Live by the sea
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Yep it’s all about location . One of the biggest factors for people buying currently is walkability . Not having to drive to amenities, eg restaurants, coffee shops , dry cleaners , bakeries , butchers etc . To be fair it’s always been high on buyers must have lists but it has become even more desirable since covid .Even if they can't get planning permission to knock it down and build a billion Barrett homes, they can probably modernise and extend it, and how many detached properties with large gardens and a garage do you think there are in the centre of lewes ?
I've been thinking of moving for a couple of years and want a small bungalow that I can extend/renovate etc on a fairly large plot with parking for 3 cars, south/SW facing garden and close enough to walk to a couple of cafes/pubs/restaurants. I've been looking around Hurst/Hassocks etc and they are like gold dust.
Mrs Wz helpfully suggested that we used to like 7 dials (where our previous house was), why didn't we look there as then we could stay in Brighton
Location, location, location![]()
You will however get a better deal in the suburbs but the rub is you usually have to drive further .
There are a few nice villages that are small enough to have many things walkable like Cuckfield for instance .