So can we now go to second homes?

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Exactly that really.

Public transport will be used a lot more (day trips). Millions of people do not have a car.

Please if you have a second home or boat check with your insurer as to the small print if it is vacant for x amount of time.

Best middle class thread title ever

Yes and the assumption that everyone has a car. I've just started a thread on public transport for day trips and it's disappearing fast

Stupid question nothing has changed why an earth would you think been able to drive for a bit of exercise mean you can have a mini break

Because it's not just a bit of exercise. Day trips are allowed.

There is also a 'famous' (term used very loosely) boyband member who came straight from his house in LA back to his second home in Cornwall (without quarantining himself); where he was joined by his influencer girlfriend who had been living in London. I wonder how many people have done similar?

No no no no.

A distant relative lives in Suffolk and she said it took around 15 years before she was seen as a 'proper' resident and not an ' incomer'

The FAQ published today specifically states that people can not visit their second homes.

So technically you can visit the beach next to it even if you've had to drive 400 miles to get there but if you want to nip into your static caravan and use the loo or make a cuppa that's strictly forbidden. Instead you should use the public facilities and grab a takeaway Costa like Boris 🙄

A distant relative lives in Suffolk and she said it took around 15 years before she was seen as a 'proper' resident and not an ' incomer'

That's super quick for Suffolk 😂

I’d be really grateful if posters on this site stopped acting as if they know the opinions of all Cornish people all the time

Best comment ever!!!

There are also quite a lot of Cornish residents unable to buy at all, never mind sell again.

I'm the proud possessor of a 20 ft mineshaft in the middle of the front lawn. The 30 ft hole under the kitchen got filled in. Any offers?

"There are also quite a lot of Cornish residents unable to buy at all, never mind sell again."

Boo hoo, that's the same for any popular/desirable city or area in the world.

E.g plenty of people who grow up in London can't afford to buy there but plenty of times on MN are just told to move to a cheaper area city.

Plenty of people who grew up in the south are advised to move north for a cheaper home when complaining about southern house prices which are driven up by demand of people wanting to live there.

You know what plenty of people in the UK can't afford to buy because of the increase on housing demands which is partly due to an influx in immigrants (both rich and poor) who come and buy property. Yet any notion that they shouldn't be allowed to it met with cries of racism.

So why are 'Cornish people' a protected species who should be allowed the unrivalled right to buy in the areas they grew up in.

I, for clarification, don't think we should stop anyone buying a property because they're not 'from there' as this restricts free movement and is a move towards both state control and othering of any outsiders making people hostile.

They’re not a 'protected species' and I don’t think it’s only the Cornish that suffer from the current state of the housing market.

I dont think it’s fair that ANYONE in this country is expected to move miles away from their home in order to own property. It’s shit for EVERYONE in that situation. Please point out to me where I have said otherwise.

This thread happens to be focused on a second home owner whose second home is in Cornwall.

I’ll reiterate, freedom of movement is fine. Moving communities when you want is fine.

But if you want to go on holiday somewhere, why do you have to own the place you go to? It simply doesn’t contribute to the local economy in the same way as renting a cottage or staying in a b&b.

Maybe in the aftermath of this, especially as more wfh becomes the norm at least in some fields, more people will reassess their priorities and move permanently to their 'second home' areas. If you've really got to have two places, a larger home outside of a city and a pied a terre might be more sensible.

Having a home in two desirable places at once and helping to push up the price in both is a luxury that does come at other people's expense.

People astound me sometimes. The sheer selfishness of people floors me.

Not being able to buy where you grew up is very common these days and certainly not just only in Cornwall.

**Wow, #bekind didn't last long did it?!

Neither did being selfless and caring about others.

Never been to Cornwall but been put right off by everything. I’m expecting the people who live there to be medieval Shepard’s that chase you away with sticks. Love the way the Mail is making such a big fuss about Ramsey and the “Cornish locals”. I’m team Ramsey. But if if I was this woman I’d go to my second home too.

Ah Cornwall again. Try buying a house a village 40 miles from London with no flats and houses start at 450k. My kids could buy literally three houses in Cornwall for one here. It's not a unique problem. Even I cant buy here, we rent.

We had to buy in a cheaper town and was extending it then lockdown. It's been empty for 7 weeks so home insurance would be invalid. Dh decamped there just before the insurance would be invalidated for a few days and he is back there now. He drives, goes in and only leaves a few days later to come home. He has been working throughout and his entire dept went back yesterday. All socail distancing they had put in place out the window.

It's not allowed I know but it's not for fun either. I'm not going to loose everything we have worked for by invaldating my house insurance. Esp now it's ok for his entire dept to go into work.

Jesus. People are so fucking selfish and idiotic. We are trying to contain the spread of a virus!! Stay where you are!!! You will overload hospitals if you are taken ill. It really isn't difficult to comprehend.

Jesus. People are so fucking selfish and idiotic. We are trying to contain the spread of a virus!! Stay where you are!!!

The government has said that people can go on day trips in England. Whether or not this is a good idea, I think it's difficult to call people selfish and idiotic if they are acting within the guidelines.

I would say yes. You can certainly travel there to exercise in your second garden and then if you need a poo where do you go? Into your second home. By the time you’re doing a toilet there you might as well get a drink and watch some TV and you’re in.

Article on news last night. Message from The Lakes is a loud and clear “stay away”.

Message from The Lakes is a loud and clear “stay away”.

They can say what they like but legally if you social distance you can go there and exercise as it’s an open space. I don’t live near there but I shall certainly be going to Whitby beach tomorrow

Please don’t.