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£900k budget what would you buy

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delectablecupcakes · 04/02/2022 09:13

I can move anywhere in the U.K. I really want a detached house. There's me dh and one 8yo dc.

Basically without beating around the bush I want a massive house.
£900k to me is a lot of money but I appreciate in some areas it's nothing. Getting depressed because I apparently live in an area where it goes nowhere so thinking to move areas entirely before secondary school . Anyone have any ideas for areas? I've lived in towns cities and rural. I am happy wherever.

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senua · 04/02/2022 09:42

Would this do?
Or this?

horseymum · 04/02/2022 09:44

Try Scotland. Even the massive swanky new builds round us with about 5 bathrooms are less than £700 k!

TheNoonBell · 04/02/2022 09:47

@senua

Would this do? Or this?
I was just about to suggest your second house!
ExplodingCarrots · 04/02/2022 09:48

countrylivinggroup.co.uk/property/verwig-road-cardigan-2/

HomeHomeInTheRange · 04/02/2022 09:55

But presumably you want a good secondary within reasonable travelling distance etc?

A single-child teen is really not going to be happy in the back of beyond with friends scattered far and wide and any shred of social life being dependent on Parent Taxi, however big the house.

FurierTransform · 04/02/2022 10:10

How big is massive? Loads of areas in the UK where that budget will get you a 2500-4000sqft detached place with a large garden, but always worth checking, as some people define massive as nothing less than a 10000+sqft Victorian pile which is way more restrictive.

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delectablecupcakes · 04/02/2022 10:12

Thanks those properties @senua are wonderful I will put them on my list, what are those areas like? I am in SE and I hate the overcrowdedness, the too many cars everywhere, the same old same old although I'm starting to wonder if this is just England full stop!
@horseymum I've never even been to Scotland. I should go really would love to but never seem to get the time in. How bad is the weather. As in how bad is bad in Scotland because I would like some vitamin D in the year Grin

@ExplodingCarrots wales. Now wales is somewhere that I'm not quite sure why but it terrifies me the thought of living there, I heard the schools are becoming more Welsh speaking only? Is that true? I think maybe I wouldn't fit in too. Everyone I've met from wales has been absolutely lovely so I'm not quite sure where this is coming from, perhaps the great unknown...

@HomeHomeInTheRange They are already happily flexi boarding in their current school and the current school works to send them onto boarding school so that is the plan, If there is a day school nearby I'd consider that though too but I've noticed 'good' schools are so few and far between the further away from London you move, or is it that they're all secret and I haven't found them yet!

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angelalansburysteapot · 04/02/2022 10:23

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111496778#/?channel=RES_BUY

How about a church!

angelalansburysteapot · 04/02/2022 10:25

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/113047925#/?channel=RES_BUY

This one comes complete with lake!

Embracelife · 04/02/2022 10:26

Why don't you start with a school consultant like gabbitas and work from there?

truthfullylying · 04/02/2022 10:28

Now wales is somewhere that I'm not quite sure why but it terrifies me the thought of living there, I heard the schools are becoming more Welsh speaking only? Is that true? I think maybe I wouldn't fit in too.

If you have that kind of attitude you won't fit in, no Hmm

Maybe best to stay in the SE if the thought of Wales 'terrifies' you Grin

Fallagain · 04/02/2022 10:28

How big is a massive house to you? How many bedrooms/outdoor space are you looking for? Why do you need to change before secondary if your child is going to be boarding.

TheNoonBell · 04/02/2022 10:32

Agreed on the SE cupcakes. We bailed out to semi rural shropshire and love the change of life. People are friendly and take time to chat in our village, plenty of local events to meet new folk.

Arbeity · 04/02/2022 10:33

So you would like to live anywhere, city, town,rural... but not Wales because it's scary. And because they do Welsh language classes at school. And not Scotland because you seem to think the entire country has the same weather system (always cold, grey and rainy). I assume the "North" falls under the same criteria?

