move to cornwall..

Drew_TNBD

monquixote said:

Drew_fx said:

OH NOES! A MAN FIGHT!

We could fight in a bath of Branston Pickle. 

It would be officially the least erotic thing that's ever happened.

Depends how much you like Branston I suppose.

holnrew

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

Axe_meister said:

Thinking of just this. Live in London fortunately with a lot of equity. So looking to move to Devon and maybe relax a little career wise. Although have to wait till daughter finishes A levels.

Anywhere in mind? 

The AxeMeisters of Axminster has a nice ring to it.

Pity Axminster isn't in Somerset. GLORIOUS Somerset.

Drew_TNBD

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

 maybe Branston is now Drew's trump card in the location wars!

Nah mate, Japanese women are my patriarchal trump card in this debate.

Strat_a_tat_tat

holnrew said

Pity Axminster is in Somerset. GLORIOUS Somerset.

The mighty Wikipedia says Devon.

holnrew

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

holnrew said

Pity Axminster isn't in Somerset. GLORIOUS Somerset.

The mighty Wikipedia says Devon.

Yes, I was right all along.

monquixote

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

Hold the front page... I see that Branston used to made in Burton upon Trent... and only moved to Suffolk 10 years ago (so - hardly a Suffolk success story!)... and now - shock horror - Branston is owned by a Japanese company... so maybe Branston is now Drew's trump card in the location wars!

I actually only found out about it today which was the main reason I mentioned it. 

The biggest thing where I live is British Sugar which weirdly enough was designed by Stephen Fry's dad. 

Nunogilberto

It's something I've long thought about and would still love to do. Penzance, Newlyn or Mousehole would be my dream destination.

rolls1392

Right.

Moved to Cornwall in 2004(retired). It is a very lovely place but:

The stuff down here that's free ie:beaches/scenery etc is fab

Stuff you have to pay for ie: social life, resturants etc are very patchy in their quality. Think setting the lowest standard and continually failing to achieve it.

Guitars shops in Cornwall are all pants. No stock and attitude.

Nothing like Guitar Village or Nevadas that I was used to.

Gardening jobs. Yes there are loads of old codgers down here that have their gardens done, so there is a market.As already said jobs are not easy to get and the pay is rubbish.

Houses:Just avoid buying a house near the coast or in any resort. You will be ripped off. Check out the prices in Rock or Porthleven.

Surfing is good down here.

Cream teas are the best and of course so are the pasties, despite what the other side of the border may claim.

Good luck if you move.

BigMonka

Stevepage said:

Me and the Mrs bought our little flat in Watford nearly two years ago and we've come to the realisation that we fecking hate this area. Properties are far too much for what they are and we don't fell safe.

The plan is to move to a house this year though we're not sure what area to move to next. Our dream is to move to Cornwall though we couldn't do that move just yet.

However it's a dream we desperately wish to have in the future. Has any one else done a big move down to the west country?

I work as a gardener/landscaper (not much landscaping though) and she works in retail but wants to get out of it. Is there a decent amount of work down there for gardeners?

Any advice is welcome.

If you're thinking about having kids soon then seriously consider how far away from parents/inlaws you would want to be - I lived 300miles from any relatives when my first was born, now only 3miles since my 2nd was born and its brilliant having them so close to help.

chrispy108

Move North, seriously. Grew up in Thurrock, Essex, Hatfield for Uni, then moved to Watford (Langley Road, loved it, whereabouts are you?), then Brighton, now in Wakefield.

Seriously, every things half the price and basically the same as the South, but people smile at you.

VimFuego

just want to counter this myth that houses in the SW are expensive. It is expensive if you stick to the honeypot areas, but get away from that and it seem pretty reasonable to me, for example, we sold our 2 up 2 down in a Hertfordshire commuter village and was able to buy a 3 bed semi detached cob cottage with just shy of an acre, multiple out buildings and that backs onto open fields in a tiny village in a very rural part of the county with the proceeds. From memory, our neighbours paid less than 200k for their 3 bed cottage with a more normal sized garden.

FX_Munkee

chrispy108 said:

Move North, seriously. Grew up in Thurrock, Essex, Hatfield for Uni, then moved to Watford (Langley Road, loved it, whereabouts are you?), then Brighton, now in Wakefield.

Seriously, every things half the price and basically the same as the South, but people smile at you.

We only smile at you because we feel sorry for you. Coming from the South and all that.

Strat_a_tat_tat

FX_Munkee said:

We only smile at you because we feel sorry for you. Coming from the South and all that.

I thought it was just trapped wind.

mellowsun

Is Cornwall any cheaper than Watford? I heard that Cornwall had the most unaffordable part of the UK in terms of ratio of house prices to local wages.

Is there anywhere else that not such a big move? @monquixote mentioned Suffolk. Maybe also consider Norfolk? Norwich is a nice city, not too expensive and seems pretty safe (apart from the usual Saturday night rowdiness on Prince of Wales Road), and nice countryside and the Broads nearby, West Norfolk coast is lovely.  In-laws live in Norwich and they love it. You could probably swap your Watford flat for a small terraced house not too far from the centre.

ToneControl

EricTheWeary said:

The problem with Cornwall is that its full of Londoners who have moved there to get away from Londoners.

I noticed that too

ToneControl

monquixote said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

monquixote said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

If you're going to play 'the beer card', Mr Monquixote... I'll never get to leave the Home Counties! Not sure I could countenance living anywhere that didn't have Fullers' ESB on tap within a reasonable drive (for my wife - the designated driver).

We also have Adnams and Aspall Cyder which makes us the best

There speaks a man that simply has not invested sufficient time supping copious quantities of Fullers' ESB.

Not so. 

I used to live near Chiswick and I've done the Fullers tour

ESP is very nice, but Broadside is better.

of course you'd have to move to Staffordshire for bitter really, since we invented it

FX_Munkee

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

FX_Munkee said:

We only smile at you because we feel sorry for you. Coming from the South and all that.

I thought it was just trapped wind.

yeah, sorry about that. I blame it on all that tripe that we have to eat due to contractual stereotype reasons.

Phil_aka_Pip

monquixote said:

I don't know anything about Cornwall (other than a holiday about 15 years ago), but I can recommend Suffolk as a place to live (yes I know it's the opposite direction). It's got good countryside, lowish crime rates, lots of nice countryside and coast, lots of sun and not much rain, not insane house prices and it's largely rural which would suggest there would be plenty of outdoorsy work for you to do.

Also in my home town we make most of the UK's sugar, Greene King IPA, and Branston Pickle, what's not to love?

Keep it quiet mate! We can't take any more "furriners". The place is already suffering from burgeoning new "developments"

@Stevepage I tell you IT'S CRAP. DON'T COME HERE

VimFuego

mellowsun said:

Is Cornwall any cheaper than Watford? I heard that Cornwall had the most unaffordable part of the UK in terms of ratio of house prices to local wages.

erm yes. Wages are low, but so are house prices. Just as an example (you can look up house prices on the internet, who knew?!?)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1408&minBedrooms=2&displayPropertyType=flats&googleAnalyticsChannel=buying 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1365&insId=1&minBedrooms=2&displayPropertyType=flats&oldDisplayPropertyType=flats&googleAnalyticsChannel=buying

just picked a town in cornwall of a similar size to Watford.

Drew_TNBD

If you move to Cornland, you'll have to learn the language. Think about it...