people off property purchases or something else? Anyone got the gen on the Southampton property market?
      I live not a million miles away. Southampton is for the most part a tuliphole with added student accommodation. Bournemouth\Christchurch are much nicer.
      ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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        #4
        Southampton is cheap for a reason; it's a tuliphole as is Portsmouth.
        Bournemouth has gone downhill but areas such a Westbourne and Sandbanks (Poole) are OK
        Winchester City is about the best in the area. Outlaying areas are cheaper but not so desirable.
        £300k is not going to buy you much.
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #5
          Are you economically active and looking at more than one? With recent changes in the laws personal BTL are dead, be sure to consider a Ltd. company SPV.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Paddy View Post
            Southampton is cheap for a reason; it's a tuliphole as is Portsmouth.
            Bournemouth has gone downhill but areas such a Westbourne and Sandbanks (Poole) are OK
            Winchester City is about the best in the area. Outlaying areas are cheaper but not so desirable.
            £300k is not going to buy you much.
            Is that personal experience? You can find crap reviews of almost every town in Sussex includig some near me but can't say it's my experience.

            https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/su...e-2022-6421800
            bloggoth

            If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
            John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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              #7
              Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

              Is that personal experience? You can find crap reviews of almost every town in Sussex includig some near me but can't say it's my experience.

              https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/su...e-2022-6421800
              Personal experience. BTW the crime rate in Southampton is appalling (regardless of official figures).
              "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                #8
                Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

                Is that personal experience? You can find crap reviews of almost every town in Sussex includig some near me but can't say it's my experience.

                https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/su...e-2022-6421800
                Sorry Xog there is only one redeeming feature about Crawley which isn't mentioned, but I am am talking about circa 2011, it was an absolute tuliphole, full-stop. But(t) on a Tuesday night it was the long haul Virgin Cabin crew change over night and they flooded into the few pubs available. Wednesday mornings always gave me the dilemma of 'one more time' or getting a few more hours in. I was glad when the contract ended, bloody exhausting and expensive!
                But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                  Is that personal experience? You can find crap reviews of almost every town in Sussex includig some near me but can't say it's my experience.
                  Mine is. I lived in Winchester for 10 years and closer to Southampton (but in a much more exclusive area) for another 10. Southampton - BTL OK, but not to live there oneself.
                  ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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                    #10
                    I don't think I've ever been to Southampton.

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