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Post by ronk » Fri May 07, 2021 3:31 pm

Lynchy wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 3:02 pm
ronk wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 2:01 pm Hope your plan comes together soon.:thumbsup:

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Post by Lynchy » Sun May 09, 2021 10:50 am

Off up to Whinfell Center Parcs tomorrow for a week. We looked around for a base in which to travel out and get a feel for the area and hopefully secure a rental for when we move. We booked the two storey 3 bedroom lodge there which is big enough for our son and daughter to come and visit. Hopefully the weather will be ok for the journey and the plan is to go up the A1 then cut across on the A66 to Penrith. If anyone has good knowledge of the area and any ideas for renting then please comment :thumbsup:

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Post by srhutch » Sun May 09, 2021 11:38 am

Good luck with your search this week Ed. Hopefully we can meet up for breakfast soon :thumbsup:
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Post by Lynchy » Sun May 09, 2021 1:03 pm

srhutch wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 11:38 am Good luck with your search this week Ed. Hopefully we can meet up for breakfast soon :thumbsup:
Thanks Steve, breakfast would be good :thumbsup:

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Post by Babw » Sun May 09, 2021 4:39 pm

Good luck to you and best thing I ever did. Moved from Central London to the Welsh coast 10 years ago. Healthier, happier, fitter and wealthier than I was ever in London. I actually get to use my cars rather than just worry whether someone has stolen a wing mirror and keyed the thing.

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Post by Lynchy » Sun May 09, 2021 5:21 pm

Babw wrote: Sun May 09, 2021 4:39 pm Good luck to you and best thing I ever did. Moved from Central London to the Welsh coast 10 years ago. Healthier, happier, fitter and wealthier than I was ever in London. I actually get to use my cars rather than just worry whether someone has stolen a wing mirror and keyed the thing.
That’s the plan Babw :thumbsup:

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Post by Lynchy » Mon May 17, 2021 4:28 pm

Back home today after a week in The Dales to find a rental before we buy. Unfortunately we didn’t find anything so we will be going back up again soon. Suitable properties that we would be interested in renting are being snapped up and likewise with properties for sale. A bit disheartening but we won’t give up and hopefully as restrictions are being lifted more properties should come on to the market.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon May 17, 2021 8:41 pm

I had read about your planned move but missed this thread because I was blatting around Wales at the time!

Hopefully you will be able to find something suitable, but property seems to be moving very fast just now - as I discovered recently.

Good luck anyway. :thumbsup:

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Post by Pondrew » Mon May 17, 2021 11:02 pm

Houses are selling quick and for good money where I live too! 20% increase in a year here; stamp duty holiday and low interest rates to blame IMO.
Keep at it, though. It will happen :thumbsup:
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Post by Lynchy » Tue May 18, 2021 9:54 am

Thanks guys, we sold very quickly and was surprised how much our home had gone up in the two and a half years we’ve been here. That was good for us but now we’re on the other side as a buyer. We have decided that renting would be our best option and our buyers want to be in by the end of June to get the stamp duty relief.

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Post by firebobby » Tue May 18, 2021 11:08 am

Buy yourself a caravan, pitch upon a site in the area that your looking at Ed.
You will get your money back on the van. Win win :thumbsup:
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Post by Lynchy » Tue May 18, 2021 2:26 pm

firebobby wrote: Tue May 18, 2021 11:08 am Buy yourself a caravan, pitch upon a site in the area that your looking at Ed.
You will get your money back on the van. Win win :thumbsup:
That’s a good idea Fred, I’ll bare that in mind on our search :thumbsup:

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Post by Lynchy » Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:09 pm

Evening All, a quick update on our move. As you know we are moving from Kent to North Yorkshire and our intensions are to rent initially for perhaps 6 months to a year which would give us time to look around and find a home to settle down. My wife and I drove up yesterday to Middleton Quernhow just outside Ripon to look at a property we’ve had our eye on for a couple of weeks and are happy to say after meeting with the owner and current tenants and a good look around the property we decided to rent it.
Things should move fairly quickly from here having sign contracts on our own home a couple of days ago. We anticipate on moving in on the first week of July :thumbsup:

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Post by firebobby » Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:23 pm

Sounds good Ed, hope everything goes well mate :thumbsup:
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Post by Lynchy » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:21 pm

firebobby wrote: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:23 pm Sounds good Ed, hope everything goes well mate :thumbsup:
Thanks Fred 👍

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