To think this house is too remote to be feasible

Massively overpriced no?

I’m sure that house was rejected on location location
I think the couple plumped for a new build instead and the woman was quite snotty.

We moved from central London to a similar type of location approximately 17 years ago. However, factor in no takeaways - we have a couple now but one is dominoes. So not for me. We get a food delivery so just need to be organised. Also factor in either spending time in the garden or employing someone to do it. DH commutes to London everyday and I’m 2 days per week. We have 2 cars. We love being rural and think it’s worth it. Also think of things like security - would you be comfortable there alone.

Now that is beautiful

Lots of people live in actual remote locations, so of course its doable. 3 miles is only an hours walk or a 15 minute cycle so its not as though you have to drive. Its up to you if you can be arsed with it 🤷‍♀️

It's a large house but the actual bedrooms are mostly quite small and the ground floor location and lack of pictures make me think potentially dark too.
I much prefer this one
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/144574994#/?channel=RESBUY

My husband is in the building trade and said you'll need someone to check that out structurally before putting in an offer. He said he doesn't like the look of the roof and the wall of wooden windows they don't look too sound

Edited to add he also said it will be an absolute money pit to heat as it's very clear that there doesn't seem to be any proper insulation-way overpriced

Agree! We live about 7 miles from our closest town and don't even feel remote.

Can you not just walk or cycle to the train station? It’s not far!

Only 3.4 miles to a significant train station is really nothing. We can’t access any functional public transportation. We just drive everywhere.

you do have to budget for driving lessons for your children and buying them a car.

I don’t know this area at all but it seems a very similar setup to where we live and we have a 3 acre paddock. We’re a bit further from the nearest town - about 10 miles - and we also have two good sized cities about 15 miles away in opposite directions. We are rural but near enough to a motorway (proximity to the motorway was actually a required for us as we both commute a fair distance to work). You soon get used the road noise and to be honest when the birds are out you don’t actually hear it. Even if you do, the view and the wildlife make up for it.

You will also get used to the getting in the car and it will likely make you more organised. I very rarely run out of anything now as ‘nipping out’ is a bit of a faff.

Our closest neighbours are almost exclusively farmers. We have never had to worry about being snowed in as they have generally cleared the roads before we are even out of bed. Either the farmers kids or our ds mow the paddock for £50 (a bargain as it would take dh ages, even though he does have an industrial mower). Once or twice a year, the farmers also put their sheep in the paddock to pasture and they help keep the grass down - win win.

You will spend lots of time running the kids about. We mitigated that a bit by being pretty much an open house (then the other parents have to drop their kids to you). And like us you’ve a train station nearby so as they get older you’re dropping and picking them up from there which is far easier. It does give the kids an incentive to learn to drive quickly - dh passed his test after only 2 months.

Fwiw our kids absolutely love living here, even now. We’ve asked if they would prefer to live nearer town with more activities and both have said absolutely not. It probably helps that we’re still happy to collect after a day or night out and always have a car full.

Dh and I love it here too. We have plenty of space but neighbours not too far away. We all keep to ourselves but if we/they need anything we all know we can ask. It felt like home from the day we moved in and I’ve never felt unsafe at night, even when dh is away, purely and simply because if you didn’t know where we were you would never find us so I don’t think burglars would venture out to a place that they can’t stake out. But we do have a comprehensive security system and cameras all around the property just in case.

Ultimately it’s up to you but before I met dh I was a die hard city girl and now I couldn’t imagine living somewhere that hectic and busy.

If you're concerned about these things maybe you shouldn't even consider living rurally, you're either suited to it or you're not and it can be an expensive (in every way) experiment to only discover you're not suited to it.

If I were you, I'd continue your search in areas closer to 'facilities' yet far enough to get a 'sense' of rural living in all seasons.

It's one mile from the nearest train station.I live 5 miles from the nearest village and don't consider it to be too rural. The house really isn't shown off to full advantage, the photos are disappointing for the large asking price.

Yeah but opposite the petrol station- I used to rent near there then bought in Littleton. I know it quite well. Better houses in Winch for that budget.

If the cost of parking at the station is a concern, then I can’t see how your energy bill will be affordable.

Barn conversions tend to look nice but are often expensive to heat and usually are surrounded by farmland. Whilst it’s not rural, I can see your point about needing to drive to get anywhere but that is something you do quite quickly become accustomed to. However, given it doesn’t really tick the boxes you are looking for, have you actually viewed it?

Looks beautiful in the daylight but imagine winter and being snowed in.

I know where that is, you would be a 5 min drive from a big Sainsburys. It's not remote at all. But yes, you would have to drive to get places but that's what happens when you want country.

Also, you'll probably get traffic noise from M3

all those roof voids mean you're wasting an awful lot of heat on heating open space above you.

Also, spiders. Lots and lots of spiders.

You have the option of shawford station also.
Badger farm Sainsbury's - parking is free.
It is a bit of a nightmare on those tiny lanes btw.

It’s only three miles. They could bike into Winchester in ten minutes. We’re three miles from the nearest secondary, the local kids all bike or walk to school.

My absolute ideal of heaven!!!! Neighbours are annoying, I'd love to live far away from everyone!

I had no idea that people with £2.5 million to spend on houses worried about the parking and heating costs. We really are all in it together, aren't we, comrades?

You'll end up spending half of your life chauffeuring your kids, and it gets worse as they get older.

You couldn't pay me (or my kids!) to live somewhere they can't go round their mates house or wander down to the shops.

^ It's the need to always drive there rather than the actual distance. I'm used to 5 cafes outside the door !^

You will need to drive to do pretty much anything. Unless you can find footpaths to go cross country. Rural roads aren't safe/pleasant to walk along usually.

It probably isn't for you if you want to maintain a cafe-on-your-doorstep lifestyle.