To ask if you love where you live?

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I don't feel settled. My partner and I are tempted to just completely move away. We'd need to rent a 3 bedroom house, have schools nearby and just a pleasant day to day life.....

Where do you live and what do you love about it? What are costs like?

I live in central London, very nice area.. shops, tube/bus all in walking distance and can get to any part of London from my location. Only downside is will need to move in the near future to accommodate my growing family.

Cheshire golden triangle. Hate it, it’s full of bell ends and range rovers. I do however love my house which we’ve made just how we wanted.

but i’ve had enough and we’ve sold it and are emigrating. Hoorah!

I have a house in a London Borough - Havering so right near the green belt, but 50 minutes by tube into the City. Ive lived here 24 years and would never move as I love it.
My partner has a house beside the sea in Kent and we spend weekends there. I love it there too 😃
So best of both worlds

No, my wife is there :)

Hexham in Northumberland. We moved here 10 years ago and love it. The schools are great and it has beautiful countryside. There a lot going on in the town, good quality restaurants and pubs, great theatre, independent cinema, new leisure centre, independent shops, farmers market. Downside is there are some empty shops. Newcastle is nearby for larger chain shops or nights out.
Really easy to get doctors appointments and there is a good quality a&e in the town. No nhs dentist waiting lists (with my dentist anyway).
The downside is we're far from family but the positives far outweigh the negatives.
Houses are cheap compared to the rest of the country but expensive in comparison to the North East. I also love being close to the Lakes and Scotland.

I'm guessing either Hexham, Morpeth or Alnwick!

I’ve lived in a fair few different parts of England & Wales; rural, suburbs, & cities - some I’ve loved, some I’ve liked, some I’ve been indifferent towards. And then I moved to Cheshire. I absolutely hate it here. I can’t even pin down what it is exactly that I hate, & it’s come as a complete surprise because I’ve never even disliked anywhere before.
As soon as the kids finish high school I’m moving. I don’t even care where, just away from the NW.

Yes I do.

I'm glad to see that nobody has specifically given away any identifying details. Call me cynical but yet again there's only one initial post.
It feels to me like one of those phishing posts e.g.
How old are you?
What's your income?
Where do you live?

Apologies to the OP if it's a genuine question😀

Love my house
Like the location but it's extremely convenient right now for so many reasons.

I live in SW London (zone 3). I have a mid terrace three bed plus small office, small but perfectly formed garden. Worth about £1.2m. There are three primaries (one outstanding, two good) within a ten minute or less walk. Secondaries further away - a bus ride.
Two parks - one a restored Victorian garden and one more of a field with a fenced off kids playground also within ten minutes walk. 15 minute walk to tube/train and shops. My neighbours are friendly and not too loud (middle aged couple one side, young family the other).
I love my house - great layout and I've renovated it to the best it can offer.
I'd prefer to move further in to town - Chelsea is my dream, Fulham I may be able to retire to (I have a small flat I rent out). But I have two teens and four pets so here we are!

We live on the edge of a large North East city. The area is ok, but not as nice as it was when I was a kid. I was born & brought up just round the corner. We nearly moved a bit neater the countryside a couple of years ago as I've always wanted to live in the countryside or near a beach. We stayed here as my parents health was failing & they were 2 minutes away from us.

My children & grandchildren all live within walking distance. We did up the south facing garden last year & I love it. The house is small but it's OK.

The local primary schools are good, the secondaries aren't so our teenagers go to school 3 miles away. There's no direct bus route, that's a pain as if we can't drop off & pick up they have to get the very expensive private scholars bus, or get 2 buses. Usually hubby drops off as its near his work, & now I'm not working I do pick up.

It's just as well we didn't move & take on a bigger mortgage as I've since become ill, & had to take ill health retirement. We will be staying here now. But it doesn't take long to drive to beautiful beaches & countryside.

I used to dream of a big house in the country but I've been a single parent most of my life so it was never gona happen. I'm content where I am now.

I’m north east on the coast in a small semi-rural village.

I love living here. Some areas locally are deprived but on the whole housing is less expensive, lovely views/walks and fantastic people plus close enough to plenty of cities should I ever feel the need to visit one ( which I don’t except for work!)

@mast0650 Pangbourne?

I don't love the place I live but I don't hate it either and there is lots I do like about it.

I love the house though would change the garden if I could.

We're in central/north London. It's very expensive, but I love living here. So convenient for doing anything and travelling anywhere. Excellent schools, leisure activities, parks, higher education, activities for babies and children of all ages, work opportunities. Huge diversity and always lots going on.

We have a 4 bed house here with a tiny garden. I wish we had a bigger garden for the dc to play, and I wish it wasn't a townhouse terrace, too many stairs. But that's what most of the bigger houses are like around here.

Adore where I live, a county of Shropshire. Moved here 2.5 years from Brum and will only be leaving in my coffin. Just bought a new house a lovely mid century dormer bungalow that is blissfully quiet and that has been the cherry on the cake.

@RedChinaShoes Close! Next village along

No I don't. In fact I despise is so much I'm getting now ExDP to buy me out. I live in the West Midlands Conurbation, but hate the general business, lack of greenery, lack of space, the amount of people, the lack of thought for your neighbours etc.

I'm now looking for something a lot more rural with next to no neighbours and actual outside space.

Ironically, looking at rent, council tax, utilities etc, is actually cheaper there, than I'm currently paying.

Dublin suburb. High quality of life.

From age 12 kids have biked themselves to cricket, tennis, soccer, rugby, taekwondo, swimming and GAA. 8 year old walks or scoots 1km to school. A teensy bit of parental anxiety about that one but that’s more me than her.

high quality restaurants and pubs within walking distance.

15 min bus, train or bike to city centre for work. Sea at the bottom of our road.

I like it lots - has a village feel.

But…..I’d love a rural bolt-hole in France. Just for me!

Hello! I'm in Tamworth - I like it a lot - especially when my kids where little - it has great parks, a castle, lots of history. Town centre is pretty dead but it has okay shops, a huge retail park (hence dead town centre) - lots of green spaces as well.

It's 1hr 15 from London - 18 mins by train to Birmingham - easy access to lots of places (Derbyshire/Notts etc). It has a few ok pubs - including one great one that wins lots of awards - it's quiet, reasonably priced house wise - school are a bit iffy but of my 3 - two are at/off to Uni and one in yr 10 doing well.

I'm from the Wirral originally so I do miss the sea - only thing missing really

I live in North Hampshire. My area is nice enough if a little boring. It is providing a lovely childhood for my children, very green, lots to do, excellent village schools etc. But the best thing about it is its proximity to London. Once my youngest leaves we'll be selling up and heading home, for me anyway, I'm a Londoner. Can't wait.

Yup, love where I live. It's the best city in the world

I do love where I live. It’s close to the city without being in it, places to walk, the motorway, my work, shops nearby and plenty of parking. Basically everything I was looking for in a house. The only things I would change are a bigger third bedroom and better mobile reception. Even the nearby pub and dogs in the neighbourhood aren’t as annoying as they used to be.

This is so sad and depressing and in so short a time! Can I ask where it is?

I've lived in different parts of the UK, and abroad, but can honestly say where we live now (rural village) is the best so far. We are used to living rurally, much prefer it to living in/near big towns/cities.

I do. Have the beach a 5 min drive, woods at our doorstep. Deer, birds, rabbits, foxes and squirrels in our garden. Lovely community feel, fairly reasonably rated schools. We are in Scotland.