Is this house too remote?

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HungryHouseHunter · 17/06/2024 16:21

Name change. 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? Also value for money?

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6 bedroom detached house for sale in Shepherds Lane, Compton, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 for £2,450,000. Marketed by Savills, Winchester

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SummerBarbecues · 18/06/2024 14:40

Another2Cats · 18/06/2024 13:35

"It's having all sorts of amenities walking distance from my house - library, supermarkets, theatre, cinema, swimming pool, pubs. We can go out in the evening, both drink and walk or use public transport to get home."

Wow, I've never had all that in any city that I ever lived in.

The last city I lived had a population of 250,000 people. Distances from our home to the following:

library - 3.5 miles
supermarket - 1 mile
theatre - 3.5 miles
cinema - 4.5 miles
swimming pool - 2.5 miles
pub - 1.5 miles

None of those I would walk to. Also, after 6pm there is only one bus an hour from the city centre (which is where most of the pubs and restaurants are) to the suburb where we used to live.

Before then we lived in a very nice part of Hale (it's to the south of Manchester, near the airport)

Distances from our home to the following:

library - 1.2 miles
supermarket - 2 miles
theatre - 2 miles
cinema - 2 miles
swimming pool - 2 miles
pub - 0.7 miles

Actually, that was a good thing about living there - a very nice pub about a 15 min walk away. Never walked to any of the other places.

There was a bus stop just around the corner but buses were only once every hour.

I really am amazed that you have found homes that are so close to so many things. My experience has been very different.

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My parents flat is that close to all on that list except the theatre and the library. Supermarket, cinema, swimming pool, a lot of resturants and even an ice rink all within 10min walk. It's not a city of 250,000 though. It's much larger.

macshoto · 18/06/2024 15:01

For me that's not that rural - but it depends what you are used to. I'd be more worried about the proximity to the motorway...

But then, I live (in England) 15 miles from the nearest station, 13 miles from the nearest full-size supermarket, and 2 hours from the nearest major city. I still commute, but weekly...

You just live your life differently, and have to plan things in advance, when popping out to get milk is not so convenient (a 10 mile round trip).

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