The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: happygolucky on November 19, 2012, 04:51:06 pm
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Hi, we have the house on the market and did have an offer a while ago but I think hes dropped off the planet now we are having some work done that was found in the survey, that's a joke as the "quote" for all the work from a complain that's well known came to £14,000 without decoration, now we have the exact same job quoted but reputable companies that will guarantee their work for no more than £4,500 so a £10,000 difference!!!
We are getting it done as its minor stuff but we are in a dilemma, I love it in Scotland and want to live in a small community near to public transport as my husband cannot drive so uses his push bike and the train!!! Here is ideal for all the box's, but then I accidently looked at other places and now are mixed up. We both do social care or housing work and there is a lot around so as we worked in Leicestershire before with no prob, we know we should get some work, also with not much of a mortgage, not too stressed about pay being brilliant!!
We did put an offer in for our ideal house but sadly due to the one person, we had to pull out and its now sold, not gutted but it now makes me wonder.......so.....so we stay around the central belt? Move some where in England, or even Wales or go to the highlands? My youngest lives near Leicester but the other 2 are in Australia so that's not a factor either!! HELP.......I need a fortune teller!!
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Wish i could help Sandy. Not being able to afford a door mat , let alone the house to go with it , i don't look at places for sale .
Hope you find something that suits you soon though mate .
Very hard times on the way , i would avoid towns if possible ?
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Sandy,
I can't even to beging to advise. We moved to Wales earlier this year from the south of England. I don't regret it, although somewhere drier may have been nice ;D
We moved because we wanted a bit of land and we could never have afforded that where we were. We didn't need an income either so that was a great bonus.
Are you in a position where you could visit some of the places that may be of interest? That might help to sort out the possibles from the list.
Sally
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I still love it here, its my sort of place but more a village ...whats going to happen in the towns then? The house we wanted was set on its own but a little lane away from civilisation and the house had a nice big gun cupboard :excited:
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I have loads of relatives in North Wales but the language can be a big of a barrier, I love Wales too but just as wet as here"""" We were buying a house in Roseland Menheriot Cornwall before we moved up here, we made the right decision but I noticed that one near to the one we wanted is being sold for much more so prices still are going up in some places!!
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Aviemore small village whot is has that no other has no crime no police state of the art medical practis x ray plaster etc new school fantastic people take a look http://www.daysoutcairngorms.co.uk/highlandwildlifepark.php (http://www.daysoutcairngorms.co.uk/highlandwildlifepark.php) http://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/dnn/ (http://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/dnn/) http://www.reindeercentre.co.uk/gallery.php (http://www.reindeercentre.co.uk/gallery.php) http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-aviemore-resort/ (http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/our-hotels/macdonald-aviemore-resort/) http://scotland2000.com/index.php?q=dalfaber (http://scotland2000.com/index.php?q=dalfaber) http://www.cairngorm.com/ (http://www.cairngorm.com/) http://www.cairngormmountain.org/ (http://www.cairngormmountain.org/) take a look on christmas eve a big carnival for everey one Aviemore Christmas Parade 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVYceaBp2d0#)
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Sandy,
There is a house for sale quite near us and if I could then I would post the link :dunce:
3 bed bungalow in need of upgrading (but doesn't look too bad)
1.9 acres, some in woodland
lots of out buildings
planning for another house (holiday let potential)
....and only £140,000
BUT the downside is we have no public transport
Worth a look to see what you can get in the highlands though
Bell Ingram is selling and look under Rosehall, Sutherland
I am obviously biased towards the Highlands :-J
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Just our sort of price, I shall have a look, its hard when you do not drive, I hope that my husband will have some money to get back driving ASAP as the highlands and avimore look very very appealing to me!
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I think until you have a firm offer for your house it's probably difficult to know what to do, but perhaps a starting point is to decide how many bedrooms and living rooms you need, whether you need land or not, then go into one of the national House websites like Remax, Right Home, etc etc to see what you can get in each area for the money you have left after deducting your mortgage and costs involved in moving, and compare that to what you want. If you are not fussy about area it will be easier to find what you want.
Rightmove has a good section which shows you the price of a house when it was sold at different times in the last few years. For instance that Roadside white cottage on teh main road that's just been renovated sold for about £124K, but was bought a few years ago for £47K. Don't know what they spent on it though.
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Zoopla are good too....its more work than price of the house etc, that's why its great here as we are near the train, Perth would be good ....I printed a train map off and anywhere on a route to all the major towns and cities is great....I have my eye on another property in Lanarkshire, near where we lived when we first moved, Strathaven was lovely and near to Hamilton station, the down side was it seemed wetter there!! We only need 1 or 2 bedrooms, its the location more than anything.....I have seen some new ones that are OK too, who knows? ???
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Move to our village Sandy - pleeeeeeeeeeease!!!!!!! :bouquet:
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steves family are from Malvern......love it there too...Lisa I am ham fisted for wrapping!!
