To want to buy a second home just 20 miles from our current home?

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When we were looking for our current home, we were torn between two areas and basically let the house decide so to speak, so which area had the perfect house for us. Still love where we live, love the house, the area, the community. But still have a hankering to live in this other location which is so quiet and peaceful.

We own 5 properties, 4 of which we rent out as holiday homes but none are in this other location. We are looking at buying another holiday home and a property has come up in this other location and I would absolutely love to live there.

Would it be completely crazy to own two homes just 20 miles apart? Our current home would be used monday to friday and the new home would be used at weekends and in the holidays (we're both teachers).

As above..build a bridge between them then you an trip trap over!
I'm glad you work hard..spare a though for the millions of MW hard workers OP. Maybe toss them a scrap or two from your table.
Reported!

What a dilemma OP, I feel so very sorry for you and your family at this difficult time.

I'm also curious as to how OP has afforded this on teachers salaries. OH and I are both teachers and only through the kindness of his parents do we own our own house. I doubt very much it is just hard work that has got you that extortionate amount of property.
Incredibly crass to own a house that is only lived in for two days a week when so many people are struggling to find anywhere to live at all. Stop contributing to an increasing property problem.

Are you both teachers at Hogwarts? That made me properly snort.

Be cheaper to take up marathon training, and just jog there and back.

I'm also curious as to how OP has afforded this on teachers salaries

You're curious.

I'm fucking chomping at the bit to know how they've afforded this!

Unfortunately I think she's fecked off and we will never know.

Stop being horrible, everyone.

The OP has managed this by shopping at Aldi and only buying one chicken a month to feed the whole household for every meal.

It's not her fault if you lot are bad with money.

OP may have 5 homes of the mobile variety?

You work hard Hun, you've earned it! Ignore the jealous beeeeatches!

(do tell me why it was relevant to boast about the other 5 houses though?)

Perfectly possible on 2x teacher salaries - if you're in the right area and are up the payscale, especially if there are some interest only BTL mortgages going on there and borrowing against previous BTLs are priced have sharply risen.

But bottom line: what kind of eejit needs to ask random strangers about this? How do you manage to choose your clothes each day?

PMSL Ellisandra
But bottom line: what kind of eejit needs to ask random strangers about this? How do you manage to choose your clothes each day? hmm

Why is everyone jumping on her? I am fortunate enough to own my home. Well it is mortgaged.

Should I not post about any worries to do with it because some people can't get a mortgage. I mean it's not lived in all the time. Only last weekend we went on holiday to Wales.

Perhaps I should get really angry about people who go on holiday to Paris.

OP 20 miles can take you just round the corner or to another world entirely. If it takes you away from your day to day life then go for it. But would be hard to let it if you have it every weekend. And I think you'll get bored being only 20 miles away in the summer holidays. I suppose you could always rotate to your more distant holiday homes then mind you.

If I had the money I think I'd do it. Instead I can't afford to do my kitchen.

Could you not use a hotel? Rather than take more houses out of the market.

Although the working hard for your money comment op was really really misjudged.

MyPurple perhaps if you only worked a bit harder you'd be able to go to Bangkok next time instead of Wales, hmm?

Deffo a wind up, don't bite.

Well of course it's possible - there's a teacher couple who own over 200 properties (started buying in the 80's)

tomorrow in the Daily Fail - epic tales of the JAM's and their 6 homes!

come on OP - you don't even have a real AIBU question - just a rock of pure goad

Well yes jurassic. Or perhaps if I made my money work harder for me. So if I had invested the money I spent on holidays and my wedding in the last 10 years I too could have bought a holiday home and had that earning money for me. Instead I have photos and memories.

I just bought a new sofa. I could have had my grandma's 40 year old one instead. Invest all the bits and pieces and I could have a string of property. I prefer a comfy sofa instead. Jam today type thinking.

I don't think its crazy if you can afford to do it and you are both on board.

But I have to say, how can two teachers afford to own 5 properties?!

I am assuming that you have both come into money, whether from family or other means.

It's a struggle to try and buy just the one property, let alone contemplate a 6th??!!

hang on, is this a total wind up?

[yes I have had some ]

Bollocks.

Try harder.

Or fuck off and do some proper work. Like marking.

Oh, your Maj.

What a dilemma. Are we paying for this as well as the renovations (loving the hot tub in the throne room idea).

Love a stupid public service worker who is ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH ALL THE FUCKING CUTS and thinks taxes going to help you scrape the pennies together is perfectly not at all morally bereft. At all.

Must be 'New money'.
Vair uncouth to discuss such matters.

Buy as many houses as you like in whatever places you like.

Just don't claim to have raised the money purely by teaching.

I have no issue with however many houses anyone wants to buy. It's a business proposition and the OP is adding to her assets.

wrongtrouser That's hardly my problem is it? We've worked hard for our money

However, this comment made me fume! Lots of people work bloody hard for their money, many of them teachers, and have to put up with shit landlords, leaking roofs and damp walls. It is outrageous to think the OP has 5 houses (6? I've lost count) because, as teachers, they have worked hard.

I'm not a vindictive person generally, but I'd urge the OP to buy the property and then hope she finds dry rot.....