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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Kate on 05 February 2014, 19:12:00
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Hi all.
I was thinking about relocating to Cornwall due to the high costs of living where I am now. I have found a nice little house in Looe that's available for only £65 per week.
Just wondering whether any oofer's have any knowledge of what it's like to live there or Cornwall in general? I have been on holiday to Cornwall but never lived there before.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as this would be a really big move for me. :y
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Wet and windy at a guess :-\
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i would if I could
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Wet and windy at a guess :-\
Exactly like where I am now then. ;D
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GO, we would :y :y :y :y :y
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65 pounds a week?! Jump at the opportunity.
Looe is a lovely place. long way from other parts of the country. It also doesn't have particularly good weather but is glorious when it does have nice weather.
I don't know about the cost of living. I suspect supermarket prices will be much the same for the big four. Local shops maybe more expensive.
Does that 65 a week include council tax?
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Problem is work down that way, depends on trade i guess. But London costs more due to more work around.
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Cornwall in general
A bit bleak in winter, which I'd love, provided we where not flooded or washed out to sea. I love storm watching. ...most places close for winter.
Rammed full of holiday makers in the summer, which I hate. ESP the school holidays.
Depends what type of person you are I guess. I like to be left alone. But if your a social type, you might feel a bit cut off.
Personally I love it, until the hordes arrive. The place isn't big enough for that many people.
....but for that money, who cares, provided its up to scratch of course. :)
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was down in Looe couple weeks ago on a flying visit,got friends and family there it is lovely,a proper old picture postcard setting,be warned though the prices go up in the tourist season,and im not talking about beer etc, even the price of a cup of coffee jumps to high levels unless you are known! its lovely if a bit out of the way,workwise be prepared to travel,but its possible,as i was born in London and hate the place for waht it is now my advice would be to get to Looe now!! much better standard of stress freeish living :y
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Flooded or unflooded part where it has been in the news this week. :o :o :o :o
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Also, I prefer the North coast, purely for the sunsets. :)
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Don't take the train there for a few months ;)
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I was there several years ago and like others I like the peace and quiet of the place away from the buzz of the masses,
I also love going to Skye and the Black Isle etc especially in the winter when only the hardy venture north of the central belt :)
Even holidaying abroad I prefer the road less travelled, must be something to do with my 'love' of my fellow inhabitants of this planet, they do say old age does that to you ;D
The only problem is that these quiet havens are often ruined by the arrival of seasonal visitors with their usually but not always rowdy off spring :'(
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks for all the advice. :y
It sounds like I will really like it.
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I made the move 7 years ago, I wish I had done it 20 years ago.
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Visited Dartmouth for a week last September. Very peaceful. Dolphins in the harbour, along with hms Shefield. Quietly busy little place. A neat trick that. :y
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As a frequent visitor over nearly 40 years with several family members down there I would say that to be happy uprooting you have to be a particular type of person if you do not have a lot of cash. The weather can be depressing but that does not bother me too much others find it a problem. It can all be a bit parochial, amateur dramatics etc but if you like coastal walking and a bit of solitude you will do just fine. My niece is married to a farmer who has large sheep farm in most spectacular setting. In short I think a townie needs reasonable cash resources to enjoy Cornwall
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
Not since that aussie craze of falling off planks every time a wave comes.
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
Not since that aussie craze of falling off planks every time a wave comes.
Oh I am sure a resurgence could be arranged, bit like the badger cull, just not so cruel ;D ;D
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Very British, must be a great place to live :y :y :y
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Very British, must be a great place to live :y :y :y
The bird who crops my barnet now lives on the south coast in Cornwall, and see loves it.
Seeing as the rail lines are a bit shagged, I'm guessing I'll need to find someone else to cut my mop for a few months :(
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Looe is lovely as is polperro. You will love it there especially in summer :y
plus there's a great Forum member who lives just across the water in Devon ;D
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Not sure we want your kind of pyrotechnics down here :D ;)
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I used to live in Westminster, near Victoria Station, so I'm used to tourists. I've been bashed by suitcases countless times. ;D
I'm getting on bit now. My favourite hobby is walking my dogs and talking to you lot on here. I can still do that in Cornwall (hopefully).
Been drinking my home made wine so better go to bed now. ;D
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
Didn't know you could shoot tourists in season :o
Used to go to Cornwall a lot for surfing - now my x-wife and two of my kids have lived there since 1986 - issues appear to be it closes in winter and is overcrowded with emmets (tourists) in summer. Changed a lot since my days of surfing at Fistral.
