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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Surrey Heath
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 Posted: Sat Apr 09, 16 4:44 am Post subject: The big move, looking for property with land |
 
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Hello! Nice to be back, still not great browsing from my phone, but I'll cope, I'm back on the PC a bit more these days 
We are looking to move back North to get a bit of land and more house space to accommodate our Willow's growing needs, our 3-bed in Hampshire just isn't big enough in the long run for through-floor lifts, hoists and all that extra equipment. And for the same approximate price of our house, we can have a house with a little land in Derbyshire/Staffordshire/South Yorkshire, which is where we are looking at the moment, though nowhere is out of the question, it's about being commutable to work for HT.
Happytechie needs to find work first, I've been researching areas who have decent provision for disabled children, good special schools have been my focus because a good school will ensure other therapists are on the ball.
Arthur is going to have a year off school, if that works for us all then we will carry on and home school permanently.
It's a big scary thing to do, we've lived in Hampshire/Surrey our whole adult lives since University, about 16 years, but it feels right, especially while the kids are young (5 and 3).
I'm addicted to property websites at the moment, not that I can do anything until employment is sorted!
I've also got a little idea about setting up a retreat for families with disabled children, on the land, an accessible yurt (with hoists), little accessible playground and a few other bits. Non-profit.
I'm also trying to get our house in order, making my way through each room, gutting it out, sanding, painting, making good, before getting an estate agent round to value it, so I'm going on other houses in the area, of which there aren't many, there's a big shortage of houses like ours, they fly off the market at silly prices.
Anyway, nice to be back now my focus in life isn't on nappies and nipples. Finally, the dream of actually downsizing seems within our reach and it's bloody exciting! |
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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon
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Good luck. |
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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All the Best  |
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joanne
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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SandraR
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 16 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Very exciting !! wishing you all, all the very best |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 16 11:18 am Post subject: |
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best wishes for a good move,
derbyshire is nice but a bit expensive,south yorks is quite mixed with some very nice parts and surprisingly good health care.i dont know much about staffs.
the railway engineers based in york are often looking for it skills but york is quite expensive and health care is a bit patchy.
west yorks has the advantage of being near leeds and manchester,middle priced for house with a bit of land since the horsey market is less than it was.the best bits can have rather wild weather. |
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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 16 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: The big move, looking for property with land |
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| Fee wrote: |
| ... Non-profit... |
*Always* aim to make a profit. You can plough it back into extra facilities/subsidies for less-well-off clients or whatever. |
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 16 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed. Profit is one of the costs of doing business. |
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feathersandfibre
Joined: 25 Dec 2013
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Hi, we are in the same position at the moment, although looking in our local area rather than further afield. We are doing finishing touches to our current place ready to get the estate agents in and obsessively checking right move for new properties on the market with a few acres! Good luck with the search. |
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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15902
Location: Surrey Heath
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 16 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys!
Some great info there too, will look into the DWP jobs for ht, Jo, he's a software development manager.
Blackpool feels too far North, bit too close to my family in r Lakes really There's good and bad to that! |
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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Surrey Heath
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 16 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| feathersandfibre wrote: |
| Hi, we are in the same position at the moment, although looking in our local area rather than further afield. We are doing finishing touches to our current place ready to get the estate agents in and obsessively checking right move for new properties on the market with a few acres! Good luck with the search. |
We're probably looking at the same properties
Good luck in your search, sounds like you're a bit further ahead than us. |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 16 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wotcha Fee, nice to see you back |
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BahamaMama
Joined: 21 Sep 2006
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Location: Away with the fairies
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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Surrey Heath
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 16 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| tahir wrote: |
| Wotcha Fee, nice to see you back |
Nice to be back  |
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Fee
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Surrey Heath
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 16 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful but way too far North for us |
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