[kevkev57]

After much talk within the family, we have decided to buy a property on an island off Scotland. We will keep our home in the Ardennes but sell our apartment in Brussels, which we use rarely.

 Our idea is to spend from June - October in Scotland, and the rest of the year in the Ardennes. As you can see we are not great lovers of heat !  My wife can now work from home full time, which is great.


I would like the following,

Smaller house
prefer stone
two bedrooms max
isolated, preferably near the sea or isolated inland.
no neighbours
land, 1 acre max.
 
For those of you with knowledge of the islands , which do you prefer ?    I have visited several but certainly not all.

Kevin

[Rosemary]

Must be great to be able to afford two houses, when so many can't afford one.

[kevkev57]

Oh dear, is it a crime now ? 

During the 80s and 90s, I spent little on holidays and luxuries. I eyed up the property market in Brussels and bought cheap. Against the flow, Brussels has sky high prices now, due to the influx of EU staff and lobby groups.  Now is the time to sell.

Yes it is great to be able to afford two houses.  My house in the Ardennes I bought 10 years back as a ruin. I rebuilt it myself. I am proud of that. I spent years of my life working on this home. I personally turned a ruin into a splendid house. My efforts, MY efforts allow me now to buy a second home, and any amount of cheap jibes like yours simply bounce off me...

It is a sad reflection on yourself that you get bitter and twisted about this. You don't even know me. Bottom line is that I have put my backbone into keeping my family afloat. I want them to benefit and enjoy a nice little home in bonny Scotland a few months a year. Assuming of course that is ok with you..

Kevin




kevin

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Hiya Kev i don't believe Rosemary is picking on you, You original post did seem like a bit of a shopping list hehe.

I believe if we could afford it,  we would be all in better positions with the housing situation.

(I for one would not have my neighbour , I would have,nt any neighbour if i could help it)

Linz

[kevkev57]

Hi Linz...oh s**t , I can feel another apology coming on..also just worked out who she is..

well it was a shopping list !  I am shopping for a house. Baked beans, toilet rolls , mars bars, island houses, whats the difference ?

I still think she was picking on me......a wee bit, as my new to be neighbours will probaby say , assuming they use the telephone, as I dont want them too close.l

Kevin,

[Fluffywelshsheep]

hehe


Can i add my shopping to your list too please


Linz

[doganjo]

Knowing Rosemary very well I would say she made what she thought was a plain statement of fact and was not 'getting' at you at all.  And your post does rather look like a shopping list - have you tried all the local estate agents and websites.  I found my present home by spending about a year looking at websites.  I would do so again - there is a lot of information out there.

[sandy]

Same here, I still look at houses!!! I am sooooo restless, if I had the money I would have loads of homes!!!!!! As much as I did not get on with my ex I felt for him as people were jealous as he appeared to have money BUT I knew he worked very hard for what he had!!!!

[cmorrell]

This can be a useful site to use .. it scrapes data off multiple property websites and allows you to search them by text *or map*. Very useful for looking in general areas where you perhaps don't know the road names ... or there aren't any.

http://www.globrix.com/

[Rosemary]

I wasn't getting at you personally and I'm neither bitter nor twisted, nor envious of those who can afford multiple "homes". I'm sure you have worked hard and invested well.

It simply doesn't sit well with me in principle. I believe if you want to commit to a home and community somewhere then do that otherwise just go on holiday there.

[Troubled Waters]

I'd love to buy a home on a Scottish Island but hubster thinks it may be a little too remote?  Is that possible?!? Ok, maybe for some but I'd like to try it.  I think he is also apprehensive that the climate may reduce or growing ability.

Anyway, have fun looking!
 

[Fluffywelshsheep]

my hubby is the same, I would live in the middle of no where if i could but hubby wants to have a tarmac road close by, lol

[sellickbhoy]

property is theft, none of us should own houses!!!!

 

[cmorrell]

theft implies the concept of personal ownership, none of us should be able to understand the word!

[Hilarysmum]

So if no one owns houses, how would they be doled out.  Who would be responsible for the upkeep, and who would get the big houses (i.e. buck house)?