Bargain buys: See the properties under £20,000 that are going up for auction soon

If you have an eye for a bargain these properties are going under the hammer for under £20,000.

On the Auction House North East website these rundown dwellings are valued with that in mind.

And if you are prepared to roll your sleeves up - you might be in for a tidy profit.

These properties range from one bedroom flats to a three bedroom house.

They are spread across our region in Washington, Blyth, Peterlee, Bedlington, Easington Colliery, Sunderland and Hartlepool.

They go up for auction at Ramside Hall Hotel at Carrville, Durham, on Wednesday, 24 April, at 7pm.