Locations to retire to and why?
Discussion
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Bannock said:
Dumfries and Galloway is the new Cornwall. You heard it here first. The coast is nothing like a cold as people make out Scotland to be - Gulf Stream. It's beautiful, sparsely populated, but with some good sized towns and facilities. Plenty of great countryside and things to see and do. Lively little towns with great cultural events - Wigtown, Kirkcudbright for example. Not as remote as people think either, Glasgow and Carlisle in striking distance, fast trains to the South from Carlisle are easy to get to as well. I'm on my way up there for retirement from the crowded Thames Valley asap. We'll that's today's plan. There's an SWMBO who keeps prevaricating.
North East Fife is the place to move to in Scotland if you want decent weather, it’s dryer than alot of the U.K. Temperatures are obviously lower than the south coast. St Andrews is lovely old town, lots of history, 3 beaches and dozens of restaurants and pubs. Main line station nearby and Edinburgh Airport about an hour away.J6542 said:
Bannock said:
Dumfries and Galloway is the new Cornwall. You heard it here first. The coast is nothing like a cold as people make out Scotland to be - Gulf Stream. It's beautiful, sparsely populated, but with some good sized towns and facilities. Plenty of great countryside and things to see and do. Lively little towns with great cultural events - Wigtown, Kirkcudbright for example. Not as remote as people think either, Glasgow and Carlisle in striking distance, fast trains to the South from Carlisle are easy to get to as well. I'm on my way up there for retirement from the crowded Thames Valley asap. We'll that's today's plan. There's an SWMBO who keeps prevaricating.
North East Fife is the place to move to in Scotland if you want decent weather, it’s dryer than alot of the U.K. Temperatures are obviously lower than the south coast. St Andrews is lovely old town, lots of history, 3 beaches and dozens of restaurants and pubs. Main line station nearby and Edinburgh Airport about an hour away.monkfish1 said:
troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
bennno said:
monkfish1 said:
troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
I trust you have no regrets?
monkfish1 said:
bennno said:
monkfish1 said:
troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
I trust you have no regrets?
bennno said:
monkfish1 said:
bennno said:
monkfish1 said:
troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Not sure i agree, thouygh i wish it were as you say. I can see a stabilising of prices, but i cant see it dropping back to 2018/19 levels.
Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
Whereabouts in Wales are you thinking?Waiting for a drop is a high risk strategy. As in, getting even further priced out
Wales beckons..............................
I trust you have no regrets?
monkfish1 said:
Wherever the right property comes up. But probably not north wales.
That’s a big and very diverse search area! I really like Pembrokeshire. It’s one of my favourite places to visit but couldn’t live there all year round. That’s a very different proposition altogether. troika said:
monkfish1 said:
Wherever the right property comes up. But probably not north wales.
That’s a big and very diverse search area! I really like Pembrokeshire. It’s one of my favourite places to visit but couldn’t live there all year round. That’s a very different proposition altogether. Very much a case of finding something suitable, then deciding if the area is agreeable.
monkfish1 said:
It is. But as we are excluding any towns and i need a big barn or three, and am budgeet limited, the list of possibles diminishes really quickly.
Very much a case of finding something suitable, then deciding if the area is agreeable.
It’s always the conundrum, house vs location. Good luck with the search. Very much a case of finding something suitable, then deciding if the area is agreeable.
Sheets Tabuer said:
Canaries for me to retire if I wanted to go abroad, 22c all year.
Same here finally went to an exhibition last month to clarify a few things the type of visa etc, can afford to buy a reasonable apartment then live at least 15 years on a reasonable income and state pension will kick in before then as well as 2 smaller private pensions. (Hit 55 next year so don't want to leave it too late)Just waiting for youngest to move out.
My major concerns is sorting out financial stuff and medical ie prescriptions if anyone knows the score.
I know/heard it's private medical cover about £50 a month or so until you reach their pension age.
It can't be that difficult plenty of people seem to be able to do it
speedyguy said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
Canaries for me to retire if I wanted to go abroad, 22c all year.
