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wibblywobbly wrote:I guess that being within travelling distance of Manchester or Grantham would be a bonus, though my daughters and grandchildren are in the Loughborough area. The main consideration is a bit of peace and quiet. My current place is directly under the main flight path for what seems like every aircraft on the planet that start around 5am, has about 5 dogs that bark incessantly (one till midnight and gone), there are two houses planned for the land right next door, the Avon ring road is a stone's throw away and is 'loud', add in the Chav's with their exhausts, the motorcycle speed testers on the ring road, two houses opposite have nine cars between them, every time they slam a door the shockwave goes through every wall, floor and ceiling in my house (that's nine cars x three doors x multiple opening and slamming), the police helicopter that is over the area at low level almost every day at all hours.

..and you can see that if I could buy a shed on a remote Scottish Island I would probably take it!

I sympathise. We have oor own 'chavs', but here they're called 'neds' and tend to inhabit forlorn, graffiti covered estates in the less salubrious parts of Glasgow...like Easterhouse, for example, where my poor Maither still dwells...
But much of Scotland, and the border areas (including Cumbria and Northumberland) are relatively chav-free zones.. though you might meet the odd village idiot or lubed-up yokel.... There are stunning properties often at bargain basement prices. Should you be curious about remoter places, here's a link to one of the larger agents in the real North (Scotland..) http://www.hspc.co.uk
In the Inverness area (with rail, air and road links to the rest of the world..) you could get a four-bed detached house for the price you'd pay for a
crappy maisonette in the London area.. I worked in London for 30 years so I know all the downsides of urban dwelling; but when I got the chance to return to my (earlier) roots...not my immediate Glasgow ones ..I leapt at the opportunity; in fact i drove away at high speed to it. To misquote that befuddled twerp Boswell, or maybe his pompous pal Dr Johnson: the 'finest prospect a scotchman can even see is..the road leading away from England!!' As for noise..well, you can hear your hair grow here

Best place i know of is in Longridge preston i here there's a very popular rc tank club as well just a thought

Eastern Front wrote:I have 145 acres for sale in Nova Scotia Canada

Cheers!

With the original Eiffel Tower on it

Hi rob, the Peak District is quite beautiful, peaceful, and relatively crime free. I live close to Buxton and whilst you would want to avoid the tourist hot spots there are some areas close to where I live that have excellent transport links and the property is really excellent value for money. Whaley bridge for example is on the direct rail line to Stockport and Manchester and is in a very pretty area. Anyway wherever you wind up good luck with your planned relocation.
Alwyn

Where I live in North East Wales I am right on the motorway network
Manchester - 45 minutes
Preston - 60 minutes
Peak District - 75 minutes
House prices are very reasonable too and most of North Wales has gorgeous countryside.

Well thanks for all the comments, I didn't expect such a response

Nova Scotia would be good, my sister and brother in law live on the outskirts of Toronto, and being hikers they go up there, and send me pics of the end of the world and all known forms of intelligent civilisation. Canada does however have one distinct drawback...I like things on the warm side of cold.
Still need to find a buyer for this place before I can even think about moving, I am now reaching the lowest price that I am prepared to go to, it would be cheaper to spend a few grand on state of the art sound proofing than move house if I go any lower.

Just to give you an idea of what's available for the rich southerner....

http://www.misgroup.ltd.uk/blenheim-par ... head_hall/

Or a bit further from the road and easier access to the moors:
http://www.misgroup.ltd.uk/blenheim-par ... ood_lodge/

It never ceases to amaze me that people buy a normal house in London for the price of a palace up North, I know which one I would rather live in??

Hi Rob You can understand why so many companies are moving north from London , BBC moved to Manchester will be followed by more London based companies , even paying re-location allowances they still save money. Watched homes under the hammer a few weeks ago a small flat in Chelsea for 550,000 done up and sold on for almost a million , it didn't even have a bedroom, shower room and toilet, kitchen/ living/bedroom fold down bed . couldn't swing a cat it was so small. There must be some real dipsticks live in London paying that much for a tiny property .

regards pete

One of my daughters used to live in London, ok she was on 'very' good money, but the cost of living was so high that she considered herself privileged to be able to rent what I can only describe as a cat basket with a kitchen cupboard....at £1200 a month?

She moved to Loughborough and got a 2 bed semi for under £450 a month.