Location, location, location
Sep 15th 2011, 5:40 pm
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No, mine isn't advertised yet but it's a similar situation in that the house is broken up into flats. There's an organization selling off some houses that had been used for social housing.
The one you linked to is on a beautiful street. If I ever win the lottery ...
The one you linked to is on a beautiful street. If I ever win the lottery ...
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?
Sep 15th 2011, 5:45 pm
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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?
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?
Sep 15th 2011, 5:46 pm
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Note that Cheltenham is a much bigger spa town and valuations are around 267,000 there but there are way fewer very high value properties than T-Wells.
I'm not sure I want to be under the "pressure" of living in a very affluent area unless I can come and go from my good value place (in spite of the affluence) and not feel that I am in any way competing or being forced to listen to the patronising views, pretense at reality and travel plans of the well-off day in day out. Well-off being a relative term of course.
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.
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Sep 15th 2011, 6:14 pm
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Life in rural Oxfordshire:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/gre...ural-rich.html
You get the picture! A hot topic what with the current countryside planning rows anticipating destruction of the Green Belt.
Quote - This was the quiet, uneventful lifestyle that attracts the rich and famous to the country. They may bang on about longing to grow their own veggie patch and breed chickens, but that is at best naivety and often blatantly dishonest. As one new farm-owner and ex-City-gent told me over Pimms, “Oh, we don’t do the farming. We get people in to do that. I read novels.”
I tend to think that Shipton-under-Wychwood was a bit like that, as is Kingham and much of Chipping Norton, which is why I might plump for Cirencester.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/gre...ural-rich.html
You get the picture! A hot topic what with the current countryside planning rows anticipating destruction of the Green Belt.
Quote - This was the quiet, uneventful lifestyle that attracts the rich and famous to the country. They may bang on about longing to grow their own veggie patch and breed chickens, but that is at best naivety and often blatantly dishonest. As one new farm-owner and ex-City-gent told me over Pimms, “Oh, we don’t do the farming. We get people in to do that. I read novels.”
I tend to think that Shipton-under-Wychwood was a bit like that, as is Kingham and much of Chipping Norton, which is why I might plump for Cirencester.
Sep 15th 2011, 6:30 pm
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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 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 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.
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Sep 15th 2011, 8:14 pm
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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!
Sep 15th 2011, 8:15 pm
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Sep 15th 2011, 9:55 pm
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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"
Sep 15th 2011, 10:30 pm
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Oh, thanks ...I hope they do ,the UK certainly needs it!
Sep 16th 2011, 1:44 am
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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.
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.
Sep 16th 2011, 10:52 am
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Sep 16th 2011, 11:25 am
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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.
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.
Sep 16th 2011, 1:27 pm
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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
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/pa...tor-job-losses
Sep 19th 2011, 3:27 am
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