To think this house is too remote to be feasible

[HungryHouseHunter]

Name change. Posting in AIBU for traffic. We are considering putting an offer on this house. It's exactly the style we want with more land than we wanted but I'm worried it's too far from Winchester where we started looking. To get the train station I'll need to drive, to get to the shops I'll need to drive! Does anyone do this ? Do you end up resenting the inconvenience? For example I couldn't just pop out for a big shop, I think I would need to drive to Winchester and pay for parking etc. Would need to pay for parking at train station when using it (at least twice a week). Do these things just get more and more annoying. Currently live somewhere where car isn't even really needed.

Also value for money?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145236887

Thank you that's helpful. It would be a big change certainly. No purpose currently for annex but like the idea of a project to do in one area of the house but not the whole house !

You’ve had a few replies, mine being one of them.

I am sure if you can afford the house. then you can afford to pay to park. It really isn’t remote though, but I think you know that. I would hate the M3 so near too.

Sorry OP, but you’re buying a 2.5 mil house and you’re worried about paying for parking twice a week?! You’re not going to find a mansion next to the train station?!!

I can't believe you are worried about parking fees if you can even think about buying a house at that price.

Compton is really very near Winchester, 5 minutes drive, not really remote at all!

I couldn't handle that personally. I would need a shop within 5 minutes walk, ideally a 24 hour one. (I don't even have that now, 24 hr shop is 15 mins walk) So I guess I'm obsessed with very local amenities. But surely the cost of parking etc isn't going to impact you if your housing budget is so high?

I think once you get to that sort of price bracket the properties are going to be out in the countryside. There aren’t that many million pound townhouses outside of London.

Thank you for your thoughts, yes it's close to the M3. Both good and bad to that I guess. Poor energy rating I know, large amounts of open plan space the main reason. And heating would be a consideration.

Tesco on Easton Lane is a 15min drive, not really remote tbf @HungryHouseHunter

Easy daily walk or more of an "outing"? I think the issue is we wanted to move to Winchester because we love the city but then saw this!

We live 7 miles from the nearest town - after living in town and a two minute walk from a shop - yes it took some getting used to but honestly I'd never consider living 'in town' again!
There are times we've run out of milk/sugar/bread and someone has had to nip into town but the benefits far outweigh the inconvenience and eventually you get used to having a spare pint of milk or loaf of bread in the freezer 😉

It’s difficult to say. The photos don’t show much of the 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.

Also, if you went for it, you'll never really loose value on the property. As cities and towns get busier and busier, more people are going to want to move out into the countryside xx

That’s not remote. It’s next to a motorway and you could walk to the town and train station. Not remote at all.

Be very careful the surrounding fields are not likely to be developed.

Thank you v much. There were none when I posted here ! Just looking through them.

And no, not remotely remote. 30 mile round trip to town is in that category

You could open your own shop in the little outbuilding.

I live in a council estate in an east coast town

I have to drive to Tesco and I'm not at all remote

If I walked to the shops I'd have a heavy load to carry home

Is this a stealth boast?

I agree with you OP, being chained to your car is no life and it’s not even remote in a good way - I bet you can still hear the M3

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

Yes, small ones. We hope they would love the open space. Yes I'm also worried about that.

You can hear the M3 from EVERY part of Winchester - the Army firing range depends on the wind direction!

I used to live rural and it was fine until I had a serious health scare.

My husband at the time didn't drive and I was the only one who drove.

The nearest shops and hospital were 36 km away.

That was about a decade ago and now apparently there is a shop only 10 km away

I suppose you just have to consider the total amount of time you'll be having to drive each day to each place you go and total that up and see if that is worth doing every day day and day out.