To ask if there are quiet places to live that dont involve having to be incredibly rich

[Newstartplease24]

I’m a single parent, not that high an earner, low professional salary.
I could move anywhere (sort of)
does anyone live in a sort of normal house (not a million quid mansion) that doesn’t have neighbour noise?
any tips for where to look?

YABU - no such thing suck it up buttercup
YANBU - there are ways of finding peaceful housing (and I will tell you them)

I mean I live in a quiet part of london..

But what is your budget, and do you like the country or want to be on the edges of a town

I guess it’s all relative, I moved a decade ago from the South East so it feels cheap to me. Although our village itself is expensive (Exton) but just down the road it’s cheaper.

I have also lived just over the border in Leics (near Gates) and I’m contemplating a move over in to Lincs soon possibly Witham way (divorcing).

Scotland or NI

Loads of West Cumbrian villages (so outside the National Park but still beautiful.) The downside is that it can feel quite cut off from the rest of the country. What's your budget?

Is it direct neighbour noise you're worried about in which case a detached property may be important to you, or more neighbourhood noise. Loads of villages in Devon are blissfully quiet. Tonight I was in Ermington, only sound in the village square was bird song.

in case you don't know, on Rightmove you can search by entire county.

Country Durham here. My garden stretches down to a river and over on the other bank are the woods. I'm in a terrace but the houses are well built and we have no noise. My children have roamed freely from an early age and at night all I can hear are owls. Yet the next village is just a mile walk away and has local shops, Dr etc.

You can buy a house the far end of the village so more like a couple of miles to the shops for under £140k. The "main" part of the village is more expensive.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160564232

Northern Ireland - your £400k would buy something really impressive within easy commuting distance of Belfast or Derry. The main noise will come from cows and sheep.

Oh I'd love to live in Ireland. Nicest country I've ever been tib

NI

You could get a mansion for that :)

I have been enjoying the weather these past two weeks, sat in the garden just watching cows, sheep and the farmers cutting silage

Listening to the birds, watching the butterflies

Ok so living in the country has its bad bits as well - muck spreading has started tonight, transport system is non existent , and a lot more, but its going to be so hard to leave this when we get too old to drive

Lincolnshire. I’m in a quiet market town, nice amenities with popular market, places to eat/drink, independant cinema etc. Property is very affordable. Nearest cities would be Hull (1 hour), Lincoln (45mins), Nottingham and Peterborough (1hr30-45) so the trade off is definitley being far away from bigger cities!

What you need to remember of course is that the countryside isn't necessarily quiet. Animals including cockerels, tractors, machinery. You get the lovely scent of muck spreading.

You also get patchy mobile signal and slower internet.

I wouldn't move even if I won the lottery but don't think the grass is always greener.

North Yorkshire? You can live in the more rural or semi rural bits and easily get to York and Leeds

Hell yes.

most of north Cambridgeshire is like this and you can drive relatively quickly into Cambridge. Some villages are on the main train line to London as well.

This one is technically Norfolk.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/156271913

This one is much more rural but still close to London train line.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/161128352

Nor-folking chance. Sorry, couldn't resist. 😬

Shropshire, lots of rural market towns and picturesque villages, nearest city would be Birmingham.

No offence but I'd never recommend north Kent, and definitely not Sittingbourne, Medway or Gravesend. I grew up there and it is grim. Appreciate there are some good people there but there are so many nicer places to live on that budget

Shetland.

Lot's of lovely places in the southeast, woukd suggest sevenoaks, westerham, oxted.

Ulva has a population of 11 so I'd say that's pretty quiet... unless they all start talking at once.

Scotland

NW Lake District, cheap houses, low COL, plenty to do here that’s cheap, nice way of life for kids

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Norfolk/3-bed-houses.html

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/155860289#/?channel=RES_BUY

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/159823142#/?channel=RES_BUY

Nearest city would be Norwich, which has lovely shopping and two cathedrals I don't live there but have been recently for work.
Also the last one is in a place called little snoring which might help with the noise!

Fife is full of beautiful wee villages and towns; depending on where you choose you’d be fairly close to Edinburgh, Dundee, or Perth.