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Village shop that still had "half-day closing ",post office that was never open because "Jean is busy looking after the kittens "
and a third-rate chippy that closed at 6.45 (prompt )
No thank you .I moved back to Hadley Wood on the edge of London (Barnet ) where I originally came from .
Maybe I moved in the wrong direction ( East Anglia ) or didn't have enough fingers to really fit in but somewhere on the outskirts of Bath, Bournemouth or Brighton would have been perfect.
It will be a completely different way of life so we’re both excited and rather nervous at the same time. Living in a town means that things like septic tanks (currently Thames Water pipe our drainage away) and oil-fired ch and AGA (Octopus currently pipe gas into our house) will be somewhat alien.
Anyway, looking forward (with trepidation) to our move.
I’ll try. I’m concerned that the Wilts ISP might be like a steampunk version of the real internet. No fibre broadband in those little villages just south of the A303.
Most of my friends now live in London whilst me and the other half have bought a house on the outskirts of town very close to the countryside and some nice picturesque villages are just a short walk away. In some respects I wish I'd decided to move to either Bristol or London but we definitely wouldn't have our own house now. I do miss seeing more of my friends but it's only 1.5 hours on the train to Kings Cross and it feels more like an occasion when I do go and visit.
All I am really missing out on is more of a social and music scene. I dunno, part of me does want to up sticks whils we are still relatively young...
Next year I'll be moving back to the SW and I genuinely can't wait for it to happen. We already have a house in Exmouth that is currently being let, but we're going to give notice to our tenants and then move in there for a bit while we decide exactly where to settle.
I'm really keen to see what happens in a post-COVID world in terms of property prices, wage distribution, and societal impact, as the past five months have prompted a lot of conservative industries to rethink approaches to office space and ways-of-working. I'm taking those silver linings for all that I can, as it means I can keep my current job which I really enjoy, and the inflated London salary that goes with it, while living in a part of the world that I actually want to be in. It's a win-win scenario all round for me, though I fully appreciate that not everyone will be so lucky.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
We moved out of Watford finally but we went further north to Leighton Buzzard (on the outskirts). Much quieter and have a lovely house. Devon is still very much a target for us though, maybe in 4 - 5 years.
I hope you are able to secure a place without too much aggro. Moving is stressful enough as it is without buggeration like bidding wars and gazumping.