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Yes, I know. It isn't a great time to start looking to buy a home with an impending 'house price crash' but I am really really fed up with where I currently live. I currently live in a 1 bedroomed council flat in the west of Norwich, Norfolk. I could very easily do the Right To Buy but as mentioned above I dislike the estate. The block I live in is very noisy with crap soundproofing and the most echo-y (spl?) communal block. It serves 9 flats and boy - you can hear the doors open and close whenever someone ventures in or out. Usually at stupid o'clock. I'm in my mid 40s and I really need a bit of peace and quiet. The flat is on an estate with one road in and out and it's a right fucking pain to get in and out of their due to the parked cars on one side of the road. There are en bloc garages but they are very narrow for today's cars. And even 53 reg cars. I rented this garage in 2018 for a year but gave up as it was a struggle getting in and out of the car from inside the garage! I left my job of 10 years last spring. The current flat was handy for that workplace. My new job is situated to the east of Norwich (where I grew up) and I would like to move to that general direction. Would also be closer to where my sister lives and a couple of friends too, so it should be a 'win win' situation. I have a budget of £140,000 to spend. Decent deposit to put down, so a mortgage of less than £100k. Should hopefully buy a 2 bedroomed leasehold flat. Some flats that have piqued my interest are around the £145-160k so I'm certain that a deal can be done to dampen down high asking prices.