Hi
I have just come back from yet another lovely holiday in Cornwall and just love being near to the sea. I live up country away from the coast but in a semi-rural location.
We have some money to either extend our kitchen or put down as a deposit on a holiday home. I''d really like a place in Cornwall to use as a base so that we can drive to the coast. However, I'm not sure I'm facing realities. Whilst we do have surplus money, it is not a massive amount and I am concerned about maintenance costs etc. Also it is a long drive approx 4-6 hours depending on traffic from our home. I have had some difficult stuff happen in life recently and I think I'm also looking for somewhere to escape with my little family. We don't have any extended family to go away and visit etc. I like the thought of having a bolt hole to escape to. As anyone done anything similar and if so do you use your holiday home? The safe option would be to extend our kitchen (which really needs replacing) but somehow this doesn't seem so exciting. We have mainly had camping holidays, with a few hotel holidays as well. Having a nearly 3 year old we haven't been abroad for a while but I guess this is another factor, if we have a bolthole here then we would feel we should go there rather than anywhere else. We were looking to invest some money in property for our two dd's future somewhere but closer to us that we can easily manage but it is so tempting to buy something nearer to the coast. Has anyone else taken the plunge? If so, how is it working for you?
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monkeytree · 28/08/2016 09:29
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