House in the hills!

theartfullodger

Welsh-speaking, a speaker of y Gymraeg, as in "Francophone" - French-speaking...

Dan-Dan

There you are

Job done!!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51906791.html?utm_source=mitula&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=[resale]&utm_content=[SA]



I love travelling through here , only an hour or so from pembrokeshire coast , not sure on yield though at that price

moneyistooshorttomention

That reminds me - OP said their friend "doesn't mind some work".

Think it might be useful to clarify what is meant by "some work".

I could have said the same - ie what I want is a house that's completely finished and that includes having the standard neutral modern d!cor (including plain ceilings), neutral carpets, etc, etc BUT was prepared to "do some work".

What I meant by that phrase - on both houses I've bought to date - was "Oh well - I'll redecorate and put down new floor coverings and, if I must, I'll do a new kitchen and bathroom". What I actually got (both times) was a house that would be considered passable by some - but I took a thoroughly horrified look at and thought "Ohmygawd - its LOADS of work to do". The second one might have been considered suitable to just live in pretty much by some people - but I took one look at it and thought "Uninhabitable basically" and started ripping everything out:rotfl:

OP - what does your friend mean exactly by "some work"?

ManuelG

Dan-Dan wrote: »

There you are

Job done!!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51906791.html?utm_source=mitula&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=[resale]&utm_content=[SA]



I love travelling through here , only an hour or so from pembrokeshire coast , not sure on yield though at that price

Do you avoid the view (and smell!) of the steelworks?!?

Edit - no you don't. Google Street view takes you right to the scenic view https://goo.gl/maps/fDHJHfLPUEk

ognum

Dan-Dan wrote: »

There you are

Job done!!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-51906791.html?utm_source=mitula&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=[resale]&utm_content=[SA]



I love travelling through here , only an hour or so from pembrokeshire coast , not sure on yield though at that price

Thanks Dan-Dan but sadly this doesn't fit the isolated need, looking on satellite it's a bungalow in a street of bungalows!

ognum

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

That reminds me - OP said their friend "doesn't mind some work".

Think it might be useful to clarify what is meant by "some work".

I could have said the same - ie what I want is a house that's completely finished and that includes having the standard neutral modern d!cor (including plain ceilings), neutral carpets, etc, etc BUT was prepared to "do some work".

What I meant by that phrase - on both houses I've bought to date - was "Oh well - I'll redecorate and put down new floor coverings and, if I must, I'll do a new kitchen and bathroom". What I actually got (both times) was a house that would be considered passable by some - but I took a thoroughly horrified look at and thought "Ohmygawd - its LOADS of work to do". The second one might have been considered suitable to just live in pretty much by some people - but I took one look at it and thought "Uninhabitable basically" and started ripping everything out:rotfl:

OP - what does your friend mean exactly by "some work"?

A bit of work means, happy to decorate, new floorings, new kitchen, bathroom and maybe knock a wall down here or there.

Does not mean take an old crumbling stone barn and completely rebuild!

ognum

ManuelG wrote: »

Do you avoid the view (and smell!) of the steelworks?!?

Edit - no you don't. Google Street view takes you right to the scenic view https://goo.gl/maps/fDHJHfLPUEk

Interesting, sometimes there is beauty in distant (very distant) industrial buildings !

ManuelG

ognum wrote: »

Interesting, sometimes there is beauty in distant (very distant) industrial buildings !

Port Talbot was the inspiration for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner landscape, if that inspires your friend.

Davesnave

AdrianC wrote: »

Not all of Wales is taffyphone.

To be fair, I didn't say it was.

However, when you move out of the urban areas into the remoter regions, there are places where it is still the language of choice. It's something to be aware of, that's all.

If unsure, I'd recommend parking up outside a local school at kickout time to see what the locals are using. From experience, you might hear nothing but English, Welsh and English, or just Welsh.

Nowadays, everyone in Wales speaks English fluently, so it's whether they can be bothered to act inclusively which matters in Welsh speaking areas.

But then, how someone fares as a resident in the countryside, regardless of location, depends largely on what they're like, not what language they speak.

ManuelG

Davesnave wrote: »

But then, how someone fares as a resident in the countryside, regardless of location, depends largely on what they're like, not what language they speak.

Have to say as well, if I intended to live in rural Wales permanently, I'd be tempted to learn Welsh regardless.

Same as if I moved to France, I'd learn French.