You're probably right.

Part of my logic was that if it wasn't too big, and put in a slightly central location then it wouldn't require all the extra structural issues of having a proper basement conversion.

I guess another thing to do would be what in bits of France they call a chai - a slightly sunken stone structure.

@On1 - bookmarked for my lotto win.

aspirational

I see @Dammit found a way to get power to his garage after all (max stalker mode)

Ultimate mancave:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67632055.html

Oh wow. That's actually worth living in Yarmouth for.

That’s amazing. But it’s GY... Nothing’s worth moving to Great Yarmouth.

If that was in Norwich I’d have probably just bought it.

No. Just no.

My dad still works in GY (lives in Norwich but works in oil) - he’s be happy to talk about the 1,001 reasons not to live there.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/mar/25/great-yarmouth-property-lets-move-to

Gt. Yarmouth was mentioned in a podacst I listened to recently;
it was a major source of cadavers for anatomical studies,
as the Anatomy Act (1832) switched the supply from bodysnatching
to the corpses of those who died in vast Victorian asylums.
I presume Gt. Y had an asylum?

Nothing. Is.

I did some work in Great Yarmouth 1) it is an utter shithole 2) it is full of sex offenders, in particular paedophiles. Horrible place

Nothing’s worth moving to Great Yarmouth.

Seconded. On the other hand, the cod and chips at the Imperial Hotel is excellent. Swings and roundabouts.

- utter shithole
- paedophiles

+ cod and chips

🤔

Now and again one of the old hotels comes up for sale. It's mad, a double-fronted twenty-bedroom hotel can be picked up for £250k. Landlords sometimes stick someone in there to make breakfasts and charge local authorities eye-watering sums for B&B for people at risk:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-57237480.html

Funny to think that if a high-speed rail line to London went in tomorrow, those houses would triple in price.

There are plenty of people in Great Yarmouth earning good wages in oil and gas (whatever you happen to think about the ethics of that) but they almost never live in GY itself.

Great Yarmouth is the only place I've been to where a 15 year old has eante

Great Yarmouth is the only place I've been to where a 15 year old has wanted to fight me while I was pushing a buggy and with the rest of my family.
It's fucking horrible.

It’s one of the worst places ever. Norfolk is unique, and Great Yarmouth is in a bad way.

Last time a friend of mine went to Yarmouth (he grew up there and is quite fond of it) he witnessed a man take a shit out of a 2nd story hotel window, to the horror/fascination of a small crowd.

Is Bourbon Street still going? I had some good/shit nights in there.

Buy The Empire Hotel and you could shit out of 20 bedroom windows.

In shit locations, big houses cost less than small ones.

Has anyone here engaged an accountant to deal with the tax situation after selling a property? It really is doing my head in, and perhaps paying someone to help me will save me dosh in the longer run.

Am potentially looking to move. I'm in the first year of a 5 year fixed rate which can be ported, but the new property would be a significant downsize in mortgage. I have a trusted adviser that I'll work with should we decide to buy the new house, but before it gets to that, has anyone been in the same situation that can share thoughts on what my options might be?