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IMPOSSIBLEE to BUY - Cornwall cottages

dervish
dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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in Debate House Prices & the Economy
I have a long hisotry iof lookinginto lovely cottages. I want to buy one in POlperro or Looe in Cornwall. This is IMPOSSIBLE.

Why are people from not in Cornwall not allowed to buy holiday cottages in Cornwall?

Is this actually legal?
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  • beingjdc
    beingjdc Posts: 1,680 Forumite
    Er, they are. I know villages in Cornwall where 40% of the houses now belong to people who pop down for a holiday, and the cottages change hands for 15 times the average local salary. Of course the post office has shut, the village school has shut, and the local kids have had to move away, but hey, as long as people get their holidays...
    Hurrah, now I have more thankings than postings, cheers everyone!
  • brummybloke
    brummybloke Posts: 1,518 Forumite
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    they are allowed to buy in certain areas.
    it is to stop people inflating the house prices to such an extent that people who wish to live in the area are not priced completely out of the market.

    a little bit like what tony blair and gordon brown didnt try doing for the rest of the country... acting responsible for the long term success of an area
    what is the plural of moose?


    slags
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    dervish wrote: »
    I have a long hisotry iof lookinginto lovely cottages. I want to buy one in POlperro or Looe in Cornwall. This is IMPOSSIBLE.

    Why are people from not in Cornwall not allowed to buy holiday cottages in Cornwall?

    Is this actually legal?

    Maybe they just don't want you :D Try Keithley.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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    beingjdc wrote: »
    Er, they are. I know villages in Cornwall where 40% of the houses now belong to people who pop down for a holiday, and the cottages change hands for 15 times the average local salary. Of course the post office has shut, the village school has shut, and the local kids have had to move away, but hey, as long as people get their holidays...

    you misunderstood me.

    I wanto to buy the cottage as a holiday home but the Estate Agncieues and the council are not going ot approve it as I live from not in the area.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    beingjdc wrote: »
    Er, they are. I know villages in Cornwall where 40% of the houses now belong to people who pop down for a holiday, and the cottages change hands for 15 times the average local salary. Of course the post office has shut, the village school has shut, and the local kids have had to move away, but hey, as long as people get their holidays...


    I know people who were born in London who can't afford to buy a property there because lots of people from all over UK, including Cornwall choose to go and get jobs there and buy properties.... doesn't seem fair really does it?
  • Cleaver
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    dervish wrote: »
    I have a long hisotry iof looking into lovely cottages.

    Do you mean with your nose pressed up against the window?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    dervish wrote: »
    I have a long hisotry iof lookinginto lovely cottages. I want to buy one in POlperro or Looe in Cornwall. This is IMPOSSIBLE.

    Why are people from not in Cornwall not allowed to buy holiday cottages in Cornwall?

    Is this actually legal?
    Polperro's always been pricey, but Looe used to be cheap and will be again.
  • dervish
    dervish Posts: 926 Forumite
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    Cleaver wrote: »
    Do you mean with your nose pressed up against the window?

    no, obviously not.
    I have been into cottaging for years having visited George Stephensons, William Wordsworths, Anne Hathwaways, Ludivic Kennedies, and lots more.

    I and my husband have been lookng at moving to Cornwall for years but for various reasons we keep hitting hurdles... :(
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    dervish wrote: »
    I have been into cottaging for years

    Have you met Mr Broderick on your travels? I've heard the same about him.
  • themanbearpig
    themanbearpig Posts: 481 Forumite
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    You should really proof read your posts. You sound !!!!!!.
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