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Where can I build my dream home?
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bluedrop
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Where can I find a piece of land (atleast 0.25 acres) to build my dream home?
Here are my constraints:
1. Under 1hr commute to London
2. Safe, family friendly area
3. Near academic state schools (preferably grammar)
Budget £350k max (for the plot)
We've been viewing properties, but DH and I would really really really like to build our own home. If we buy our next home now, we will have to forget about building our home.
Its now or never for us !
Here are my constraints:
1. Under 1hr commute to London
2. Safe, family friendly area
3. Near academic state schools (preferably grammar)
Budget £350k max (for the plot)
We've been viewing properties, but DH and I would really really really like to build our own home. If we buy our next home now, we will have to forget about building our home.
Its now or never for us ! There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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Get a subscription to Plotfinder.
It's never 'now or never'.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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What direction into central London- leading into Euston, Paddington, Liverpool St., Victoria, Waterloo, whatever?
We'll need a better idea of areas. London's best thought of as not one city, but a built-up county.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
What direction into central London- leading into Euston, Paddington, Liverpool St., Victoria, Waterloo, whatever?
We'll need a better idea of areas. London's best thought of as not one city, but a built-up county.
London bridge / Cannon Street at the moment. But that could easily change (freelance IT consultant)There is more to life than increasing its speed.0 -
You are looking for a building plot in one of the most high demand areas possible. I gave up looking when further out that you want to be, in Oxfordshire. It was not until I moved to the Highlands that I was able to realise my dream of building my own house.
You would probably be better looking for a wreck of a house on a decent plot to knock down and rebuild.0 -
Oxfordshire are supposed to be opening quite a lot of self-build plots.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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You are thinking of Graven Hill. A project that started out with good aims, but when you drill down into the detail, the plots are expensive with a LOT of ties and restrictions. I would not have got the house I want, built the way I want there. It was also the wrong end of the county, and I had already moved before that scheme got going.Doozergirl wrote: »Oxfordshire are supposed to be opening quite a lot of self-build plots.0 -
Given your list of constraints compared to your budget, I suspect your dream house will be located exactly there - in your dreams.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to read.0 -
ReadingTim wrote: »Given your list of constraints compared to your budget, I suspect your dream house will be located exactly there - in your dreams.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to read.
Oops sorry - should have clarified. £350k is just for the plot.
I'm editing the original post in a momentThere is more to life than increasing its speed.0 -
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ReadingTim wrote: »Not sure whether that changes my previous comments though...
Exactly.
1/4 of an acre build plot in a good area, with good schools, within an hour of London...
OP of your 5 demands pick 2, maybe 3, the other 2/3 are pipe dreams.
1) £350k or under
2) Within an hour of London
3) 1/4 of an acre at least
4) Good schools nearby
5) Good area0
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