Pistolpete2

Aside from my promises of properties near good transport links here are a couple of properties in Purbeck which is a very desirable area.

1. Grade 2 listed:

Any thoughts, questions, concerns.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-18637089.html

2. Leasehold flat, no terms given.

I always feel like I've lobbed a grenade into a room when I post leaseholds.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-32906579.html

No garden just a parking space, so good for your second home.

Could be a second home and upstairs could be a holiday home. EEK!

aries

Very true, no good buying a place in a marvellous country setting if important services are not easily available.

Until a year ago my brother and his wife lived in a beautiful converted barn, but every service they needed was at least 8 miles away, they didn't even have a village store. At least they had two cars. Some years ago I became ill just days after arriving there, and their nearest hospital said it would be quicker for my brother to drive me than to send an ambulance.

cheers

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http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-29634298.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-18924159.html

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http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-31785095.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-29589190.html

my pick of the day

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-33696413.html

cheers

I liked #2 the best!

bandrui

I came to the same conclusion. I like public transportation... see it as a time to relax and stare out of the window or catch up on some reading.

When my parents lived in Alsager, a Cheshire village, there was a small mini-bus that picked up people in residential areas to connect them with the main bus routes. Possibly we will see more of this.

I registered this mentally and is definitely good to know. I would absolutely love to live in Cornwall but feel, at the moment , it's a bit far from my access points.

bandrui

bandrui

You're on a roll Pete:

Yeovil seems to have its act together:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...ic-sector-jobs

Lewes:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...can-i-go-lewes

For you John: (need surveyors and engineers)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...move-to-durham

Pistolpete2

Pistolpete2

I went into google for West Country art centres and understand your major visual arts area priorities though Cornwall (theatre) arts seem to be centred on Redruth/Camborne. For the culture vultures that should be considered as well, along with museums such as the excellent one I have visited in Devizes.

bandrui

That first one would be scary to maintain.

Really liked #3 but especially the 2 with potential.

bandrui

#1 has tiny bedrooms. I would have a difficult time with that... sleeping in a box.

#2 Quite nice. But as you say, no garden. Even in a rental I need a garden. I think I am a long way from thinking about a holiday home. You're right... I can't quite get my head around a leasehold. Why not just rent and keep your money?

I like the location of both of these, even though they are quite a way from a rail station, they are as you rightly say in a desirable area.

Pistolpete2

Isaac Newton came from Colsterworth. Any apple trees? Lovely stone houses in the High Street.

An "awful" lot of house and buildings.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...?premiumA=true

A beautiful part of the world well located off the A1 not far from Grantham, for London.

Castle Bytham is also in this area - Beautiful Villages of England

bandrui

I shall look into the arts scene. Thanks.

I too have visited the museum in Devizes and was quite impressed. I like Devizes (where the afore-mentioned 86yo 2nd cousin lives) but to be honest the canals frighten me (or rather the locks). Growing up in Bedford (on the River Ouse, with many weirs) I remember them finding bodies in the water and it made an indelible impression on me as a child, even though I am a strong swimmer and used to swim with my friends in the river at Bromham.

bandrui

Shepton Mallett... a possible location...
1. A potential investment... wonder what the rental market is like there.
2. A sweet little house at a good price but no garden and the area across the street is a strange conglomeration of ?
3. Same Nice house... good price... no garden.
4. Not very taken with the outside... where are the gardens?
5. I wouldn't personally buy a flat unless I could find a good reason. Wonder what the fees are on this?
6. Probably quite draughty... old sash windows (no mention of double glazing) or from the cars going by... it's we3dged between 2 roads hence no back garden.

Pick of the day? Much better. As you know though I am not a fan of oil central heating. Anyone have comments on this and if it can be converted to gas?

bandrui

Wow. A great property. Good value for money. Like the idea of space (did I say that before? ) and that wonderful outbuilding has studio written all over it. However, it is next door to the pub and off sales.
I have a great love of outbuildings.
I have read many positive things about Lincolnshire and feel that it will be an up-and-coming area to live with affordable properties. Not quite there yet though.