Where would you live?

[Holley]

Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath and Woburn are suitably posh and very lovely. Can get some very nice properties for between 1.25m-2m.

Not quite all criteria hit, but something like this...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY
or this
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

leaving enough budget for the annexe

[ZedLeg]

The joy of mines is that there’s space to build a runway.

WFH @IanF ?

[DeskJockey]

We’re about £400,000 short of this.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

You then have a lake and a lot of land aswell.

Dave!

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

[dinny_g]

Aspley Heath

I used to live on Aspley Heath - right at the very top in a place called Daneswood and you're absolutely right - Woburn, Woburn Sands etc are lovely places.

Dangerously close to me thought for Ian...

[Sundayjumper]

It would be great to have a house in an area of beautiful unspoiled countryside. The risk of course, is that some selfish cnut builds a house there and ruins the beautiful unspoiled countryside near your house.

[Rich B]

The joy of mines is that there’s space to build a runway.

WFH @IanF ?

he'd have to WFR though, I didn't see a home on there?

[Gavster]

We’re about £400,000 short of this.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

You then have a lake and a lot of land aswell.

Dave!

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

That is nice, love the land and the lake.

[ZedLeg]

The joy of mines is that there’s space to build a runway.

WFH @IanF ?

he'd have to WFR though, I didn't see a home on there?

You can ask one of the crofters if you can crash on the couch when you’re home.

[drcarlos]

We’re about £400,000 short of this.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

You then have a lake and a lot of land aswell.

Dave!

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

If it wasn't for my mum I would seriously consider moving away, possibly further north as my job contract is now totally flexible and just travel down for the odd day or two in the office maybe once a month. Even though I am actually pretty tied to my hometown the cost of living here smarts.

However I'll chuck this in for consideration: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... otoCollage

[V8Granite]

We’re about £400,000 short of this.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

You then have a lake and a lot of land aswell.

Dave!

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

What a cheek, it’s a mile down the road from me

Dave!

[DeskJockey]

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

What a cheek, it’s a mile down the road from me

Dave!

I meant in relation to where my family and friends are!

[V8Granite]

Nice try, no Christmas card for you.

Dave!

[Sundayjumper]

This is probably in budget with only a little haggling:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... llion.html

[GG.]

Following on from the “woman” topic, I’ve decided to buy somewhere for me.. ideally I’d like this to be my last UK purchase and so I have a few requisites: must be a min 2 bedroom in main house with an annexe for my parent(s) as my dad is not well medically. It needs to have a three car garage (to keep up with Jobbo obviously ). I enjoy a pub, so want 2 pubs within 5km, have 2 dogs so want plenty of outside space. A farm may be of interest, depending on accounts (and affordability).

I’d like a big kitchen/morning room, media/games room, with a pool/tennis court/both as a dream scenario.

It needs to be within 90 minutes of LHR (max 120) and max spend is £2m for property.. so, as per subject line, where would you live? And any actual suggestions would be most welcome ..

ETA: not Windsor, that place is dead to me

Interestingly I'm currently sat in Oxford having just finished a prep school open morning - we're exploring relocating and S. Oxfordshire has places that will fit many of your criteria.

But you're also near enough in direct competition to me so my official advice is f*ck off and look somewhere else

[duncs500]

That ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Same, just a shame about where in the country it is. But then if it was down here it would be £2m without the land.

If it wasn't for my mum I would seriously consider moving away, possibly further north as my job contract is now totally flexible and just travel down for the odd day or two in the office maybe once a month. Even though I am actually pretty tied to my hometown the cost of living here smarts.

However I'll chuck this in for consideration: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... otoCollage

That ticks a lot of boxes.

[dinny_g]

This is probably in budget with only a little haggling:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... llion.html

Also very close to me - don’t you like Ian ???

[IanF]

Following on from the “woman” topic, I’ve decided to buy somewhere for me.. ideally I’d like this to be my last UK purchase and so I have a few requisites: must be a min 2 bedroom in main house with an annexe for my parent(s) as my dad is not well medically. It needs to have a three car garage (to keep up with Jobbo obviously ). I enjoy a pub, so want 2 pubs within 5km, have 2 dogs so want plenty of outside space. A farm may be of interest, depending on accounts (and affordability).

I’d like a big kitchen/morning room, media/games room, with a pool/tennis court/both as a dream scenario.

It needs to be within 90 minutes of LHR (max 120) and max spend is £2m for property.. so, as per subject line, where would you live? And any actual suggestions would be most welcome ..

ETA: not Windsor, that place is dead to me

Interestingly I'm currently sat in Oxford having just finished a prep school open morning - we're exploring relocating and S. Oxfordshire has places that will fit many of your criteria.

But you're also near enough in direct competition to me so my official advice is f*ck off and look somewhere else

Best you tell me where exactly to avoid and if you can send over actual properties you like, I can make sure I don’t (do) make offers..

[GG.]

We’ve a bigger relocation job including getting my son into another school so realistically you’ll be buying before us anyway.

[Explosive Newt]

A tedious point but if you plan to have infirm elderly relatives live with you, you will really have to consider access to GP and other services and for me that makes living rurally a no-no. Mine are lucky to live in a big suburb with a decent GP, although Leeds General Infirmary could be better.
A friend of mine moved her parents in with her in Cambridge lately purely so they could access Addenbrookes rather than being stuck with Reading.

Interestingly I'm currently sat in Oxford having just finished a prep school open morning - we're exploring relocating and S. Oxfordshire has places that will fit many of your criteria.

But you're also near enough in direct competition to me so my official advice is f*ck off and look somewhere else

One of the reasons I left Oxford (well that and finishing my PhD) was that housing was just appallingly expensive. The tumbledown old 2 bed semi detached I lived in in Old Headington was up for £650,000 apparently.

[GG.]

A tedious point but if you plan to have infirm elderly relatives live with you, you will really have to consider access to GP and other services and for me that makes living rurally a no-no. Mine are lucky to live in a big suburb with a decent GP, although Leeds General Infirmary could be better.
A friend of mine moved her parents in with her in Cambridge lately purely so they could access Addenbrookes rather than being stuck with Reading.

Interestingly I'm currently sat in Oxford having just finished a prep school open morning - we're exploring relocating and S. Oxfordshire has places that will fit many of your criteria.

But you're also near enough in direct competition to me so my official advice is f*ck off and look somewhere else

One of the reasons I left Oxford (well that and finishing my PhD) was that housing was just appallingly expensive. The tumbledown old 2 bed semi detached I lived in in Old Headington was up for £650,000 apparently.

My mother in laws attitude to leaving the four bed detached house she lives in and cannot hope to maintain is "over my dead body"... so she wouldn't be living with us but it is helpful to be 25 minutes drive away and not 2hr 25mins.

South Oxfordshire villages seems a good bit cheaper than North Oxford / Cotswolds and is much more commutable into London so that likely makes the most sense for us - at least for the foreseeable future.