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    A rail map for supercommuters: lower cost houses within 2 hours of London, for semi-regular long range commutes

    by  • December 28, 2016 • commuting, EWS, feature, house prices, property, super commuting • 0 Comments

    Here is a railway route map for supercommuters: a selection of over 50 railway stations, categorized by approximate journey times to central London. Maybe you don’t have to work in London or the South East every day. Maybe you can do work there part of the week, so that your commute is not daily,...

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    Buying in France, and ex-ambulances as campervans and tiny homes

    by  • December 27, 2016 • buying tactics, EWS, feature, France, property, small ads, super commuting, tiny house, vehicles • 0 Comments

      From a UK perspective, France offers interesting buying opportunities. Houses (especially rural and small town properties) represent great value compared to the UK, particularly in eastern France, in some of the areas close to the Belgian, Luxembourg and German borders. We’ll return to this topic in future posts. For secondhand vehicles, the picture...

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    Cheap houses: ‘in need of modernization’

    by  • December 25, 2016 • EWS, feature, house prices, off-grid, property • 0 Comments

    It makes me laugh, scanning Rightmove and seeing what’s tagged ‘in need of modernization’ or ‘requiring renovation’ in today’s housing market. An avocado bathroom suite, swirly carpets and some frantic retro wallpaper seems to be enough to earn the label. I viewed properties in the 90s ‘in need of modernization’ which had wiring from before...

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