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pinkshoes

youth_leader said:

You do have to consider the weather though Scarter. The cold here in the NE was a shock to us when we moved up from London.  Twenty years later I still dislike how much colder it is here and even though I am coastal, we had weeks of heavy snow in 2010 and 2018.  I believe Scotland is worse and looking at the recent Met reports believe snow is due from Norway shortly. Brrr! 

Oddly, I find it the other way round.

I grew up in Lincolnshire for 18 years but also lived up in the North East for 5 years. I'm now in Oxfordshire, and although it isn't as cold, it is so WET further over west!! I really miss the cold DRY weather!

We could sell our house, move back to Lincolnshire and be mortgage free for the same sized house! I'm a teacher so my salary would be the same, and Mr Pinkshoes could probably get a similar paid job. 

Alas Mr Pinkshoes will not move, so here we stay!

diystarter7

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diystarter7 said:

Hi 

We moved from the nort years ago ie mum/dad/family as mum rightly said more job ops in London
We had a lovely detached house got next to nothing for it in the very late's 70 and whilst dad was working at the Ford motros looking for house property prices were shooting up - dad got a nice victorian house 4 beds concerted to three but it was almost 
30 times the price nd even those in London could not believe the price we paid as there was no Internet as such and people were talking about when they last bought - people from the north came and sort of called dad a liar and he offered them to bets the cowards declined then dad bought out the paperwork, they were staggered.

Those coming from the north and midlands slag off london but in relity can't afford to live here or buy the same type of large detached house in a nice area. The weather better, mass of more jobs for all - people from all over the worlkd coe here as well as our hypocritical friends and family that often visit London etc but slag it off for reasons I've touched on.

I've been lucky, worked hard, been wise with money and every place we lived at has been ok/good for us. It goes without saying I'd love a duplex apartment overlooking hyde park but can't afford that.

We consider Eastbourne when we left work and then Eastbourne's main home and an apartment near out kids in Lond. However, we deiced to stay put and one of our kids and their family is about 15 doors from us and its the best decision we ever made. Thanks to my mum and dad for making a bold move when many just talked about getting "on your bike" to find a new/better job.

we alsmot did Sevenoaks, then Tunbridge but I'm glad we never went over to look at the properties as we may have bought there and the commute to work was not for me.

As one gets older and it happens quickly after the age of 50, you find it harder to drive especially in the dark - so best to be closer to amenities and loved ones as far as poss IMO.

Thanks

We did the opposite. We moved from Morden, Surrey in 1969 to Glasgow.

This is the house I was born in. Mum and dad bought it for £2000 in the fifties. They sold it for £6k in 1969 when we moved.

It recently sold for £540k !!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/england-118464044-15401350?s=75675fd959b10f7325ab022ef5337165c2dad90189f7e885f7b1cf5e1fc7c913#/

The house they bought in a village not far from Glasgow cost £11k. That sold in 2007 (when they died) for £245. Since then prices have dropped and it more recently sold (with big extension and extensive modernization) for £220k.

Gran's thatched cottage in Devon sold for £10 in the 70's. It's now worth £600k!!

Hi

Thanks for sharing

  - yep it works both ways.

Even now as per my previous post, people want to move to London from north and midlands but will get a lot, lot less for their money. But as I said, mum and dad did the right thing though it was a massive financial move/risk.

Enjoy your day

diystarter7

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Moving away from family is the reality for many. Relocating within the UK is necessary to find suitable work. Trivial compared to some past generations who emigrated. 

So harsh as it may be, if you choose to remain with a radius of your family, and there is a shortage of houses and its an expensive area...your choice.

Hi

True and my dad did in 58 I think and mum followed the year later from another country.
They rented privately with friends and soon bought a house and rented out rooms
and a few years later were able to do away with the renters.
Then they moved from the north of the uK to London and massive price difference in property prices but the jobs were in London and they did this both times to make it easier for us the kids and our kids.

Thanks

Woolsery

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mi-key said:

The trick if you move to a cheap rough area is just to make sure you are rougher than everyone who already lives there

I don't know how you identify which areas are nice and which are the kind of rough you wouldn't want to live in. 'Unfamiliar is always a bit frightening. 

It's difficult. In Wales where we looked first, we had the help of a local who had a lifetime's experience of villages in the area, but we eventually bought in Devon, near where I grew up. Even so, some people don't see me as a local, because I'm originally from eight miles away!

The area we're in is still classified as 'deprived,' though the schools are good or excellent and crime is very low, but it's wages and facilities that determine the classification. OK, the films at the rural cinema are 6 months old, and it's wise to take a cushion. Anyone looking in a cursory manner would probably pass over us. That's why prices are lower than in the south of the county or near beaches, where the wonders have all been 'discovered' by those with plenty of cash. That doesn't help the community spirit, though the glossy mags say it's all great. They can keep Totnes with its arty-farty image, constant summer traffic jams and vastly inflated prices.

