Well I hope you are moving, clearly the start of an Eastern European crime wave.

Some sort of combo of Retire to the Seaside and this thread might work , with the good crime stats of unchanged UK:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ighlight=cheap

You're having a laugh. !!

That's a great thread.

This is so topical to me because an hour ago I called the police dispatcher to check a lorry (read, big dump truck) that had just left a construction site and he had parked in the centre of the road and the driver was out of the truck and knocking rocks off from between the duel tires. The cheek (me thinks). He is blocking traffic and these rocks will be on the road for other vehicles to drive over. So when I called dispatch the conversation went "are you making a complaint? Will you sign a complaint and go to court? Me- " I didn't call to be harassed...." I then went to the police headquarters and asked them if there was a change in policy, new year and all, because we the public are supposed to be the eyes and ears of the community?
I was going to write to the Mayor who has only been in office 2 days
I think there will be some action on this. The cheek
Of course this is the reason people don't want to get involved anymore.
Cheers

off topic slightly

@post 58, 64, 65

no, I'm being serious

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-28024221.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-40442479.html

I read the Daily Telegraph on line and they really talk up that prices of homes are skyrocketing in England. I think it is wishful thinking on their part.

Think of it, the number of properties that become available in the retirement resorts because people do die. Sad but true.

Cheers

I'd check the one in Caister isn't underwater at the moment. The other is described as a "holiday home" which almost certainly means you can't live there all year round.

TBH, I see a disconnect between a lot of the economic news and what I see on the ground. I certainly am not seeing the substantial increases in house prices that are being reported (though when they throw London in with the rest of the UK, it does skew the results).

I read about humungous increases in the stock markets but (though things have gone well for a couple of years), it's not as if my retirement portfolio has doubled - and of course it dropped by about 25% two years running before the recent supposedly huge gains.

the other is a year round check it

I'll take your word for it.
I'm surprised, to say the least and I'd be interested to know what the drawbacks are, and they will be major, that means you can get what looks like a newish place for 50k

ground rent, services & council tax which are about 200+/mth

from another listing

"Leasehold Period – 55 Years Property – 3 bed (2 storey) Occupancy – 12 month holiday use (unrestricted) Annual Rent – £1,000 (Increase linked to RPI) Service Charge – £457.37 plus vat per quarter"

What it usually means is that you have to have another permanent UK address to prove you're not living there. Lots of people have been caught out with mobile homes with 12 month occupancy, which is not the same as residential use, and have been evicted.

http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/environm...van-park-home/
I know that applies to park homes, but it's the same for holiday chalets etc.

I thought that there had to be a serious catch to that 'home'.