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  • frogglet
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    Can't you look on rightmove  and make some appointments to view a number of houses in one day. Hire a car and drive over to view them?

  • moneysavinghero
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    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    Suddenly my Christmas doesn't seem so bad. I feel for the kids. Stuck in a campervan with their parents for Christmas (and beyond).
  • Splatfoot
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    frogglet said:
    Can't you look on rightmove  and make some appointments to view a number of houses in one day. Hire a car and drive over to view them?

    We do have a car but the properties would be 400 miles away. 
  • Splatfoot
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    moneysavinghero said:
    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    Suddenly my Christmas doesn't seem so bad. I feel for the kids. Stuck in a campervan with their parents for Christmas (and beyond).
    Well, our kids are quite fond of us. Must be the way we've brought them up. They're pretty excited about their new lives, albeit now delayed somewhat.  Not all teens hate their parents you know. 
  • moneysavinghero
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    Splatfoot said:
    moneysavinghero said:
    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    Suddenly my Christmas doesn't seem so bad. I feel for the kids. Stuck in a campervan with their parents for Christmas (and beyond).
    Well, our kids are quite fond of us. Must be the way we've brought them up. They're pretty excited about their new lives, albeit now delayed somewhat.  Not all teens hate their parents you know. 
    When you are stuck in a campervan for weeks, everyone is going to end up hating everyone.
  • babyblade41
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    I did a move to Wales  a few years back.  My advice would be to rent as it's not such an easy transition as some would hope .

    I moved from Oxfordshire and stuck it for a year ... the positive turned out not so positive in the end.

    I was moving on my own so no family members to worry about but with children it can be even worse.

    A daughter and her partner of a friend who had 2 young children  when they did it and sadly are still there as they just can't afford to move back 
  • Splatfoot
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    moneysavinghero said:
    Splatfoot said:
    moneysavinghero said:
    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    Suddenly my Christmas doesn't seem so bad. I feel for the kids. Stuck in a campervan with their parents for Christmas (and beyond).
    Well, our kids are quite fond of us. Must be the way we've brought them up. They're pretty excited about their new lives, albeit now delayed somewhat.  Not all teens hate their parents you know. 
    When you are stuck in a campervan for weeks, everyone is going to end up hating everyone.
    It's been 7 weeks so far... we're all alive 😂
  • Splatfoot
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    babyblade41 said:
    I did a move to Wales  a few years back.  My advice would be to rent as it's not such an easy transition as some would hope .

    I moved from Oxfordshire and stuck it for a year ... the positive turned out not so positive in the end.

    I was moving on my own so no family members to worry about but with children it can be even worse.

    A daughter and her partner of a friend who had 2 young children  when they did it and sadly are still there as they just can't afford to move back 
    Thankyou. It's sort of why we also did the camper thing, for that freedom. Where in Wales did you go?
  • hazyjo
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    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    No offence, its just the whole thread was about people camped out on a driveway in a motorhome 🙈

    Sorry for your predicament x
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • Bad_Accountant
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    hazyjo said:
    Splatfoot said:
    hazyjo said:
    Surprised nobody's mentioned the dog/bag for life thread yet lol.
    Why? I'm asking a serious question! We are a family of 4 living in a motor Home in the winter. It's not ideal.
    No offence, its just the whole thread was about people camped out on a driveway in a motorhome 🙈

    Sorry for your predicament x

    You're think of a different entertaining thread, Jo, Buyers are camped in our garden over Christmas: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2943078/buyers-are-camped-in-our-garden-over-christmas/p1

    The dog/bag for life thread was a different one, but possibly by the same author ;)



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