Hello! We are currently buying in Norfolk now, on the Broads. My partner has had a fishing holiday there for years with his dad, and we lost his dad this year. I think my partner is romanticising a little about living there but guess find out. I do want him to be happy and his plan is to buy a little boat so he can go fishing nearly all year if he wants.
I know absolutely nothing about the place, never been. In fact, the day I move in will be my first visit to Norfolk. I have too many animals to actually go there before the big move, yeah, am probably mad.
I am concern about not having anything nearby other than a farm shop. But the other half has found a place with a train station just a few mins walk away which connects us to Wroxham to go local shopping and into Norwich if need more or for a nice meal out. Norwich is just 20 odd mins drive or about 7 mins on the train. This was very important to me as we are middle aged and I need to have the option of getting to the hospital when I get older if I can no longer drive.
I am worried that I am moving to an area where the hospital (Norwich) is very close to the bottom of decent hospitals, I currently live in a place with the same and it is horrible dealing and medical help is thin on the ground.
BUT! I am fed up being in the SE of England. Ideally I would move near my old childhood place of Brighton but it is too expensive now. After moving over 20 times it still is my fav place though. I will miss a bit of life and options but it will be a trade off for some peace and quiet. I am very much into nature so with the broads it will be lovely and our to be garden is .8 of an acre, which backs onto fields so again, looking forward to seeing what appears.
One thing, a neighbours friend has moved to Wroxham and her DH a lorry driver and he's away a lot. She finds it isolating and lonely when he is away and she is in more of the busy places on the broads too. So if you are someone who either makes friends easily or doesn't mind own company you'll probably be ok.