Same here finally went to an exhibition last month to clarify a few things the type of visa etc, can afford to buy a reasonable apartment then live at least 15 years on a reasonable income and state pension will kick in before then as well as 2 smaller private pensions. (Hit 55 next year so don't want to leave it too late)Just waiting for youngest to move out.
My major concerns is sorting out financial stuff and medical ie prescriptions if anyone knows the score.
I know/heard it's private medical cover about £50 a month or so until you reach their pension age.
It can't be that difficult plenty of people seem to be able to do it
It's a lovely idea in theory but compared with all we can do and have in the UK we'd struggle to find enough to keep us occupied in the Canaries if we spent more than two or three weeks at a time there. Great for holidays and chilling out but any longer than that and we're both getting bored and looking forward to coming home.
If we moved out permanently we'd both need some sort of daily routine or occupation simply for something to do and that's not really the point of retiring for us.
Jaguar steve said:
speedyguy said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
Canaries for me to retire if I wanted to go abroad, 22c all year.
Same here finally went to an exhibition last month to clarify a few things the type of visa etc, can afford to buy a reasonable apartment then live at least 15 years on a reasonable income and state pension will kick in before then as well as 2 smaller private pensions. (Hit 55 next year so don't want to leave it too late)Just waiting for youngest to move out.
My major concerns is sorting out financial stuff and medical ie prescriptions if anyone knows the score.
I know/heard it's private medical cover about £50 a month or so until you reach their pension age.
It can't be that difficult plenty of people seem to be able to do it
It's a lovely idea in theory but compared with all we can do and have in the UK we'd struggle to find enough to keep us occupied in the Canaries if we spent more than two or three weeks at a time there. Great for holidays and chilling out but any longer than that and we're both getting bored and looking forward to coming home.
If we moved out permanently we'd both need some sort of daily routine or occupation simply for something to do and that's not really the point of retiring for us.
So many that seem attractive initially are only 'sun and sand' venues, much like you can do for 2-3 weeks anytime. I'd want somewhere with more to do, good travel links to other towns/countries etc.
troika said:
Shropshire is a good shout. I’d happily live in Much Wenlock or Church Stretton if the right place had turned up. However, the prices have jumped too far IMHO, to the point where it’s not ‘that’ far behind the nice Cotswold market towns. To me, it was worth going that bit extra for location, amenities and longer term benefits.
I just moved from a long-term rental in MW to a first (and hopefully last) purchase in CS so know the market well. I can confirm the latter is retirement central (we just moved here witha toddler) but suits us extremely well. Prices are mental but my friends from the affluent Southern counties when seeing what we bought still think its dirt cheap for what it is.Portugal is a good destination to retire to, as long as you’re careful with tax etc.
The trip down (by ferry and car) can be a holiday itself with loads to see depending on how you get there. If you’re older i think you can get cheap accommodation in lovely old Pousadas on the way down or if going through Spain a fantastic Spanish Parador.
Easy access to other parts of Europe, great weather and safe, not as developed as some of the more famous areas in Spain.
Maybe have a small place in the U.K. and come back for the summer if that’s possible?
My folks did this and we loved family holidays down there. I even lived there for a while and commuted to the U.K. for work before my kids started school.
I’ll probably do the same or maybe the canaries or one of the larger Greek islands like Rhodes or Crete.
I’ll probably go for a smaller apartment we can leave for months though rather than a stand alone villa or maybe some kind of air bn b set up to make some money if we end up splitting time between the U.K. and abroad.
The trip down (by ferry and car) can be a holiday itself with loads to see depending on how you get there. If you’re older i think you can get cheap accommodation in lovely old Pousadas on the way down or if going through Spain a fantastic Spanish Parador.
Easy access to other parts of Europe, great weather and safe, not as developed as some of the more famous areas in Spain.
Maybe have a small place in the U.K. and come back for the summer if that’s possible?
My folks did this and we loved family holidays down there. I even lived there for a while and commuted to the U.K. for work before my kids started school.
I’ll probably do the same or maybe the canaries or one of the larger Greek islands like Rhodes or Crete.
I’ll probably go for a smaller apartment we can leave for months though rather than a stand alone villa or maybe some kind of air bn b set up to make some money if we end up splitting time between the U.K. and abroad.
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