[Help] Tell Me Where To Move To?

[Since1982]

Time to pick the collective brains of NSC. We currently live in Hassocks - lots we like about it, short walk to shops, station, easy access to Brighton and The Amex but.....we are early retired, late 50's who had a plan to travel a lot over the next few years. Covid has put a bit of a stop on that for a while and possibly longer. During the lockdown period we've been rethinking what we want to do with the next few years and where we want to be. Our consensus is we'd ideally like to stay in Sussex but in a house with more land so that we can get stuck into it as a project (ours is a relative new build with a corresponding tiny garden) and away from estates that attract young families (we are gradually getting more intolerant of kids noise!). Ideally close to the coast but happy to move further inland for the right place, content to be further away from the railway than now. Budget is going to be around £600k so it rules out some of the more "exclusive" villages. Also would consider crossing the border to a neighbouring county - most likely Hampshire as we have kids in Southampton.

So where would NSC suggest we look at moving to?

 

[BLOCK F]

Looks like a job for Kirstie and Phil.

 

[Mellotron]

Poling?

Bloody lovely and well within your price range, good walks and farmland/sense of space, close links to A27 and closer to your kids in Southampton whilst still close enough to Worthing/Brighton etc.

 

[albionite]

Selsey, pagham area will give you most house/land for your money if you are looking to stay in Sussex and be near Hampshire.

 

[Swansman]

Come here since you'd get a fecking castle for £600k. Flight to England costs £25-30 in non-pandemic times.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Tokyo. Admittedly it doesn't fit any of your criteria but it is bloody ace.

 

[beorhthelm]

there are over ~2500 3 bed+ properties in 20 miles of Hassocks between 400-600k on Rightmove. i'd start search there. as nice for tips on places NSC oracle is, there needs to be properties for sale.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Time to pick the collective brains of NSC. We currently live in Hassocks - lots we like about it, short walk to shops, station, easy access to Brighton and The Amex but.....we are early retired, late 50's who had a plan to travel a lot over the next few years. Covid has put a bit of a stop on that for a while and possibly longer. During the lockdown period we've been rethinking what we want to do with the next few years and where we want to be. Our consensus is we'd ideally like to stay in Sussex but in a house with more land so that we can get stuck into it as a project (ours is a relative new build with a corresponding tiny garden) and away from estates that attract young families (we are gradually getting more intolerant of kids noise!). Ideally close to the coast but happy to move further inland for the right place, content to be further away from the railway than now. Budget is going to be around £600k so it rules out some of the more "exclusive" villages. Also would consider crossing the border to a neighbouring county - most likely Hampshire as we have kids in Southampton.

So where would NSC suggest we look at moving to?

The area around Emsworth might be worth a look. On the rail link to Soton and near the A27. Chichester is up the road and there's an interesting coastline to explore. Perhaps a bit pricey but for £600k you'd get something decent.

 

[Since1982]

Come here since you'd get a fecking castle for £600k. Flight to England costs £25-30 in non-pandemic times.

cold though?

 

[Stat Brother]

Selsey, pagham area will give you most house/land for your money if you are looking to stay in Sussex and be near Hampshire.

Nah Selsey's a right ballache if you want to go anywhere.

I'd draw a square from Chi to Midhurst, Peterfield to Havant and have a look inside that.

Rowlands Castle, the Hartings, the Marsden's around Midhurst, less so Petersfield.

All well connected but just rural enough to not be blighted by mass new build developments.

 

[Since1982]

Selsey, pagham area will give you most house/land for your money if you are looking to stay in Sussex and be near Hampshire.

Good call, it’s lovely around there.

 

[dazzer6666]

cold though?

yeah, but.....

 

[Bozza]

Not sure I'd want to be west of Chichester, or possibly even Arundel, if I expected most of any travelling I do to be eastwards. The traffic buildup can be horrendous.

So if trips to Brighton, or similar, are going to be more frequent than trips to your family in Hampshire, I'd probably not look any further west than Arundel.

 

[Bozza]

How much land? Is half an acre not enough?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71340846.html

 

[Stat Brother]

Not sure I'd want to be west of Chichester, or possibly even Arundel, if I expected most of any travelling I do to be eastwards. The traffic buildup can be horrendous.

So if trips to Brighton, or similar, are going to be more frequent than trips to your family in Hampshire, I'd probably not look any further west than Arundel.

Yeah that's a good call.

The move really ought to be centred around which direction you intend to travel from your new base.

 

[A1X]

Tokyo. Admittedly it doesn't fit any of your criteria but it is bloody ace.

Probably quicker to fly from Tokyo to Southampton than it is to get a Southern train from Brighton...

 

[Return of the Rev]

Retired last year at 58 and moved from Hove to Seaford, downsized but live only a couple of stone throws from the beach, absolutely love living here and have enjoyed lockdown with some fantastic walks from home. Seaford head, Cuckmere Haven, Alfriston and Friston forest all walkable. The Amex 35 minutes on a direct train makes it quicker to get to than from Hove. Worth a look around here, with avoiding rush hour Brighton only 25 minutes by car Eastbourne barely 20 Lewes a mere 15. Chuffed we made the move tbh. Worth a thought Just noticed the Southampton connection so probably the wrong county.

 

[jamie (not that one)]

Come here since you'd get a fecking castle for £600k. Flight to England costs £25-30 in non-pandemic times.

They'll get this palace for roughly 55% of their budget if they fancy moving to Valencia....

https://www.idealista.com/en/inmueble/30418227/

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Cornwall. I'm not quite sure why anyone would want to live anywhere else.

 

[Stat Brother]

Absolutely no help to you but this is my current lottery winning fantasy:-

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68818992.html


The further, in time, I get from the Southampton Picturehouse cinema the more I miss it.

Plus if I lived there 'The Official Superyacht of the Week' thread wouldn't be once every 6 months!