Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

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ElectricSoup

8,202 posts

150 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Spice_Weasel said:
That is lovely. I have family in Beech Hill which is not too far away. It's a great area.
It is. These days proximity to Reading is seen as a good thing, rather than the horror show it used to be. Crossrail has helped, and there's a new station going in at Green Park, which isn't more than 2 miles from that Rectory. I live close to central Reading, been here 25 years, and I'm toying with the idea of of moving to somewhere like that, south of the M4 but in striking distance. RG7 postcode covers it, it's a great area with good rail and road connections, and a bit overlooked/unfashionable, so remains relatively good value. My favourite spot is Chapel Row. Don't all rush at once.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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ElectricSoup said:
My favourite spot is Chapel Row. Don't all rush at once.
As far as I am concerned, Chapel Row has always been a few houses on a busy t-junction with (what was for many years) a mediocre pub and a butcher's shop.

OK, you're surrounded by famous people, and I got 125mph out of an old BMW on Lower Common Road when I was 17 (and I have friends in Chapel Row), but I really think you can do better in RG7

phil_cardiff

7,043 posts

207 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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JF87 said:
Vast and nicely redone vicarage in commutable range of London for a touch under £2M. Location maybe a bit too Reading-y.



http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
That's lovely. But I can't stream Netflix in 4k so I won't be buying it...

ElectricSoup

8,202 posts

150 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Doofus said:
ElectricSoup said:
My favourite spot is Chapel Row. Don't all rush at once.
As far as I am concerned, Chapel Row has always been a few houses on a busy t-junction with (what was for many years) a mediocre pub and a butcher's shop.

OK, you're surrounded by famous people, and I got 125mph out of an old BMW on Lower Common Road when I was 17 (and I have friends in Chapel Row), but I really think you can do better in RG7
You may be right, I only ever pass through occasionally (used to visit Bucklebury regularly when I had a Saab to see the geezers at DCA). Wasn't aware there were famous folk around there, it's kind of gone down a bit in my estimations now! hehe What are your favourite RG7 spots?

On the Grazeley Rectory, I suppose the risk there is getting surrounded by the mooted new housing estates and roads in the area. That would probably be enough put me off.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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ElectricSoup said:
You may be right, I only ever pass through occasionally (used to visit Bucklebury regularly when I had a Saab to see the geezers at DCA). Wasn't aware there were famous folk around there, it's kind of gone down a bit in my estimations now! hehe What are your favourite RG7 spots?

On the Grazeley Rectory, I suppose the risk there is getting surrounded by the mooted new housing estates and roads in the area. That would probably be enough put me off.
For me, it's too close to Reading. Reading is a lot better than it was, but unless you work there, or in London, the benefit of being stuck between the M4, the A33 and the railway would be lost. And you're a fair way from a decent pub smile

For me, you can draw a shape from Newbury - Theale - Pangbourne - Streatley - East Ilsley - Newbury, and stick me mostly anywhere inside that. The trouble is, I've been looking for several months, and there's nowt there for my budget...

ElectricSoup

8,202 posts

150 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Doofus said:
ElectricSoup said:
You may be right, I only ever pass through occasionally (used to visit Bucklebury regularly when I had a Saab to see the geezers at DCA). Wasn't aware there were famous folk around there, it's kind of gone down a bit in my estimations now! hehe What are your favourite RG7 spots?

On the Grazeley Rectory, I suppose the risk there is getting surrounded by the mooted new housing estates and roads in the area. That would probably be enough put me off.
For me, it's too close to Reading. Reading is a lot better than it was, but unless you work there, or in London, the benefit of being stuck between the M4, the A33 and the railway would be lost. And you're a fair way from a decent pub smile

For me, you can draw a shape from Newbury - Theale - Pangbourne - Streatley - East Ilsley - Newbury, and stick me mostly anywhere inside that. The trouble is, I've been looking for several months, and there's nowt there for my budget...
Decent pubs in Reading: Nags Head, Fox'n'Hounds, Pack Saddle, er...um....errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Three Guineas is pretty good these days, The Retreat, The Foresters, The Castle Tap, The Greyfriar, The Lyndhurst.....there's quite a few when I think about it. Pub scene is pretty dynamic though, gotta keep up.

;-)

So if your budget isn't working, maybe that shape needs expanding a bit. Or moving a bit further west.......which puts you dangerously close to.....drum roll......Swindon. Give me proximity to Reading any day.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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ElectricSoup said:
Decent pubs in Reading: Nags Head, Fox'n'Hounds, Pack Saddle, er...um....errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Three Guineas is pretty good these days, The Retreat, The Foresters, The Castle Tap, The Greyfriar, The Lyndhurst.....there's quite a few when I think about it. Pub scene is pretty dynamic though, gotta keep up.

;-)
None of which are in stumbling distance of Grazeley smile

Electric Soup said:
So if your budget isn't working, maybe that shape needs expanding a bit. Or moving a bit further west.......which puts you dangerously close to.....drum roll......Swindon. Give me proximity to Reading any day.
I've gone north. We're searching West Oxfordshire, the Cotswolds and Evesham vale...


