Where would you live ?

We have wondered about Suffolk Merlot, but DD is in Kent and howls at the thought of the journey!

Where we live now I think, family all close by and the Cotswolds on the doorstep, and many nice towns. quite central for visiting friends and relatives as well.I prefer the country side to the coast, although having said that, I did enjoy living in Devon for a few years as well.

Right here in Devon. But, if not, then Cornwall... or somewhere in France.

We moved to Norfolk a year ago and I can't imagine living anywhere else now. The beach is 5 minutes walk away and the same distance the other way is the High St with lots of small shops. We have a good bus service and make the most of our bus passes and rail cards. Our family are happy to visit during the holidays.

I fancy a Scottish castle with mountains, glens, a smallish loch and enough money to keep the castle warm and dry.

Is that all, Apricot?

Am I being greedy? Quite a little castle would do and I wouldn't own the landscape, just peer at it through the mist from the eastern turret.

About 4 miles away. It has slightly more sunshine than we get.

Do you have your own little microclimate or something then? Right underneath one of those dark cloud/raindrop symbols on the weather map?

Mamie my DD is in Kent too, the journey isn't that bad. We may not see them as often as we would like, but they love it up here. They have two or three weeks a year up here, we have a week down there so that I can catch up with her as well as with old friends and family.

We lived in Winchester before we came here, I loved it there too, but the traffic was horrendous. It was hard to get home quite often. In Suffolk/Norfolk it's fine.

Apricot, there's one for sale. It only costs a million, but needs another two to keep it warm and dry.

I would move back to York. However, I would need a bigger house than I could afford because of all the visitors I would get, the ones who say why did you ever move away from York.

I am just greedy for more sunshine Soutra.

My ideal would be a small town in Norfolk with lots of nice book shops and delicatessens and wonderful good shops and restaurants and a beach to walk the dog.

I actually really like where I live. I have a sea view well if you look out of the bedroom window I have and I am literally 2 minutes away from some of the most beautiful beaches. it's just a shame about the bloody weather

So, in answer to the OP I would stay here and have a holiday home on the island of Ibiza [heaven emoticon]

It's a hard one, so many beautiful places to choose from. I like where I live, but sometimes I'd like to be a bit further away from London, but not too far. I love Dorset/Hampshire/Sussex which we visit often. I think I'd plump for either Christchurch, next door to Bournemouth and it's fabulous beaches. Christchurch is a pretty town and isn't blighted by the stag and hen parties at week-ends that affect it's larger neighbour Bournemouth at week-ends, or Lymington, Hants which has a lovely Georgian high street and is on the edge of the New Forest.

I would love to live deep in the Northumberland countryside, or perhaps east Anglia if I were really rich, anywhere I could wake up to birdsong and no traffic noise and really lovely scenery.

We are in Birmingham which some people would consider not so nice. I rather like it. We are about 5 miles from Birmingham City Centre. We are in an ordinary road but we are within easy reach of theatres, restaurants etc in the city. We have a canal at the back of our house and when we sit in the garden we can hear ducks quacking and canal boats phut-phutting by. A ten minute walk takes us to the lakes and countryside of Sandwell Valley. So all in all, not so bad

When I go back to Brum it's like being envelopped in a huge comfort blanket. I know I was desperate to leave it when I was young but I love it now.

I once read that you should have two retirements, the first one in the countryside,peace and quiet etc and the second one ten years later to a town, or at least a small town, where there is plenty to do, with a smaller garden and house to take care of.

Tegan I know just what you mean about the warm blanket. When I hear any Midlands accent, I have a feeling of contentment and I haven't lived there in 58 years.

I have done a rough estimate on how many places I have lived in in my 70+ years, and it amounts to an alarming twenty or more, including seven years in Spain.

I am now lucky enough to live for the last eight months, between Bath and Bristol in a charming little 2 bed Grade 11 listed Alms house, built in 1885. I love it here and have no desire to EVER move again.

I moved from London to the Surrey Hills 35 years ago and love it here. I will have to move eventually - there is no bus service here and if I could not drive, it would be difficult. I also have an acre of garden that is quite difficult to keep up. Still, I would move to one of the nearby villages if I could find one near to all the facilities I need - shop, doctor, pub and church.
This is a beautiful, but expensive area. My house is in the middle of heathland with miles of walking and riding on the doorstep.

If I could take all the family it would be the a small town with plenty of countryside and places with lakes and still within easy reach of bigger towns and amenities. If we could squeeze in a little bit of quiet sea side it would be more than perfect.

Right here in Bideford! Very near the sea, beautiful country views from my front door, peaceful, and DD and family are five minutes away.

We moved so much when Theseus was in the Army, before our settled spell in North Kent ((from where we commuted daily to London...) that it is good to live somewhere that we have chosen ourselves, rather than being governed by convenience or price. (Well, a certain extent by the latter, but not much.)

I would like to live in the middle of London. Near the museums, shops, theatres galleries. near a tube station and near a park. I only need a couple of million and I am there!