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Where Can I Live
i'm due to be exchanging contracts on my house in a few weeks and I've no where to go. I'm looking to purchase one new build for about £110,000 and a second house to renovate for about £120,000. I was going to rent while looking for one or both properties, but it's proving harder than I anticipated due to having a dog, but still wanting to live somewhere nice.
I was looking to move to the isle of wight, but i'm about £40,000 short to do this. I just want to live somewhere peaceful with lovly dog walks that's not in Essex or London.
I was looking to move to the isle of wight, but i'm about £40,000 short to do this. I just want to live somewhere peaceful with lovly dog walks that's not in Essex or London.
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So is it a rental you are wanting at the moment. If so, here is one near the Somerset Levels, wonderful walking with a dog here.
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£110k is a very tight budget for a new-build property. The part of Suffolk I live in (which isn't particularly expensive for houses) has loads of new-build houses going up but £110k will only get you 'shared ownership'. That's a pity as, otherwise, this might be an ideal area for you to live in, where there are loads of lovely dog walks available.
Perhaps you ought to re-jig your budget a bit? (I'm also mystified as to why anyone would actually want to move into a new-build house, as they're likely to have far more problems with them than a slightly older property).
If you're stuck with only having £120k for your main residence, then look towards the north of England, where you can find pleasant villages (e.g. in Yorkshire) that have far lower house prices than in the South.
Perhaps you ought to re-jig your budget a bit? (I'm also mystified as to why anyone would actually want to move into a new-build house, as they're likely to have far more problems with them than a slightly older property).
If you're stuck with only having £120k for your main residence, then look towards the north of England, where you can find pleasant villages (e.g. in Yorkshire) that have far lower house prices than in the South.
oh I know chris. there is a lovly new build one bed flat on the island for just under that, but dogs aren't allowed. I was gutted. Maybe I should just rent and then i'd have more for the renovation. I'm just so worried I won't be able to find somewhere
I have looked into the caravans and the fact they lose value and the management company have a massive hold over you really put me off
I have looked into the caravans and the fact they lose value and the management company have a massive hold over you really put me off
Pleasurewood Hills is in the very north of the county, near Lowestoft, Khaleesi. I live 50 miles from there, in a quiet little town (but with 5 pubs and quite a few shops) between Ipswich and Stowmarket.
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There are two new-build developments on the edge of our town, plus several more in a big village 4 miles down the road and with more still planned for Stowmarket (which is 4 miles in the other direction). Many of those developments are in locations that can easily access shops and facilities but which are also close to the countryside. However the house aren't cheap!
You'd actually be better off looking for a property in one of the two big estates that were built in the 1970s in our town. (They're both quite pleasant. I live on one of them!) A one-bedroom house would probably cost you around the £110k that you've mentioned. I've got a two or three minute walk to the shops and pubs in one direction and the same length of walk to be out in open fields in the other. There are plenty of dog walkers around here!
As I see it around here, buying a new build property adds at least £40k onto what you'd pay for a broadly similar 1970s house. I simply can't see why people buy new-build houses!
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There are two new-build developments on the edge of our town, plus several more in a big village 4 miles down the road and with more still planned for Stowmarket (which is 4 miles in the other direction). Many of those developments are in locations that can easily access shops and facilities but which are also close to the countryside. However the house aren't cheap!
You'd actually be better off looking for a property in one of the two big estates that were built in the 1970s in our town. (They're both quite pleasant. I live on one of them!) A one-bedroom house would probably cost you around the £110k that you've mentioned. I've got a two or three minute walk to the shops and pubs in one direction and the same length of walk to be out in open fields in the other. There are plenty of dog walkers around here!
As I see it around here, buying a new build property adds at least £40k onto what you'd pay for a broadly similar 1970s house. I simply can't see why people buy new-build houses!
Just in case you see anything else that interest you in Leiston, I'll tell you that it's a town I regard as 'not unpleasant' but also as 'not special'. ('Boring' might be my best description of it!). As it's fairly close to the coast though, house prices around there tend to be higher than inland parts of the county.
Don't even think about trying Southwold. A beach hut there can cost you more than you've got for a house!
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Don't even think about trying Southwold. A beach hut there can cost you more than you've got for a house!
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You are right chris. I really suffer from OCD, so the fact no one has lived there before is what I see the value in. I don't understand people that pay a premium for one and then don't maintain it. I'm living in a 1950's house that I've renovated, and I much prefer it to the new builds that are nearly twice the price without the big garden.
