The house next door is also listed and it is painted brilliant turquoise. Hard to miss.
I can't make up my mind.
I visited someone here the other day and they live in a townhouse and I thought, you know this would be big enough but then I also thought I don't want other neighbors living so close. So the solution is a small place with a lot of outdoor space. Now the places you point out are, I'm thinking, I wouldn't be bothered by the close proximity to neighbors.
I like those new condos by the river and the idea of going away and not have to worry. Also, no time is expected for maintenance. Another thought I had is towing a caravan. See I'm all over the place?

Well you can be(all over the place) in a caravan

I agree with this last paragraph.
I could loose my licence depending on their view of my diabetes. So if I live in the country it has to be on a bus/train route.
Now Scotland seem to be more flexible on a lot of things that England is adamant about so that is out there.

ugh i hate those people. posh city folks obliterating the rural culture they claim to strive to be a part of. why can't they bugger off back to the home counties

To me it's about the house. I love Victorian terraces and Georgian townhouses because they have so much space - those big room sizes and high ceilings. And the walls are thick enough that it doesn't matter if you have neighbors. I'd personally rather have all that space than be in a small place with no neighbors. I do need a private garden though - but a lot of those older houses have lovely gardens.

I think new build condos and townhouses are horrible - you can hear so much from next door and above/below. Also the room sizes are usually pathetic - in the UK at least.

Me too! We have plenty of them here. I don't understand why they come here because they are attracted by the lifestyle then bring their city ways with them!

Seconded!

I lived in a suburban rural community, outside San Francisco, and people who visited it from the city loved it and ended up moving there and then wanted to change it. I was on the planning committee and tried to slow down the change. "..bring on the fast foods, shopping centers, traffic"

I think they're selling off these old, impractical houses so they can buy a more suitable building.

Oh, thanks ...I hope they do ,the UK certainly needs it!

This was a charity that provided housing for disabled and elderly people and yet had all these completely impractical homes. The estate agent told us that some 86 year-old ladies were living on the top floor of a 4-story Victorian house. They couldn't even get downstairs to go out anymore, but they still really didn't want to leave.

The only thing that worries me is that the houses they are selling are huge and in need of a lot of work. Unless they drop the prices by at least a hundred thousand each - possibly more - I don't see how they can sell them. Which just means more people without homes.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...cord-rate.html

Very good point.

This is posted for the regional public sector job loss stats not the blogger's opinions on them:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/pa...tor-job-losses

Thought you lot might enjoy this website and have kept it on topic by linking to funny British place names but you may be more interested in 'Don't be a Pillock in a Pub' or 'Brit Actors I'd leave my husband for' (Clive Owen had better be on that list ). These links are in the section 'Best Posts on Anglotopia' scroll down, right hand side.

http://www.anglotopia.net/ultimate-l...h-place-names/