Where in the UK to buy, if I work from home?

padington

mystic_trev wrote: »

What happened? Did Lord Lucan jump off the end of the old one?

Oops, I stand corrected

Alter_ego

Wherever you decide check out the Broadband speed and phone signal

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

I prefer the far south based purely on weather. I grew up in the East - it was bitterly cold in the winter when the ice came from Russia. Bitterly cold. Awful it was.

I like the south because it's milder.

What I've found though is that milder usually means wetter and, close to the coast, windier. I also hate the wind.

But, I hate the cold far more than wind/wet.

chucknorris wrote: »

I'm the opposite to you, I don't mind the cold (within reason) but I really dislike the rain, I don't mind going hiking or jogging when it is cold, but I tend to shy away from it when it is raining.

That's why I'd recommend Stirling. It's in a sweet spot. The east coast gets a bit of a Baltic breeze that I swear feels it originates in Siberia. In the west side of the UK it rains pretty regularly. From Stirling you can get to Edinburgh for the festival, or Glasgow for the music, opera, ballet, shopping.

People elsewhere on the forum have been pushing the midlands but I don't know that area well enough to comment.

There must be places handy for Manchester and Liverpool or Leeds that are also good value; hopefully other posters can fill in with their info.

ukcarper

Someone I know moved to Frome and they really like it.

Conrad

Monmouth
Chepstow
Southwold much drier than the south west and the area used by springwatch 2 years running

Bournemouth
Tonbridge
Saffron walden
Salisbury
Bishops stortford
Hereford
Evesham
Dorchester
Leighton Buzzard
Winchester
Brecon

oramgepekoe

Ithaca wrote: »

Warwick / Leamington Spa / Kenilworth? Less than 30 mins to Birmingham (road and train), under 90 mins to London on the train. Lots of countryside, nice looking towns, close to motorways, very central and a nice mix of places to live in. Traffic a bit of a pain in the mornings but if you're WFH it's fine outside rush hour.

This place (£310k / 3 bed) is just down the road from where we recently bought in Kenilworth... within 5 mins you're out into countryside past the Castle, we've got a Waitrose and a Michelin-starred restaurant (as well as an Iceland and a Sainsburys) decent range of pubs & restaurants, plus Coventry and Leamington are only 4-5 miles away (handy for Ikea, dept stores etc). You can walk into town in 10-15 mins, large park in the middle, woodlands for dog walks etc.

It's also really well connected for broadband etc - I regularly work from home 1-2 days a week now and it's great.

I think HS2 will be running just to the north of Kenilworth.

lawriejones1

Echo the poster before, Frome is a lovely place. We live between Bristol and Bath and it's brilliant. Two amazing cities and a load of beautiful countryside too.

pennyprincess

I live on the Hampshire South Coast which is perfect for stuff to do /city stuff/rural access to London etc - other places I like

Cotswolds, Somerset,Wiltshire, Loughborough is lovely as is Norwich but even travelling up to m family in Surrey/London I get cold now am true Southern softy we are v lucky and get lots of sunshine!

pennyprincess

but not that much mind you - compared to somewhere glorious like Spain let's not go overboard here!

Tromking

Tavistock- a market town on the edge of Dartmoor and 20-25 mins from the rapidly improving Plymouth. Within an hour of the beaches of North Cornwall too.