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Originally Posted by macafee2
We went through this last year. Driving a 400 mile round trip to look at a house. Google maps is indeed very helpful as is an atlas. We looked at about 3,000 houses vi the internet. 1 we went after required adding a second story and an extension, another had been gutted as a house and was being used as an administration building. Run down properties are cheaper to buy and give you more scope to put your mark on it but takes time to be what you want and you may not want to spend that time in mess.
We decided to sell and move into a discounted rented property and then start looking again. We had to put stuff into storage.
Is Scotland the only option? We ended up in Lincolnshire and for the same price have a much bigger property.
If you really want to go to Scotland, go, you cannot live your life for others and you do not want to leave it too late and miss out.
I've heard before having a Waitrose close by can add money to the value to a house, staggering.
Good luck
macafee2
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We've drawn a map on Right Move which includes Shropshire, Staffordshire, a little of the West Midlands and Powys, so quite a large area. Scotland isn't really a goer as part of the reason to move is to be nearer family, as well as a better climate. We find it rather too warm and dry here in Suffolk. We'd also looked at Lincoln, seems you get a lot for your buck again. Another issue is that we've got quite a decent piece of real estate here, so folks tell us, and it is difficult to replicate. We've chucked a few quid, time and effort at it and we'd rather not have to do it all over again. One of the estate agents who valued it advised us to go in to rented in the area we're looking at, but that's dead money and two moves for the price of one. We did it when we moved here from the west Midlands and found it even more stressful.
It will be what it will be though. At least we can have a laugh at bathrooms held together with parcel tape.