Given your assumptions about other parts of the country, it comes as no surprise you haven't heard about good schools outside of London.

I know I sound like a bitch, but this narrow bubble of assuming everywhere that isn't London or the SW is either backwards or has crap weather really annoys me. Book some UK holidays! Get out there and see what the country is actually like!

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 04/02/2022 10:57

Do you see yourself living near the sea, or in the countryside? Do you want a village feel or the convenience of town/city nearby?

I'd not live in the sticks with a teen, but somewhere with decent public transport etc would be fine.

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delectablecupcakes · 04/02/2022 11:23

I have lived in the midlands before and the weather was really bad but I'm wondering if it was because of the property I was in at the time that made me hate it (flat so trapped indoors most of the time and when it's sunny can't just go out in the garden)

Apologies I didn't mean to offend re Wales and I have been there but it was more to do with things like Welsh schools wanting to be Welsh speaking only, feels like wales doesn't want English people there and so I wouldn't want to move into somewhere that doesn't want 'outsiders' Not saying there's anything wrong with wales more that from what I can tell it's not somewhere to automatically place on places to live from England.

I have been all over the U.K. every time I've been further north I find the people just wonderful and as I've said hate the over crowded SE so much. Can't go anywhere without getting stuck in traffic. I'm currently rural and liking being able to go at least 20 minutes without seeing so many cars before I'm getting towards the usual build ups.

I have lived by the sea and loved it would consider. Am happy to consider everywhere. My dh is from a rural area and said he was happy in his teens because he went to play tennis or other sports with his friends and his sister had horses so she did that and enjoyed . So I feel I can build up a life around whatever. We have hobbies that take up a whole room in the house so that reduces the living space and now we're both wfh again, a room gets used each for an office so the space we feel we need is suddenly more. We're in a 3500 sq ft at the moment and that's nice enough so I suppose that and above would be great but mainly on the ground floor as thats where we use the most.

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peedawg · 04/02/2022 11:25

Worth remembering how much a massive house will cost to run, including utilities, repairs especially if an old house, the garden etc

Some properties have a relatively low price but the running costs are huge!

senua · 04/02/2022 11:29

Thanks those properties are wonderful I will put them on my list, what are those areas like?
Remote. That's why they are relatively cheap! The Marches are breath-takingly beautiful, though.
There are some famous boarding schools in the area (Shrewsbury, Monmouth) you could stretch out of area a bit (Bromsgrove, Warwick) or go State Boarding (in most, boarders are a minority but Old Swinford has a majority).

languagelover96 · 04/02/2022 11:30

old country houses.

truthfullylying · 04/02/2022 11:31

it was more to do with things like Welsh schools wanting to be Welsh speaking only, feels like wales doesn't want English people there This is not true Angry wanting to preserve Welsh heritage and culture is not anti-English. If you perceive wanting to be Welsh as being anti-English, you should not go to Wales as you will offend everyone.

every time I've been further north I find the people just wonderful People are no more or less wonderful in any geographical region. There are loads of total cunts in the North, rest assured.

Can't go anywhere without getting stuck in traffic this is true of everywhere where people want to live, right across the country.

I really feel you need to start with researching areas and moving properly, as you do not seem to know very much about the reality of areas outside the SE. I'm not trying to be unkind either but often people from the SE want to move to the lovely provinces but the same issues exist there.

Isonthecase · 04/02/2022 11:32

You won't get a massive house for £900k in Warwick! Not unless you're in one of the housing estates that aren't actually near anything useful.

Pyri · 04/02/2022 11:32

@angelalansburysteapot

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111496778#/?channel=RES_BUY

How about a church!

I want to cry
emmathedilemma · 04/02/2022 11:32

I'd go to Whitley Bay / Tynemouth area. Period property, stone's throw from the beach, Metro into Newcastle city centre, international airport not far away, east coast so drier weather...... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/114369563#/?channel=RES_BUY

peedawg · 04/02/2022 11:34

There are some very nice places on this website

www.uklandandfarms.co.uk/