MovingForwards

I moved up to Scotland when I was 40, couldn't afford to buy where I was living so extended my search area to 100 miles of it, ruled out some due to train costs to the city. Did day trips driving round, looking at the roads / general area where property was for sale. 

Where my home is I did a drive down the road and that was more than enough for me to know I'd be happy here. Next time I was here was viewing day. The next drive down my road was during the pandemic and the next time I got out my car is when my purchase had completed and I had the keys.

There are some nice, budget properties about, I snapped one up for £78k.

sheramber

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It's okay if you don't mind living in a rural area, probably a long way from your friends, and maybe far from people you would like to be friends with. The broadband will probably be a joke too. Little to offer locally, you need to drive to everything.

Some people might be okay with it, but it's certainly not for everyone.

We moved from a 3 bed semi in central Scotland to a 4 bedroom detached on a one acre plot, in the far north,  on a single track road with no lamp posts and no public transport, in a rural crofting area with sheep and cattle for neighbours. Our nearest human neighbour 1/4 mile away.

Council subsidised local taxi which collected you at the door, dropped you off and picked you up where you wanted and delivered you back to your door.

Better broadband than my son had in Edinburgh. 

Far less snow than central Scotland got , as were sheltered by the mountains on 3 sides and being 8 miles from the coast on the north side.

GP appointments on the day, with a personal touch. You were a person, not a number.

A weekly trip to the town  for the supermarkets but a local corner shop/post office.

A community spirit  that did not exist in the 'south'.  We quickly got to know  all 100 people who lived in the strath. We had  barely known  the next door neighbours in the previous house.

ProDave

pinkshoes said:

youth_leader said:

You do have to consider the weather though Scarter. The cold here in the NE was a shock to us when we moved up from London.  Twenty years later I still dislike how much colder it is here and even though I am coastal, we had weeks of heavy snow in 2010 and 2018.  I believe Scotland is worse and looking at the recent Met reports believe snow is due from Norway shortly. Brrr! 

I grew up in Lincolnshire for 18 years but also lived up in the North East for 5 years. I'm now in Oxfordshire, and although it isn't as cold, it is so WET further over west!! I really miss the cold DRY weather!

What I remember of Oxfordshire is it would sometimes rain and rain for days on end non stop, not especially heavy rain, but it just went on and on for days before finally drying up.

Up here now we get showers, often heavy but it is the exception if it rains a whole day non stop let alone several days continuously.

Skiddaw1

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It's okay if you don't mind living in a rural area, probably a long way from your friends, and maybe far from people you would like to be friends with. The broadband will probably be a joke too. Little to offer locally, you need to drive to everything.

Some people might be okay with it, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Nothing is for everyone!  

But a lot of people would LOVE to live in a rural area and don't realize how much you can get for your money.

It's not just at the cheap end - if you've got more to spend you can get some really lovely properties. Check out this period property in Wick (way up North) for just £285k

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85881477#/?channel=RES_BUY

Nice house and I love the far North (though for preference I'd live on the North West side in or close to the geopark... )

p00hsticks

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Our home and garden is becoming our world - where the (in my opinion) bat !!!!!! crazies can't touch us!! LOL We're living cheaply - making sure we're prepared for when they try to tax people out of their homes. But we live well - miles of beach, open countryside - we want for nothing. 

Out of interest, what is the healthcare provision like where you are ? Both for routine GP appointments and checkups and dentistry, and if you had something more major happen - e.g. heart attack, broken bones or need for chemotherapy etc ? 

As I said earlier in the thread, I've done what is being discussed and moved out of a city to somewhere more off the beaten track for improved quality of life. But I'm very concious as we get older that - even ignoring the reported decline in NHS standards across the board - I've also made it more difficult for myself if I should have an accident or fall seriously ill. I've been unable to sign up to a local dentist, either under the NHS or privately - there simply aren't any around. I'd most likely need an air ambulance if taken seriously ill or in a bad road accident, have to travel a considerable distance to the nearest major hospital for some regular health screenings and, having had three people close to me recently diagnosed to cancer have become aware that I'd have to travel possibly an unsustainable distance in order to receive many of the potential courses of treatment for cancer. 

I don't regret relocating for a moment as I love where I am, and my health is generally good, but the lack of easily accessible healthcare compared to the major city I was in before is defintiely a downside to the move.

Splatfoot

We moved from West Sussex to Moray, Scotland. I can say, the weather is better here, not to mention the beautiful beaches.😊 No 30+ degrees for 3 weeks in the summer, just 20-25 which is perfect.  Days are shorter in winter (by an hour or so) but to be honest, I struggle more in the summer when it never gets truly dark. There is less rain and more snow. Awaiting the snow on Wednesday with excitement 😁 My family down in Sussex have had weeks of rain, we had a couple of days. Now the skies are blue and it's frosty.