A tad above my price range and I don't really need anything that big.
4 beds 7-25 acres ideal and the barns . Its only going to be three of us .
Eldest has left home for Ireland from where he has vowed never to return , he never wanted to leave here and is a big part of why we stayed . but his girlfriend got her dream job and they moved to Ireland and he has decided people there are far politer than here
He works for the nhs speaks to people all over the country and insists inside the m25 are the rudest.
Youngest wants to stay here so will rent a house with friends.
You'll be a long way from your old friends and family. You also need to look at ease of access for you to shopping, facilities, and essential services. In Wales you'll also have to cope with their running of the NHS which is less than glorious by all accounts but an important consideration as you age.
In 1991 we moved from Harrow to Belgium for OH's work. We avoided the ex-pat ghettos in Brussels and its environs and bought a place with some land out in the country. We settled into local life, in French, and got involved in local activities and were very happy.
When OH retired we realised our house was too big, our garden too complicated and the weather just a tad cold and wet most of the year so we moved here. We'd spent many hols in the Charente and felt comfy but needed good golf for OH and good dance classes for us both. Spent a week sussing out the Vendée and fell in love with this place. Bought it two years ago and moved 21 months ago.
You'll need to be outgoing but a bit reserved to start with so you make friends and not mistakes. You'll have to be prepared to muck in and give and take. Find a house and situation that feel right and research the area well and you'll be fine. Have a look also at Herefordshire, parts of Shropshire too and do check local weather and soil to make sure they're OK for your crop growing plans.
Harrow around the corner from us!!
Shropshire we have considered not sure how it bodes for holiday lets .
Norfolks big worry is its commuter links are improving and to be honest we have very little friends or family left who have not passed away or moved away already. Those we want to stay in touch with we will.
You need to check tourism potential. Shropshire has loads form foodies in Ludlow to Ironbridge. Do some decent research before you limit your options. https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/
That's how we found this little gem.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
East Lincolnshire is another idea. As it's flat, cheaper to buy land and a growing produce area. Holiday let's are fewer so if you built some they should be used by people visiting the coast and tourist attractions plus the Norfolk Broads.
I am so biased about this nin, I personally absolutely love Wales, so would choose that! My heart rules though. Mine and my husbands great grandparents were Welsh (on my side they came up to Lancashire for coal mining opportunities I think); and I feel very patriotic towards the Welsh. We have to stay put for the next 3 years but are seriously considering being able to move to North Wales. I have even been learning to speak Welsh and have a great love for the language. I hope I will be accepted as an honorary red dragon if we do make the move. Like yours, our area is going through a lot of change, lots of building planned all around on our greenfield sites etc. You must of course make a decision with your head aswell as your heart nin and like many of us there are lots of things to be taken into consideration. All the best with it all.
East Lincolnshire is another idea. As it's flat, cheaper to buy land and a growing produce area. Holiday let's are fewer so if you built some they should be used by people visiting the coast and tourist attractions plus the Norfolk Broads.
now Lincolnshire is in my peripheral vision and I do check out the properties regularly. I think we will sell up and rent for a shot while , its not as if two beds rent for 3k a month anywhere we are looking .
Nin, I would say, try not be using a deficit / rejectionist model for choosing what you want. You'll leave in sadness, if not disgust, with 'the way the world is going' and can find yourself painted into a corner or designing yourself a bubble into which the modern world must not intrude. Don't be pushed, but be pulled towards what you love, what gives you joy, delight and fulfilment. Otherwise you risk the whole project (and potentially your home and lives) being founded on depression and bitterness. Off-grid preppers can end up this way, and it isn't fun.
Yes plant pauper, Ireland would be an was answer but do I want to be one of those parents Tha follows their child around when they are no longer a child!!!
You don't have to move into their street. It is 170 by 300 miles. Perhaps I exaggerated for effect @Fire but my friend has an Air BnB which has accommodation for ten and is booked all year round.
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That's how we found this little gem.
https://www.propertypal.com/search?sta=forSale&st=sale&pt=agricultural&stygrp=5&f=sty:128&nl=farm
More acres for your lucre and the place is over-run with tourists and anglers.
There are smaller ones of course.
https://www.propertypal.com/search?sta=forSale&st=sale&pt=agricultural&stygrp=5&f=sty:128&nl=farm
More acres for your lucre and the place is over-run with tourists and anglers.
There are smaller ones of course.
It is 170 by 300 miles.
Perhaps I exaggerated for effect @Fire but my friend has an Air BnB which has accommodation for ten and is booked all year round.