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I guess I just need to remind myself that the houses that are on the market now might not be around, but there has constantly been around 5 or 6 houses in my target area within/below my rough budget and that waiting/being disciplined will let me get all the related logistics sorted.
Originally posted by NewShadow
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Your reasons for the move make lots of sense, NS - and you're spot on about the point above. For now, I'd say maximise the returns on the money you've got saved - switching accounts, regular savers, anything you can.
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I'd suggest looking for a house in an area that is "cabled up", so you can have fibre BB.
Originally posted by Bedsit Bob
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Absolutely!
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New Shadow just remembered something that we came across when my DD was househunting. She found a nice two bed terrace with a reasonable amount of garden, but not too much. We noticed there was a gap in the fence between her and the next door garden (she was end of terrace. When I looked at the documents it turned out that next door had a right of way through the middle of her garden in order to access their own garden and they would drag their bins out that way.
Originally posted by maryb
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This too. And watch out for signs of a neighbour feud: does your seller play music loudly so you can't hear next door? At one house I went to, a terrace like maryb mentioned, there was a very solid brick wall down one side of the (long) front garden. I commented how nice it was, and the EA replied that the seller had built it to shield from the neighbour. Then I noticed it was built three feet *inside* the property boundary!
Check the crime stats for the area - there's a map, showing levels, types and numbers of crimes, I think its run by the police.
Downsized and paid off mortgage 2010
Retired August 2016
Paid off French mortgage September 2018