Hello - hoping I can pick your collective brains.
We currently live in a lovely 4 bed Victorian house in Southsea. It’s been great living here as there’s lots to do but the city is very crowded, the parking is horrendous and just generally feel we need a change of scenery. We have looked at the towns and villages between Portsmouth and Chichester and down towards the Witterings. Ideally it would be perfect to move that way as best of both worlds with the two cities, the countryside and the beaches. However our issue is budget - our top end budget would be £400k. We’d love a detached house with a bit of land/backs on to countryside/views. Obviously it will be pricey in these areas.
I have family in London. I wouldn’t want to move further than two hours from them. My OH is entertaining the idea of Norwich area which I think idealistically would be amazing (400k gets you a decent property) but realistically...I’m not so sure. I have friends in Hampshire and I do like Southsea...just not to live there. Any ideas on areas that have the best of both worlds - coast and countryside (max 30 min drive to coast), an arty/vibrant village (aware that sounds so pretentious) and are within 2 hours of south east London? I don’t really know other areas apart from surrounding areas of Portsmouth up to Liss and up to the west side of Chichester!
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Jigglypuff88 · 28/06/2020 22:08
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