If it's all about size for you, then heading out of the city for a bargain building that gives you oodles of space might be the answer.
You could bag yourself a three-bed semi in some of Cardiff's sleepy suburbs or a traditional terrace in a trendy city location with your £350k. Or, if you pack up and head up north and into the heartland of the nation, you could become the new owner of this massive Georgian pile for the same purchase price in Powys.
It's got three-storeys, five bedrooms, an extension, a large garden for a town location and oodles of character waiting to be restored or reinstated, and masses of space waiting to be filled.
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It might not be the easier of the options as the property is Grade II listed, in need of renovation and is currently set out as three apartments, so you're going to need a budget and patience to bring this Georgian gem back to full and fabulous life.
But the reward for your endeavours is a stunning home that offers all the space you could ever need, or the potential to pay for those renovations by renting out the three apartments once updated, or living in one and renting out the other two.
Or, if you're feeling generous and like them, you could offer the other flats to other layers of the family, grandparents on the ground floor and the youngsters on the top floor with you on the middle floor; one big happy family under one roof.
Called Pen Maes, this grand house set back from the road hides behind an iron gate, stone wall and thick hedges, nestled on one of the main, characterful streets next to the church.
It was Grade II listed by Cadw in 1996 for being 'an ambitious 19th century townhouse, unusual in Welshpool for the enrichment of the facade, and retaining much of its original character'. Now the ambition turns to the new owner to bring this gem back to beautiful life.
To the front of the property is a garden that includes flowerbeds and shrub borders, a patio and a lawn, and at the rear of the building can be found a paved patio as well as gated off-road parking and a carport, plus a door to a spooky cellar.
Inside, the accommodation sprawls across three floors and into a brick side extension. On the ground floor, the impressive pillar entrance leads to a porch that can still boast period Minton floor tiles.
Apartment one has three large rooms which are a mix of reception space and bedrooms, depending on how a new owner wants to use the property. There's a shower room and a large kitchen diner within the side extension that also has a double door out to the garden.
Sadly, some rooms have lost some or all of their original Georgian splendour, and wandering through the empty spaces what is left behind is a journey through interior design choices from the past, most frequently the 1960s and 1970s.
However, there are still some nuggets of glorious features from the grander Georgian era, with the front room of the ground floor apartment showcasing a fabulous marble fireplace flanked by arched alcoves, ceiling beams, a box bay window, and floorboards just waiting to be sanded back to reveal their true beauty.
Maybe under the carpets that have seen better days there are more potentially amazing floors to be found and restored - an exciting proposition for any property renovator.
On the middle floor are two further rooms, a bathroom, two toilets and a kitchen breakfast room, before the top floor expedition within this beast of a building tour reveals four more rooms, a bathroom and a cloakroom, and a utility room that could be expanded into a full kitchen.
The house could become one of the most majestic and magnificent in Welshpool, if not the area, once the Georgian grandeur is reinstated through a thoughtful and careful renovation and restoration project with planning and listed building consent having to guide the route towards the final destination of a spacious dream home.
Back in Cardiff for buyers who want city life over space in a rural town, this £350k semi-detached is ready to move into but has far less space, or the terrace in trendy Pontcanna can welcome you with less space again but no work to do at all - but where would be the fun in that?
The huge house in Powys is for sale for £350,000 with Halls Estate Agents, call their Welshpool branch on 01938 555552 to find out more. And don't miss the best dream homes in Wales, auction properties, renovation stories, and interiors - join the Amazing Welsh Homes newsletter, sent to your inbox twice a week.
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