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finding somewhere with 3 / 4 beds, off street parking, a decent garden and a garage is proving incredibly difficult!
We were looking on and off for almost three years; missed one, bought the second. Not 100% what we wanted, and more than we wanted to spend, but couldn’t face waiting another two years. Nothing’s come to market that ticks those boxes since we put the offer in feb either.
Are you looking at the printworks? Nice location for the action at the station and a short walk down to the river and the paths Feltham way. Rental market seems pretty sparse and pretty spicy right now.
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Yup. One of the T9 detached ones. The last one of the first phase sold the morning we went to look at the show house, so we’re at the top of the wait list for when second phase plots are available for reservation. One thing I am worried about is the price going up a lot for what is essentially the same house due to the 5/6 months between phases….. The 4 bed detached units on phase one were circa £440k depending on garden size…. Although we can afford to spend more if it comes to it, we really don’t want to go over £500k. The garden on most plots is a sort of L shape with a bit of the garden filling the gap between the back of the garage and the rear boundary…. I’d really like to have enough cash spare to extend the garage to fill this gap and turn it into a garden studio/bike den/workshop type thing. I currently store my ever growing amount of bikes and associated crap at my studio, which I won’t be able to do in my new studio, I’d really like to be able to have a space to dedicate to this at home moving forward.
We’re not particularly fussed about where we rent TBH…. As long as it’s somewhere between Frome and Bath (GF works at RUH in Bath), we’ll make do, as we know it’s not permanent…. So hoping we will be able to find somewhere that will do as a stop gap.
Whereabouts is your place? We must catch up when I’m moved. Currently commuting down to the office 2 days a week, and using my studio in Bristol for painting until new studio next to the office is up and running.
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We have not found a new place yet… We are moving down to Frome, and it’s slim pickings there currently. we’re not gonna rush into buying somewhere we don’t both really like, so it’s looking we’re just gonna rent somewhere for a year…. Which I’m not over the moon about, but meh…. Hopefully it won’t be for more than a year.
We went to look at a show home for a new build development that will be ready next summer, that was actually really nice, but I’m not sure how I feel about living in a brand new house TBH. But finding somewhere with 3 / 4 beds, off street parking, a decent garden and a garage is proving incredibly difficult! (The new build ticks all these boxes)