Quit everything , and start again over 50?

another_casualty

wendym wrote: »

This is hardly an in depth analysis, but both my daughter and I thought Bournemouth was an odd mixture. Loads of invalid carriages but also lots of gangs of youths.

And it's not the same as your life, but when she was younger she taught in a small village school in Norfolk, living in the next door small village. Wherever she looked she was the youngest person by about 25 years, and it was that that prompted her move to Yorkshire.

A 55 year old cool bass guitar player can't move to be surrounded by 75 year olds.

If things get any worse, I may have to ask Phil and Kirstie for help.:)

lessonlearned

Finding a house is a bit like finding a life partner.

You need the thunderbolt. :rotfl: You just know when you have found "the one" - often even before you say hello, or when it comes to the house, before you step over the threshhold.

When my late husband and I moved to Gloucestershire for a job move we rented. We spent just about every weekend and most summer evenings after work house hunting. The first house we tried to buy fell through - disastrous survey.

I was getting thoroughly fed up and was almost on the verge "oh just lets get something, anything". My husband was made of sterner stuff - thank goodness - and he insisted we kept searching.

One day he said I want you to come and see a house tonight. By this time I was feeling mutinous and I moaned and whinged the entire journey, I just wanted to go home and have some dinner.

We turned into the street and I instantly relaxed. I had "come home". We pulled up outside the house, looked at each other and grinned. My husband raised an eyebrow and said "I think we will go with the full asking price". We went inside and had a look round.......it was dated and scruffy, it didn't matter. It was "the one".

Same with the one I am buying now. I have spent 18 months searching. DS2 and I parked round the corner because the street is pedestrianised and we weren't sure of parking arrangements.

We got out of the car and turned into the street. Again there was that feeling of "coming home". DS2 said "Buy it, if you don't like it I will live here". Then we viewed inside. It's fine. Just a (small) beige box but I will transform it into a perfect little gem.

Yes it's small but it's perfectly formed.:rotfl:

4 times I have done this. I have made my mind up that I want the house before I have even seen the inside. I don't care what the inside looks like. I know I can weave my magic.

AC. You will know. But you mustn't rush.

Smodlet

AC, how about expanding your search just a little? Still within Bournemouth/Poole but further out from the centre? Reason? Town centres = drunken idiots, antisocial behaviour down to and including using your outside wall as a urinal. I totally understand harz's thinking of starting at the railway station and working outwards but I have yet to encounter a station in a "good" part of a town. They are, of necessity close to but on the edge of town centres and tend to be in less desirable areas for the simple reason that most people, Londoners excepted, think living near a railway line, let alone a station is the pits. What me? A snob? You betcha, by golly, wow, why do you think I hate it here so much?

I know you are sick of RM but, again trust me, the more you use it, the quicker you will get at it. I have just had a quick look and and it was like riding a bike: Open RM, new tab, open police.uk's crime map, as soon as you see something promising, put the street name and area into the map and, if it comes back like crime central, don't even bother looking at the pics. I will bore you with my findings and you may look or not as you wish.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55561714.html

Crime looks a bit heavy on this next one, but see what you think. Gotta say, I just looked up Branksome and Lower Parkstone on the crime stats and you could not pay me to live in either. :eek:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60467084.html

I think this one has already been mentioned, but just in case:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60615605.html

Not sure about the stairs on the outside of this one:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43658598.html

Probably too tucked away:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44100003.html

This one must have been mentioned already, but I cba to go back and look:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61447010.html

I'd be rubbish on a property prog, wouldn't I?

P.S. "Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end" - I can think of something else besides change to which this applies

lessonlearned

Do you lot like a romantic story with a happy ending......

Well here's one just perfect for a Sunday afternoon.

It involved my friends parents.

They lived in a nice house but every day the lady used to pass a house when she was walking her baby (my friend) in her pram. She fell in love with the house, even though she had never set foot in it, had no idea how many bedrooms and hadn't seen the back garden.

She told her husband.

The years went by They had more children and the lady used to walk past the house most days.

One day her husband came home and said "get your coat on, we're going out". He had arranged for a babysitter. Off they went.

When they got to the house, he opened the gate and gave her a wink.
When they got to the front door he opened it up, swept his wife into his arms and carried her over the threshhold. When he put her down again he reached into his pocket and handed her the keys........

They lived there for over 40 years.

Smodlet

What an amazing husband! Wow, LL.

I wanted our last house, our dream house before we had ever been to see it. The post code and pics were enough for me (three streets from birthplace of Smodlet) I will miss that house and that beautiful garden until the day I die.

I forgot the mystery house:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-55857295.html

another_casualty

Thanks for that smodlet . Actually , you explained what I'm looking for , and trying to avoid
My friend lives in lower parkstone / Ashley cross. That's ok .
Upper parkstone ( where he used to live), is a bit on the rough side apparently .
Westbourne , although near to Bournemouth is quieter .
Some properties are called the ' golden grid '. Not blue rinse then. I don't know what that means .
Then You have Bournemouth

I looked at those properties , food for thought .
Thanks

lessonlearned

Like the idea of the last one with the pool, gym and sauna.....:D

another_casualty

lessonlearned wrote: »

Like the idea of the last one with the pool, gym and sauna.....:D

The service charges will be around £3000 p a .
I asked about a similar property , on Thursday and that was the going rate

lessonlearned

Yes I noticed the "golden grid". Presumably it means it is a highly sought after area??? As in Marbellas "golden mile".

I believe Blackpool also has its own golden mile but is that more about the entertainment and hotels.

Oddly enough I have marked one of my search areas on RM as the "golden triangle".

lessonlearned

another_casualty wrote: »

The service charges will be around £3000 p a .
I asked about a similar property , on Thursday and that was the going rate

Ouch!!

More words, more words, more words.