What's Lymington Like?

[Doofus]

It's a nice place to visit, but always seems busy. Is it a good place to live, or does it become a pain in the backside after a while?

[Doofus]

Thank you.

Fortunately, I won't need to commute, and was thinking of a village near Lymington, because it would be great to be close to the Forest and the coast, and Lymington seems to offer the necessary ameneties.

Somewhere closer to Salisbury would probably make more sense, but doesn't appeal so much because of the location as mentioned above.

[Doofus]

Thank you.

I guess I need to spend some more time down there with my Daily-Life hat on, rather than my Sunny-Weekend hat

[Doofus]

M5MarkM said:

It's a lovely place, as are most of the surrounding villages. The biggest issue you will have is going anywhere and getting back. In the summer especially, every tt in the country with a caravan heads this way to block the roads for miles around and causes hours of delays. If you truly don't need to commute then you're fine, but the tourists can be a pain! If you do need to do something simple like say, visit a super market, then it will be hard work in the summer visiting major towns like Southampton or Bournemouth. Out of season it is even more lovely, no tourists, wonderful surroundings and friendly locals. If you need to travel it isn't for you, if you don't need much travel it is an amazing part of the world

Kind of what I thought, thanks. If anything, I travel Souoth from Portsmouth more than I'd travel North.

[Doofus]

Spare tyre said:

You'll need red trousers

I've got red underpants if that's any good. And deck shoes.

[Doofus]

Thank you for the detailed reply, Dermot.

We're going down for a few days next week to check things out, and potentially line up some property viewings.

[Doofus]

The ameneties in Lymington is one reason why it seemed like a good place to centre a search around. We've spent a fair bit of time in the area, but only as visitors, and the nearest friends are in Ringwood and Winchester, neither of which are what we're after (the places, not the friends)

[Doofus]

Huntsman said:

In which case. Isle of Wight.

Yeah, but regular trips to the continent as well as an enjoyment of driving rule that one out.

I have accepted that stuff costs what it does in England because everything we import has to cross water, but I'm not prepared to pay IOWs further inflated day-to-day living expenses just because it has to do it twice.