Property, Property, Property

[poliphilo]

The house we thought we'd be buying is back on the market and the sellers have told us- in a friendly communication- that they've got an elderly couple interested- so that chapter seems to be closing.

The neighbours came round yesterday- and he explained at length (just as he did before) why he'd like to buy the farm but we wanted too much for it. I told him we weren't desperate to move and couldn't afford to take less than the asking price. They went away to think.

It was enough to get me back on the property porn. We've been concentrating on the East Sussex coast but Romney Marsh is so much cheaper. There's a 16th century house in New Romney we could afford...

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[cmcmck]

You'd get crazy value up here in Shropshire- Tudor property you could easily afford!

[poliphilo]

It's looking as if we'll be staying put until my mother dies. After that we'll want to downsize. I can fantasize about Elizabethan schoolhouses but I expect we'll end up in a small bungalow or flat. If we can get one with a sea view that would be splendid. Provided we don't want more than two bedrooms- and I don't see why we should- we'll be able to afford Hastings or Bexhill or Eastbourne.