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
there is a season for both,but i don't think the constabulary,would appreciate you treating grokles the same as grouse.
first thing to get rid of would be them bloody wooble boxes,that block every road,and cant go backwards.
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I love Cornwall. The peace, the scenary, the variety, the solitude. Not sure I could actually up-sticks and mov there though. Esp with the tourists.
Is there not a season for tourists like there is for grouse? ;D ;D ;D
there is a season for both,but i don't think the constabulary,would appreciate you treating grokles the same as grouse.
first thing to get rid of would be them bloody wooble boxes,that block every road,and cant go backwards.
I think the local constabulary could be brought on side if we cut them in on the action, say we provide the tools and snacks etc ;D ;D ;D
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People who move to Cornwall rarely leave even for a day trip to Trago! ::) ;D
I've a mate who moved to Newquay 20 years ago and it's easier getting blood out of a stone than getting him across the Tamar and I've also got family near Helston and it's a similar story with them! :D
No harm in checking it out. Good Luck!! :y :y :y
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My parents moved there when I was 6 and my sister was 4, lovely place back then to grow up early 70s onwards. Family still live there sister owns a stables near Lostwithiel and has a good life my parents are both retired and live just outside of St.Austell in the family home. I left for the Army in 1983 and never went back, love to visit but work is very hard to come by decent pay even harder unless you work for a national company or the public sector. Changed beyond all recognition with conjested roads and very high house prices. Communications still not good with single track A30 in places, Newquay airport limited flights. Weather is dismal in the winter and everything gets damp, my wife wont visit between October and March and shes a geordie!
I was a keen surfer love the North Coast, Watergate Bay my favourite, stunning, I go for long weekends in the summer and enjoy it but steer clear of the school holiday peak, June and early July and September is the time to visit.
A lot of people retire there, many move away again after a few years when friends and relatives find the distance to visit difficult to cope with. Services which are taken for granted in other parts of the country difficult in a rural area, main hospital in Truro a bit of a hike for instance depending on what part of Cornwall you are in, high speed broadband still not prevalent and cable services non existant as is public transport.
General population of the county is ageing fast which is putting pressure on social care, the young due to lack of oppurtunites tend to leave after college and or uni, my village I grew up in has very few young families in it, the school bus stopped 9 years ago when the children using it fell below 3! My sisters daughter's school is due for closure in three years because there is not enough new intake to make it viable after that, they are already down from 5 to 3 teachers in 4 years.
Hope this does not sound too negative because it is a lovely place with some stunning scenary and I do enjoy a visit, but for me living there will never be an option again.
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I wouldn't count not having cable as a negative... where we are in Sussex, no cable, and in some case no gas either :-\
Now is the time to move somewhere like Cornwall/Orkney/Outer Hebrides/Norfolk... if you can deal with the crappy weather, lack of choice when it comes to shops/pubs etc due to everywhere being closed, then the summers will be a pleasant bonus :y
Moving somewhere because you think it would be a nice idea following a holiday in July/August will only end in tears :-\
Good luck :y
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Moving somewhere because you think it would be a nice idea following a holiday in July/August will only end in tears :-\
Yes it's not always a bed of roses living in a rural area... ::)
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The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August. :o I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.
I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either. ;D
I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.
Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
A bit like the Scilly Isles then ;D
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
Sounds like you're well equipped for Kernow then! and it also seems that you've little to lose and everything to gain by giving it a try! :)
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Do it Kate :y
Although that does sound cheap for Looe, as others have said be prepared to travel for work,
I moved from Oxfordshire about 13 yrs ago and can honestly say i have absolutely no intention of moving back, in fact i have moved further down with each house move, as Gixer said the North coast is a much nicer place, but i suppose that is personal preference.
I live in Newquay and as with most locals you learn to avoid the tourist season quite easily,
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
Not sure I'd have come back if I had the chance to live there. I love Canada. :y
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
Not sure I'd have come back if I had the chance to live there. I love Canada. :y
Minus 40 degrees.
And that's just my bedroom. ;D
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
Not sure I'd have come back if I had the chance to live there. I love Canada. :y
Minus 40 degrees.
And that's just my bedroom. ;D
OK, so I'd buy a jumper or two. ;)
.. and some skis. :D
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Grande Cache is the most rural place I've lived. No buses and 91 miles to the next town. :o
Not sure I'd have come back if I had the chance to live there. I love Canada. :y
Minus 40 degrees.