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It's a difficult balance - pay a bit more but need a good job to support the payments or aim for mortgage free and need less work.
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Carnoustie is nice. We've got good public transport to Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow and all points in between. Carnoustie itself has teashops, a Co-op, a greengrocer's, butchers and so on. Feels like a proper small town.
Good health centre. A lot going on in terms of clubs etc - including Canine Capers :eyelashes: . Lots of walking on the beach and on the Army Camp when it's open. Two good country parks a few miles away and not far from the beautiful Angus Glens, Lunan Bay etc.
Hmm, think I'll move there ;D
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Most houses I love are being sold very quickly, there is a wonderful house with an acre backing onto woodland but no rail links, still near here but too difficult to get to a train from...especially in the harsh weather, loads I love in Aberfoyle but again, too bad for the train,,,,,If I had a wish it would be for steve to drive, we only need one car as I have my bus pass :excited: The idea of being able to walk to a bus or go to a shop without taking a car would be great yet still want the trees and space around, not bothered about land but a view....I saw an ex council house but forgot where it was, some where around Glasgow but it had 2 acres with it and in a nice quiet spot!!
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Steve loves working in Dundee and has his eye on Broughty Ferry, thats very near Carnoustie.....watch this space ;)
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IL tell you Whit IL drop 25000 of this and sell you this 10000 cash newtonmore new kitchin etc 3RD OF Ac er i need to sell mums house .
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Wowowow, now I would seriously consider that and when if we sell we should have that cash...and near a train station too""" is it on an estate agents list, that house looks perfect!!
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its on Robertson's in kinusie GRAMPIAN HOUSE GOLF COURSE ROAD
NEWTONMORE
PH20 1AT all work done heating kitchin bathroom electricity 12 miles aviemore train station 200 yards :wave:
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It looks sweet, although we want an open fire etc, in a very good location and could be made lovely!!!! You certainly have given me something to think about!!!! :wave:
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"What's for you won't go by you" my gran would say!
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I think so too, we lost a house in Cornwall but moved to where we are now and no regrets!!!
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http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jkr/partics/newtonmore/gram.htm (http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jkr/partics/newtonmore/gram.htm)
Non standard construction so may not be mortgageable though. Lovely for a cash buyer - a bargain I'd say!
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Funny but there is a similar house in Oban, Steve works there but mortgage free would be great........thinking about the little place kept me awake.......then I come back to how handy here is.......living in the Cairngorms is VERY Appealing.......
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Non standard construction that's dead on they said if i had the work done it would be worth 15000 did the work and no sales so the house has been there for 100 ya res no problem in fantastic location costing me naw .Haw are things with you donago reedy for the big day ,Its advent sunday a week sunday and that's the run in till Christmas 3 weeks this time would be lovaley to go to end off January cut all this Christmas out .IV been told a green Christmas all the best.
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A sweet little house in an ideal spot but I think we need to stay fairly central, it would be a good house to let out for holidays, why not give that a try if its sticking, there is a bungalow near here thats been on the market for ages and ages due to not being morgageable, we looked at it but it cannot be guarenteed to last etc so we left it, shame as its in a lovely spot, I can picture myself living there as well!!
I do love the highland idea but need to be more central, I like the area around Dundee and Perth, we will see what comes up, I wish the money fairy would pay for my husband to learn to drive, he was just about to take a test before we migrated up here, now hes chickend out but it so limits where we can go!!!
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Non standard construction that's dead on. they said if i had the work done it would be worth 15000 did the work and no sales so the house has been there for 100 ya res no problem in fantastic location costing me naw .Haw are things with you donago reedy for the big day ,Its advent sunday a week sunday and that's the run in till Christmas 3 weeks this time would be lovaley to go to end off January cut all this Christmas out .IV been told a green Christmas all the best.
Thanks Gary, great here. Dogs been doing really well in show ring.
I watch Homes under the Hammer when I'm having breakfast, which is the only reason I knew about that. There was one on not long ago that they had had on teh programme before, the owners had to rent out even after doing the work, but they went back to it a couple of years later and it had sold after modernising. Your Mum's house looks lovely, and I would say it really is a bargain. How much did the work cost you to change it from non standard and what did you have to do? Did it have to get an outside jacket of stone?
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i took the money from the croft fund which i have for rainy days .had new heating kitchin bathroom open fire infestation and cavity ,problem the community charge and insurance and loan on double glazing has to be paid monthly so its costing me heavy rent on the croft and house my house mums house ,The good news i still have 300 ewes to sell and 100 geese and 40 turkeys i cut the poultry dawn from 300 to 120 I'm glad you re OK and the dogs all the best.
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See if you can let it, would bring in a great income, especially near a golf course, I adore the look of the place, BUT, I keep thinking of myself snowed in in the highlands and my 3 daughters not being able to visit!!!!
