Thursday 26 January 2012

Property by the canal

Its as rare as rocking horse shit poo. We have a largish house with just two of us in it now and I have had drawn area searches on lots of places via Righmove  Nothing is coming up that remotely takes my fancy. We have a nice house and I would not move easily, but after looking for over a year now I don't think anything has come to my attention that I 'wanted'.

We have a good budget and would stretch it to get the right place. It has to be in the midlands ideally the T&M from Willington to Stone plus maybe the Caldon or Ashby. So if you know of someone selling or seen one, let me know. There may be a reward, a finders fee??

Another option is to buy the home on the canal. I have blogged about getting a bigger live-a-board boat recently. It seems an option that could put us on all three of these canals where and whenever we want. However this is not a long term retirement option -  sit watching the boats cruise on while feeding my chickens or fishing ..... dreamer or what !

The irony is I helped Andrew off Granny Buttons find a nice place in Willington. OK not on the canal but very local to it and other interesting features.

Anyhow it passes the evening ..........dreaming !

Nev

6 comments:

Alf said...

T&M Middlewich any good ?

Dave Winter said...

Bit of a long link but just copy and paste.
How about this:
http://homes.trovit.co.uk/index.php/cod.frame/url.http%253A%252F%252Fwww.mayfairoffice.co.uk%252Fproperties%252F35336_834814%252F3-Bedroom-Property-For-Sale-in-32-Rowlands-Crescent-Solihull-West-Midlands-B91.aspx/id_ad.1h1tr1U1NHR1P/type.1/what.canal%20side%20west%20midlands/pos.4/org.1/pop.1/publisher_id./referer_id.1/t.1

From Dave Winter (brassiclint)

Nev Wells said...

Gents,

Thanks for the comments.

Middlewich is a little far- was it or is it Wardle lock cottage...?

Dave, the Solihull property looks to have a fantastic garden. looking on google maps (satellite) the tree cover and the fact its a non tow path side of the canal would make it a great feature, alas it is a little too far away and too urban,

Keep looking !

Dave Winter said...

How about this.
http://www.findaproperty.com/for-sale/property-9286123

Nev Wells said...

Dave,

That last one looks interesting, I have asked for the details and it is on my watch list, a good find and one I missed, anymore?

Take care

Nev

Dave Winter said...

I think I have found your perfect home and mooring.See my blog.

http://davewinter.blogspot.com/2012/02/completed-picture-of-narrowboat-and.html