And that's just my bedroom. ;D
There's an obvious answer to that one :-*
Then again breakfast in Cornwall would be nice ;)
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Love it down Cornwall even though i never been :)
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How do you go from living in Belgravia to Gillingham? I couldnt wait to get out of Rochester when we lived there.
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The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August. :o I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.
I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either. ;D
I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.
Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
They will catch you eventually, especially if you advertise!!!.................. ;) ;) :-*
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The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August. :o I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.
I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either. ;D
I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.
Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
They will catch you eventually, especially if you advertise!!!.................. ;) ;) :-*
Good one Mike. ;D ;D ;D
OMG I just realised that I got a town name wrong. :o
It was Andover not Aldershot.
I really am getting old. :P
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Reading? :) ...lovely town. ;)
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Reading? :) ...lovely town. ;)
The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August. :o I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.
I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either. ;D
I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.
Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
Already done. :P
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Reading? :) ...lovely town. ;)
The last time I was there was 1997 on holiday and I didn't enjoy it as it rained all week and it was cold even though it was August. :o I did like the sea and the countryside though. I am realistic - I expect it to rain all the time and be cold a lot and I realise moving there is real life and not a holiday.
I don't have any friends except you lot on the oof so as long as they have phone lines there then that is fine. I can never afford to go to the pub so there's no issue there either. ;D
I'm used to living different places as I've move around a lot. Here's a list.
Parsons Green, Fulham
Belgravia, Westminster
Northolt, Ealing
Reading, Berkshire
Aldershot, Hampshire
Gillingham, Kent
Yateley, Hampshire
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada
Already done. :P
Yeah but she meant Reading. ;)
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:( A lot of down sides to living in Cornwall , my brother in law lives in Falmouth , low wages , very high house prices , unemployment, especially out of season , poor transport links , LOTS of wet weather in the winter ! On the other hand it does have fabulous scenery and some very good beaches . If I could afford to live there I would :y
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No-one will give be a job where I am now so Cornwall can't be any worse in that respect. Even if I did find something here the rent is £150 a week and the council tax is £150 a month. :o
My rent in Cornwall will be £65 a week and I think the council tax is about £80 a month which is much more affordable. I share with my best friend so even if we both found menial jobs we could afford to pay the rent.
If we can't find any work at all then at least we will be less of a burden on the government.
As for rain - it's rained here nearly every day for the last four months. :o
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The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.
Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.
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The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.
Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.
Thanks that sounds really positive. :y
It looks the move is on as we have agreed a mutual exchange of homes. This is the one I'm moving to:
http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false (http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false)
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The informal economy (and I do not necessarily mean one where you pay no tax - but that would be included also) is quite a big one in Cornwall so if you are looking for work you need to be mixing with people and all sorts of bits and pieces will open up in craft shops, tourism, marquees, building, farming, the big tourist gardens etc. If you have any skills and you get to know people then things may come your way. My brother in law has done marquees and now has a zero hours contract as an hgv driver, but will turn his hand to anything. My parents in law on moving down to Cornwall both put their names down for jobs at Treliske hospital and 2 hours work twice a week became a full time van driving job around the Cornish countryside so my FIL was as happy as a pig in sh** and MIL likewise in children's unit.
Decide what you want to aim at and you can make it work.
Thanks that sounds really positive. :y
It looks the move is on as we have agreed a mutual exchange of homes. This is the one I'm moving to:
http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false (http://www.homeswapper.co.uk/ssl/homesearch_details.asp?Sesh=5080262884K332758576&language=English&pid=1724573&totalcount=9&propertynumber=1&Adapted=False&Area=plymouth&AreaValid=True&Bung=True&Dis=20&EmpId=0&Flat=True&HsPost=CR6%209BW&House=True&IsPost=False&IsPartPost=False&IsRefined=False&Lang=English&LetId=-1&Lim=False&Bedsit=False&Mais=True&MaxBed=2&MinBed=2&Ons=&PNGaz=36158&PropId=1723998&RentID=-1&SCSesh=5080262884K332758576&PropPho=False&PropGar=False&PropPar=False&2WayOnly=True&App=True&conreq=True&typeow=popup&return=false)
The ad doesnt say if the property has a water feature in the living room :o :-X
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stayed at looe quite a few times love the place rain or sun, always found the people friendly. tried talking the other half into moving but she would miss her family. shame as could have just moved jobs with by company
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Looe has just been featured on the BBC news, bits falling into the sea ;D
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The house is high up in Looe so not in a flood risk area. I already checked with the environment agency. :y
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The house is high up in Looe so not in a flood risk area. I already checked with the environment agency. :y
The view from the deck looks wonderful :y