To jump on here for traffic .. anyone live in Robin Hood bay / scarbrough / Whitby area ?

[ginorwine]

Hi have loved the area since comming here as young child ( lived an hour and half away )
Come several times a year
Our house is on market and I realise that have a.wibdiiw of opportunity to move .
Dh cd retire on his pension but he abd wd need part time jobs to help dc Thro uni
We realise we may idealise the area. As it's our fave place to cone .
Our only fear is missing friends
And guilt at reduced income supporting dc and that dc love our city ( age 18 and 20 ) abd all their pals there .

Lots of Whitby area properties are sold via "sealed bid" method. Have you looked at some properties?

My family is from that area.

Part time year round work isnt that easy to come by. And it can be isolating especially in winter, when there is not so much going on.

Most of my family have started moving away for these reasons.

I would also suggest really thinking about it. Dha parents moved away from everyone they know for what they have always considered their ideal life. They regret it. Alot and are planning on moving back.

But it works for a lot of people. I couldnt be a couple hours drive from my family and friends. Pil are 2.5 one way, so we dont see them often.

Sorry was goinf to say, only you know if it will work for you. Its great for some not for others.

Yes we viewed a house in fylindales y day ! Sea view cottage - it has shop
Butcher and pub with direct path to robin hoods bay .
I guess it may be best live locally a month when retire and see them ?
It's just that every bit of holiday or soare time I come here . I drive over after work in summer from the other side of the coast .
I do worry that my dc won't visit tho as my ds loves and has links with his home town ++

Thanks for replies x

I live in Scarborough with my family and grew up here as a child myself. I moved away during my late teens and early 20's but came back. I think it's a great place for children to grow up and we don't feel isolated during the winter months. However I would say it would be a huge difference from city life for your two children at the ages they are. my children love it but they are younger and know no different.

Our dc are 20 and 18 now so not young x

Used to live in that area a long time ago. Still go back to visit parents and do sometimes really miss it... That said, I'm not sure that there is a great deal of work, and if you like travelling, it's an absolute pain to get anywhere due to a chronic underinvestment in roads out that way. My wife and I do talk about moving back that way, but not until the kids have left home I think...

Dc about to partly leave home as in both at uni this sept
....

So you want to retire to Scarborough - how far from where you currently live?

My parents did this (they were born and raised in Scarborough, moved to the Peterborough area for work and then retired back to Scarborough) - they now live 270 miles away from us (I am on the south coast), and Dad who is now caring for my mother (has dementia) complains that he only sees us once a year. He is not able to make the mammoth drive and we can only face the 5 hour journey (each way!!) once or twice per year. Its too far to do in a weekend. He's rather lonely as mum is no longer much company tbh!

So it depends how far away you are going to be from family and friends. I personally think its a bad idea to move someone new upon retirement. My PILs did the same, moving to the Cotswolds. Then FIL dies and MIL is on her own.....

Also why Scarborough area? - I really couldn't. Sure it has its charm, but its rather cut off on the mostly single carriageway A64, and you have to travel to York for decent restaurants, theatre / cultural stuff etc.

We had a holiday home in Whitby for ten years, and were seriously considering retiring there.

We eventually decided against it, as we would have been too far away from elderly parents, grown up DCs and grandchildren.

Also, holiday places out of season can be very bleak. And in season the holidaymakers themselves can be a right pain.

Properties are also more expensive in the popular areas. If you do decide to go for it, make sure you have your own drive or dedicated parking space. If you don't, you will regret it. Big mistake to have to fight all-comers for a spot, or carry heavy shopping on a regular basis.

No famiky near where we live

All family in West Yorkshire
But dear friends in our north west city 3 hours away