400k??? Oh well, wash my mouth out I used the figure of 600k because that's the price of the house next door to me and it in't no mansion. 3 beds, shared living/kitchen/diner.
So, it's back to the question of what you intend to bring to the duchy? You've just come straight in asking us to help you out. Why didn't you spend a bit of time getting to know the site - getting to know the people who use it?
£600k, that's unbeliveable. Here you would get a lot more so really surprised. Your right I didn't spend time looking at the site. I had a question to ask so asked it. Didn't think I would get this kind of response. If I've offended anyone by asking what it is like to live in cornwall, then sorry, but then isn't this what the site is for? As for what can I bring to the duchy, not sure yet. Me ha ha (only joking) currently help run a mother & todler group.
shars,
You could find that Penzance and it's surrounding areas a nice place to live. There are some good schools and the countryside is amazing. It's easy to get to Truro by bus or train if you don't drive and the climate is mild throughout the year. In winter there is a lot of fog and it can feel damp but nothing like the frrezing temperatures you get in Essex. Just avoid Nancledra and you won't find yourself living next door to cledry_maid.
Fair do's
I do get offended when these threads start up. It rubs salt into the wound that is unaffordable housing. Too many people see the place in Summer and think that's it - the sun is always shining and the ice cream flows free. Us happy bumpkins with our rosy cheeks and lazy pace of life lean on the gateposts with a cheery word for all. Then you wake up and realise it's been foggy for the last 6 months, the local school, post office and shop have been shut down and the interest rates have shot up and you're left with a deficit of 50k
Fair enough but actually that isn't how i think it will be to actually live in Cornwall. I live in a small village at the moment which is quite slow paced, small school, 1 shop, 1 butchers and 2 pubs. I'm involved in raising money for the school and help out when I can. Weather is fairly shite anyway. Sorry you've not had a good experience living next door to Essex people but believe it or not were not all the same.
Thanks for the advice Kenwyn. I think I will avoid Nancledra though as she dosen't seem very favourable on "outsiders".
couldn't resist signing back on again. Whats wrong with white stilettos!!! Your right not what I wanted to hear but it is quite entertaining that I can put your back up so much. Shame we could have had a proper conversation instead of just bitchin. Never mind I wont be living near you so don't worry, just worry about the other essex pair! You never know you may be the best of friends. ha
Hi Shars, you haven't offended me, only cledry, she's got a persecution complex, has done ever since she's been here. Don't take any notice, you'll make mistakes, we all do, but please don't think we're all like cledry. Most of us enjoy life and make the best of things. I don't live in Cornwall, but spent my childhood there, I do intend to look throught rose coloured glasses, and things have changed a lot since then. Perhaps you should spend some time in Cornwall in the winter, to see the other side of things.
It's worth bearing in mind that while it may be very pretty, Cornwall is one of the poorest parts of the UK. There are precious few jobs, and what there are don't pay any too well, and to grow up here means to sit and watch holidaymakers turn up, rent the house you always fancied, go surfing with nice wetsuits and fancy surfboards on what feels like your waves, fill up your pub, and then go home and leave you to pick up their litter. And watch it all shut again for the winter. The experience can leave one a little twitchy about the whole thing.
So as 'incomers', you would have to be aware of that. You'd need to make sure those around you understood that you weren't here to re-live some childhood dream, that you were serious about the place. Otherwise it can come across as patronising, however well-intentioned. And if you've put up with all the stuff above, to then feel patronised about it can leave one very twitchy indeed.
But I thik you might have to compromise a bit if you want shops/pubs etc, on somewhere the size of Wadebridge if not the palce itself. Anywhere smaller and the shop's likely to close, and then you'd be stuffed.
Best of luck!
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I used the figure of 600k because that's the price of the house next door to me and it in't no mansion. 3 beds, shared living/kitchen/diner.
