We are looking at buying a house in Yeovil and when we try and research on the internet it seems people would rather pull their own nails out than live there....it can't be that bad can it? Looking at crime rate maps only tells part of the story and obviously we wouldn't buy in high crime areas.
OH having lived in Enfield ( not the wealthy part) for a good few years and I lived for 20 years in a high crime area in social housing ( 5 murders/ suspicious deaths) in 20 years within a mile of my house we are used to the more challenging side of life.
It's very hard to move nearly 4hrs drive away without knowing the area, we can't afford to rent in the area first either. Are we being unreasonable to just go with the flow and move ignoring the people who says it's awful and it's the worst place to live in the West Country ?
AIBU?
To think Yeovil can't be that bad?
MissCherryCakeyBun · 16/05/2018 21:56
It's basically a issue of cost, we have been down and viewed properties from as far north as Westbury as far over as West Coker and down onto Portland. We don't have small children as ours are grown and live away from home. We don't want to be further than Yeovil from London due to OHs weekend commute.
Everywhere in our price range (which I will admit is a pittance to most) needs enormous amounts of work or would fit in a matchbox with room for the matches to be put back in.
Current living conditions are a huge struggle for us both as we live in 2 rooms and are paying over £400 a month storage fees for all our belongings 
Yep both drive and nope don't need train to London as OH would drive down due to the work he does (and caring responsibilities for an elderly relative)
He would be in London Monday to Thursday and drive down Thursday night.
The budget is £150k cash and given our ages nearly 50 and 54 we are not looking at being able to get a mortgage, Bank was cagey due to ages and that due to my redundancy and then surgery for a major shoulder issue I haven't worked for a year 
Ataluni, my partner works for a property management company in the City and mostly works from home (1 day a week up in the office) I'm unemployed currently following redundancy but very flexible with very wide ranging skills
The mortgage thing is all very well on paper but when talking to Banks and mortgage providers they are not impressed with a 15 year mortgage 
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And yep we are currently with over 20 estate agents and have searches set up for Dorset Wiltshire and Somerset on Rightmove and Zoopla and have a large map with a boundary drawn with driving distances on it.....Can you tell I used to be a library manager and like to research and keep things ordered 
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