If your house was here, I would prob take a very serious look at it, I saw a house I adored near here and it was next to the Forth and flooded all the time, I so wanted that house as it was very very cheap, but now its sold so, some one has the same idea as i had, I could have easily gotton return on my money through renting it short term sort of holiday let......Also, post some adds on free sights, I wish I was in a position to come and look but I am sure I would fall in love with the place,
Thanks!!
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VERY VERY cheap houses near us (downside is the locals are German)
We have two friends both Brits and they speak hardly any German (hello, goodbye, thankyou etc!) but get by. I had no German when I came and OH only school German.
We live off a small teachers pension and I have a tiny job teaching English (that almost pays for the animal food)
Try Googling 'houses in Saxony' they start at a couple of thousand euros.
'Horning' or 'Harald Kissliss' (I think Ive sprlt them correctly) are two local estate agents with good web sites.
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Mel, I have been looking at some fantastic houses in Germany, my youngest goes there to get wine for her partners wine business and Say's its so clean and like fairy land in parts!!!!
However, we need to make it easy for work not harder, we both are able to work here in UK if needed, we find it keeps us above the breadline but not sure about the language barrier if we moved, if I were younger or we both were retired it may be a different story, the other issue is as 2 of my 3 daughters are in Austrialia, if I move out the UK it would make visiting me even more a chore, at least they can visit other friends and relatives on the same trip back to Blighty!!!
Never mind, but thanks, the houses I saw were wonderful in Germany!!
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So why not Oz or NZ for yourself then? Just a thought!
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The visiting kids IS an issue with us too....so know where you are comming from with that
As for work...we find living here is very cheap. Ground tax, for instance, is less than a tenth here of the council tax we used to pay on a smaller UK property. the Brit friend that lives here runs an internet based fire/heating supply company.
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Womble, by the time we have sold up and paid for the move we would not have much money left at all, as my husband cannot drive as yet (just started again) he would find it hard to get work, he is a qualified Youth worker and no other skills so even harder quite possibly, I am getting nearer to retirement age but not old enough just yet and then I have a daughter in the UK, and I would hate to leave her.
Then, lastly, I would be sad to re home our dogs, I also love it up here in Scotland, I may be odd but hate the heat, nothing better for me than a cold day with me wrapped up then home to hot food and a fire.....
If I emigrated I may just become an old women in a small isolated house but near my grandchildren, here, I am still old, but loads to keep me going and lots of dog walks and places to visit without the risk of Skin Cancer or being bitten......I would never rule it out but not at all keen......
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HGL.I'm with you on the heat thing. My youngest is spending a year in Australia on a working holiday permit. He's right in the south but says he hates the heat and the flies. And it's not even midsummer there yet. Don't know how he's going to manage when the temperatures are even higher than the 34C which is is atm. He's doing farm work so it out in it all day and says he often gets up at 4am to start work so he can be inside in the middle of the day.
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I need a cool country...especialy as I get a load of hot flushes......this place can get cold but I still get too hot and after all, my legs and arms have been covered up for years now, not sure they or other people can cope with the shock!!
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:wave: Well I got my husband out of Clackmannanshire and surrounding area and found the perfect place......at the perfect price...so its a waiting game...some more interest in this house, an Irish ex farmer is coming to view :fc: soon, who knows? ??? ??? I am shocked that all the property under £150 is going so quick...almost like the sales are on..shame as that's the price we are aiming for.......the estate agents are shocked too as even houses that have been sticking are going..
Not saying anything until after the fat lady sings but if we do not get our fingers out the house we love will be gone.....its too perfect not to go.......the best bit was, as we viewed an elderly man went buy on his tricycle, he had a long beard, green wellies with a trailer load of logs...now I want to live where there is peeps like that...and I want a tricycle now too!!
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Sandy,
I know you think its the perfect house but don't get too excited just yet. I had my share of let downs both buying and selling. Its a long haul so be patient.
Sally
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: same here....we have lost a few over as well, thats how ended up in Scotland, we rented until the house came on the market suitable, we also lost one in Cornwall twice...but its always ended up with us getting the best out the bunch........as long as we sell we are OK....I was more than happy to find a perfect house as other wise I think my husband was after any that sort of fitted the bill, we now know more of what we want and where to aime to move to!! so...if we do not get this one, there are others!!
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I know its not the UK but property round here IS CHEAP
Theres one on Mondays auction list starting at just under one thousand euros (Note NOT hundred thousand) Theres a 4/5 bed house in need of work but sound with water pwer, sewerage etc. The previous guy had started doing it up new windows etc. Plus a stone (granite) barn. Its on almost an acre with farm land along two bounderies.
The estate agent recomends pulling down the house and either converting the barn or rebuilding with all modern insulation/heating....that what most Germans would do.
Hornig Imobillien....
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Love the idea but, we need to stay in this area for work, depending on our sale, we will most prob have to make a cash purchase so no funds to do up or move abroad.My youngest went to Germany before Christmas and loved where they were, if some one gave us instant work, it would be a consideration..,thanks Mel