Looking to move - how to search by certain criteria

Martico

Marvel1 said:

Perksy5 said:

lika_86 said:

Do you have no other criteria other than bigger garden and near nature?!

Do you want to be within a certain distance of a big city/town/amenities? Do you prefer forests or hills? Do you have a particular budget? Do you have links to a particular part of the country? Do you have a job you need to be able to reach? Is there a particular part of the country you like to visit?

All of these things will factor into your search.

Of course I do, however I'd like to start with those criteria specifically and then filter down further from there. I can tailor that specific to my needs later.
What I'm wanting is how i can specifically search for more rural locations and just a general sense of how people decide on any given area if that makes sense.

I can only think ofg goofle maps for green areas and then post code search within that radius.

Better still, you can draw your own search boundary in Rightmove.
But I agree that you may be a bit early for those kinds of search if you're still not sure what part of the country (by the sound of it) you'd be after

ArbitraryRandom

I agree you seem to be going about this a little oddly... something like 70% of the UK landmass is considered 'rural' so I think you really need to have a list of criteria to help inform your search. 

If you want a really rural area then from the top of my head that includes a Scottish isle/the highlands, the Lake District, the Peak District, the Brecon Beacons. All places where you can buy a house and not be able to SEE another house from your upstairs windows. If you rely on your internet connection for work then you might want to factor in the cost of a satellite or bonded connection. Your best bet is probably to spend a week/month in the area you're considering and get to know some local estate agents who can let you know when a suitable property comes onto the market.  

Or if you mean rural in terms of smallholding/owning land, then there's a lot of places in the midlands or wales where you can buy a property a few miles out of a mid-size town and live 'the good life'. There's a number of websites that facilitate these kinds of purchases (As an example without recommendation: https://addland.com/sale/smallholdings) 

Or there's more 'rural' in terms of population density - Cornwall, Shropshire, etc. With green places and civilisation (and with one being somewhat cheaper on average than the other). Rightmove and a list like this (again without recommendation https://www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a34638128/best-countryside-towns-villages-uk/) can help here. 

Grizebeck

propertyrental said:

Forget the internet - you'renot ready yet.

Do you drive? Drive around various areas and find somewhere you like the look of. Then start property searching online in that area.

Great advice

Perksy5

comeandgo said:

In our area we have a specific company that deal with rural/ farming sales and if I wanted to buy in that criteria then I’d use their web site.  Does your area have specific rural sales companies or are you just using the bog standard right move?

This is a perfect example of what I mean, thank you! I'll take a look. No idea this was a thing.

Perksy5

MFWannabe said:

Perksy5 said:

Hello!

I'm looking to move as I'm a bit fed up of my current location.
I'm desperate to have more green in my life. I want a bigger garden for example and to be close to some nice walks or green fields or forestry. 

I've looked on several property sites and much of the properties I see just seem to me much of the same, similar to my circumstances but just a few miles away.

I'm trying to expand my search by just searching random places but how does anyone decide where they move to? 
Buying my first home seemed easy as it was more of an urgent purchase and ticked our boxes at the time. But now I have the opportunity to take more of a calmer approach to my next property move I'm finding it a thousand times more difficult.

So, how do you decide where to live? How can I find a reasonable place to compare my options? It's probably glaringly obvious but I just can't think right now! 

Do you still want / need to be in your current area of the country? 

If so then you should have a good idea of which locations are more ’Green’ 
if you are talking of a different area of the country then post a rough area on here and people will be able to advise you which areas are green 

I have no preference on location, I'm open to suggestions

Perksy5

propertyrental said:

Forget the internet - you'renot ready yet.

Do you drive? Drive around various areas and find somewhere you like the look of. Then start property searching online in that area.

This makes no sense. How could anyone aimlessly drive up and down the country looking? Better to research online first then scope out the local area if it ticks the boxes. 

Perksy5

ArbitraryRandom said:

I agree you seem to be going about this a little oddly... something like 70% of the UK landmass is considered 'rural' so I think you really need to have a list of criteria to help inform your search. 

If you want a really rural area then from the top of my head that includes a Scottish isle/the highlands, the Lake District, the Peak District, the Brecon Beacons. All places where you can buy a house and not be able to SEE another house from your upstairs windows. If you rely on your internet connection for work then you might want to factor in the cost of a satellite or bonded connection. Your best bet is probably to spend a week/month in the area you're considering and get to know some local estate agents who can let you know when a suitable property comes onto the market.  

Or if you mean rural in terms of smallholding/owning land, then there's a lot of places in the midlands or wales where you can buy a property a few miles out of a mid-size town and live 'the good life'. There's a number of websites that facilitate these kinds of purchases (As an example without recommendation: https://addland.com/sale/smallholdings) 

Or there's more 'rural' in terms of population density - Cornwall, Shropshire, etc. With green places and civilisation (and with one being somewhat cheaper on average than the other). Rightmove and a list like this (again without recommendation https://www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a34638128/best-countryside-towns-villages-uk/) can help here. 

Thank you this is useful!

GDB2222

Perksy5 said:

propertyrental said:

Forget the internet - you'renot ready yet.

Do you drive? Drive around various areas and find somewhere you like the look of. Then start property searching online in that area.

This makes no sense. How could anyone aimlessly drive up and down the country looking? Better to research online first then scope out the local area if it ticks the boxes. 

You are looking for a website that does not exist. One where you put in your criteria, and it searches for the property anywhere in the country that suits you. Sadly, as I said, it doesn’t exist.

The websites are all geographically based. You define an area, and the sites    look for properties inside the area. So, you really need to decide what areas might suit you.  That might be limited partly by your budget, for example. 

diystarter7

propertyrental said:

Forget the internet - you'renot ready yet.

Do you drive? Drive around various areas and find somewhere you like the look of. Then start property searching online in that area.

Hi OP

Please do not do as above but consider as per my intial post here then again on the interneet, have a Goolge maps look. Then
in areas you are interested - these days people often post vlogs re the areas and roads you my have an interest in and what life is like etc. Then go down to those areas you want to go to and as you travel there you my see others areas you want to investigate

But please do not ignore the internet.

Thnaks

gwynlas

There are forum users from all parts of the country here if you could give us some ideas of your criteria regarding budget, type of property access to coast, country city etc. At the moment you are being very vague £100k will buy you rural views in some parts of the country and perhaps a garage  elsewhere