A Place In The Sun

[jd_1984]

I was watching this earlier and it made me think.
Hypothetically - if you had £500,000 and wanted to buy a place in the UK to spend the summer months and a place abroad to spend the winter months, what UK and foreign locations would I want to live in? And what portion of the funds would you use to purchase each property, small humble home in UK and big place abroad or vice versa?

[bednobs]

well, what conclusions did you come to?

[sandyRoe]

The Canary Islands or Southern Spain for winter sun. Somewhere near London for the UK residence. I'm not sure half a million would be enough.

[boxtops]

Where I live at the moment would do for a UK pied-a-terre - then for abroad, we are looking at Menorca or Morocco.

[Jemisa]

Dorset for the Summer. chalet perhaps. and definately S. Italy for the Winter or Capri, a house overlooking the Mediteranian - 1/3 in Dorset and 2/3 in Italy.

(only if the Lotto came up, )

jem

[jd_1984]

I concluded £300,000 for a comfortable, fairly spacious home somewhere in North Yorkshire/Cumbria (out of the national parks though to keep price down) and £200,000 would probably go much further in terms of space and location if you were to buy Turkey/Greece/Canary Isles/Majorca. But it just got me thinking was all and wondered what you all thought. I do have the thought in the back of my mind in years to come and is something my parents have been considering, for a similar budget as stated above.

[TTG]

I like my home town in Summer but for winter would choose Australia.