House in the hills!

penguingirl

ognum wrote: »

Wow amazing, way over top of budget but I will pass on.

Although it is for 2 properties- there might be an option to only buy one of them? Or a business opportunity with the second as a holiday let?

Davesnave

wibblewibble wrote: »

If he's happy with semi-isolated then theres loads around in the Brecon Beacons like this for example:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54672074.html

or try Rhondda Valleys area

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51007732.html?premiumA=true

carefullycautious wrote: »

Wibblewibble


Gosh!!! not entirely presented very well are they. The second one you can see the damp oozing through the walls

It's Wales. You can't expect slick presentation or even non-fuzzy photos once you step into the world of Welsh estate agency. Don't you realise the agent will have important stuff to attend-to....like his sheep?

And it's wet in Wales; bloody wet, but at least there aren't so many midges as there are in the Highlands. Either way, damp will be part of your way of life, unless you have something non-traditional.

That damp will not just be in the walls of your cottage, but in the very air you breathe, which means that for much of the winter it'll be obscuring that marvellous view. Come to think of it, if you're above 800' it might be restricting the outlook at other times as well. Been there, done that.

Have I talked you out of it yet?

I did have a nice property in my saved folder at a more modest altitude for you.....but now I look, it's probably sold.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51621322.html

Pity. Lovely, semi-remote spot about 600' in Dartmoor National Park. Miles of local walking in the woods around 3 lakes, but only a few miles from the supermarket and a few bob left over too.

EDIT: There is a neighbour. Well, you can't have everything!

moneyistooshorttomention

Are you trying to put off those of us who've already moved here Dave?;):rotfl:

Wales does sound like what this guy is after basically from the description. There's so few people in most of Wales that yep...easy to get isolated....

You can always throw (plenty of) money at a house to turn it into modern, well-presented. Ask me how I know....:cool:.

....and there isn't any damp in it (which is rather more than I can say for my last house...and that was one of the reasons I decided Victorian terraces weren't the best idea actually...).

I'm still prone to struggling to keep a straight face when people complain "There's going to be ever so much building on that spot - about a dozen houses". Cue for the struggle to keep a straight face, considering where I've come from and they knock down, re-build, and its all "boom...build....boom...build" right, left and centre. But I don't think I'm believed here sometimes when I say just how fast things sometimes get knocked down and redeveloped back there...:rotfl:

You're right about those EA's though (they've caused me plenty of hilarity).....and, if I go to sell this house ever, I shall be paying a visit to the EA I used back there and get them to deal with it...

Grumpelstiltskin

N[URL="file://\\ot"]ot[/URL] isolated but it does appear to be on the edge of town and within striking distance of a railway station.


http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/39126224?search_identifier=e58fd2d32fbef131eecd6ef188d122bd#7wH7iJPobkbTpMgL.97

theartfullodger

ognum wrote: »

Wow artful that's fantastic, is it for sale, what's the price?

Sorry, no: A rental property having work done right now. Worth more to me being let than sold (CGT etc).

Bought it at auction Jan 2000 without ever seeing inside it first or doing any sensible research... Don't do this children!

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Are you trying to put off those of us who've already moved here Dave?;):rotfl:

Not at all. You know I like Wales, and rural Wales it's not so very different from where I am now, apart from the language, that is.

But I'd seriously caution against being too high up in the hills, where the clouds start to play a dominant part in the the overall winter time experience. A week in the fog and mist can be most depressing. My parents had a house on the fringes of Exmoor for a time, so I know.

However, I do get the big skies thing that comes with being a little elevated. My own house sits on a ridge above a deep valley on one side and a shallow one on the other. This means that we get most of whatever light is available and I don't feel the effects of SAD as much as I did in the town.

DaftyDuck

West coast of Ireland? Some spectacular mountains, easy access via Knock or Galway, prices low...

AdrianC

Davesnave wrote: »

Not at all. You know I like Wales, and rural Wales it's not so very different from where I am now, apart from the language, that is.

Not all of Wales is taffyphone.

theartfullodger

AdrianC wrote: »

Not all of Wales is taffyphone.

Let us not forget that Engerlish is a foreign, alien, imported language......

moneyistooshorttomention

AdrianC wrote: »

Not all of Wales is taffyphone.

Okays - I just googled and couldn't find what that word means.

Errrr...what does it mean?

EDIT: Further googling and I couldn't find "Engerlish" either LOL...and its just occurred to me that I don't think I've heard anyone speak one word of a foreign language since moving here. All I've heard is English and Welsh. Mind - I haven't visited Cardiff yet...