Edited by Doofus on Thursday 19th October 15:47

ElectricSoup

8,202 posts

150 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Doofus said:
ElectricSoup said:
Decent pubs in Reading: Nags Head, Fox'n'Hounds, Pack Saddle, er...um....errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Three Guineas is pretty good these days, The Retreat, The Foresters, The Castle Tap, The Greyfriar, The Lyndhurst.....there's quite a few when I think about it. Pub scene is pretty dynamic though, gotta keep up.

;-)
None of which are in stumbling distance of Grazeley smile

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So if your budget isn't working, maybe that shape needs expanding a bit. Or moving a bit further west.......which puts you dangerously close to.....drum roll......Swindon. Give me proximity to Reading any day.
I've gone north. We're searching West Oxfordshire, the Cotswolds and Evesham vale...
Good idea, all the best with it.

Edited by ElectricSoup on Thursday 19th October 11:27

liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Saw this place come up on an internet site, my wife lived there for a couple of years when she worked in Silicon Valley

New owners have made two apartments back into one house, very nice

https://sf.curbed.com/2015/5/19/9959322/at-7-495m-...

Amateurish

7,697 posts

221 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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anonymous said:
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Willersey? At least they have a nice little shop. We had a look there when house hunting, nice village. The school was a little small though, only 40 kids over 7 years!

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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anonymous said:
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This is the problem we're finding. I'm well used to village life - 10 miles to the supermarket, taxis charging to collect as well as drop off (if they can find you), everyone knowing your business, and so on. Mrs Doofus is a bit more city-oriented, but loves the great outdoors, and is a bit of a misanthrope, so that works.

However, we're struggling finding a thriving community, rather than an itinerant or dying one. You find a village with a decent pub, and either it's on it's arse, or it's a gastropub that the locals rarely use. We've found a couple of community-run pubs, and this seems the way forward. Likewise for village shops.

Often, the community seems to revolve around the parish council or the church, and neither or those are for us. We even feel a bit self conscious about the number of houses we've looked at which are next to the village church, given that we'd never go to it smile

Oh, and we won't live directly on an A-road...


Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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anonymous said:
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In fact, nothing's come up in Winchcombe so far. We're looking across that whole area, from Oxon to Worcs, but avoiding anywhere touristy, and places where you can't move at the weekends.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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We don't need to commute. We do like to get about, so road links are useful but, like I said, we won't be on an A road, and a low level of through traffic would be appreciated. Having said that, we want 'rural', not 'remote'.

Davey S2

13,075 posts

253 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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DKL said:
Davey S2 said:
I went to a private 6th form college which bought a Chateau in a little village called Pledeliac in Brittany. You had a week long trip there once a year included in the fees.

Massive building although it was still a bit rough and ready given it had been restored for the purposes of housing big groups of teenagers rather than as a private house. To do it all up really well would have been a complete money pit.

Had a few great trips over there though and a lovely little village albeit very quiet as is the case with most French places out in the sticks.
Wasn't Le Fousseau was it?
Don't think so. I've tried to find pics or further details on-line but only managed to get a pic of the gates and drive from Google Streetview

TIGA84

5,204 posts

230 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Down the road from me, lovely lovely lovely.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...


Amateurish

7,697 posts

221 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Doofus said:
This is the problem we're finding. I'm well used to village life - 10 miles to the supermarket, taxis charging to collect as well as drop off (if they can find you), everyone knowing your business, and so on. Mrs Doofus is a bit more city-oriented, but loves the great outdoors, and is a bit of a misanthrope, so that works.

However, we're struggling finding a thriving community, rather than an itinerant or dying one. You find a village with a decent pub, and either it's on it's arse, or it's a gastropub that the locals rarely use. We've found a couple of community-run pubs, and this seems the way forward. Likewise for village shops.

Often, the community seems to revolve around the parish council or the church, and neither or those are for us. We even feel a bit self conscious about the number of houses we've looked at which are next to the village church, given that we'd never go to it smile

Oh, and we won't live directly on an A-road...
I've lived 6 year West Oxon, now north of the Cotswolds near Stratford. Current house overlooks the church. We're staunch atheists, but that never bothers the locals. Although I have been roped in to help maintain the churchyard in the summer! If there's a local community, just best to get involved even if they seem like an odd bunch.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Amateurish said:
If there's a local community, just best to get involved even if they seem like an odd bunch.
It's not about 'getting involved'; that holds no fear for us. It's really about trying to find a thriving community rather than a withering one.

Anyway; enough thread derailing from me. smile

DKL

4,480 posts

221 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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Davey S2 said:
Don't think so. I've tried to find pics or further details on-line but only managed to get a pic of the gates and drive from Google Streetview
Le F was acquired (donated I think) to the foundation that ran my old school, for the french edification of it's students. I believe they have unacquired it now, no idea why.
David

mattyn1

5,728 posts

154 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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anonymous said:
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It might be but it ticks all but one of the boxes for me. I love that classic traditional character house with contemporary innards!

haventahybrid

114 posts

80 months

Thursday 19th October 2017
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