Insanely cheap homes abroad

Redwurzel said:
Staff often took 2 months holiday in the Summer and some went off to Summer homes and forgot about work (in 1980s).
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That still happens - I worked with IKEA for a few years down in Malmo and for two months I either worked from home or went to their operations in the Netherlands - there was no point in going to Sweden as they were all at their summer homes.
 
HundredRoom said:
8K ? well could argue thats over priced looking at it
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Ha, I know that house. They got a bargain ... especially as it came with a decent parcel of land/forest. It's a really good village. Has a kurdish pizza restaurant, a community run supermarket, schools, an outdoor swimming pool/lido, a folk museum and, most importantly, a hat museum :)
 
borolad259 said:
Ha, I know that house. They got a bargain ... especially as it came with a decent parcel of land/forest. It's a really good village. Has a kurdish pizza restaurant, a community run supermarket, schools, an outdoor swimming pool/lido, a folk museum and, most importantly, a hat museum :)
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Every hermits dream there apart from all the community stuff
 
borolad259 said:
Ha, I know that house. They got a bargain ... especially as it came with a decent parcel of land/forest. It's a really good village. Has a kurdish pizza restaurant, a community run supermarket, schools, an outdoor swimming pool/lido, a folk museum and, most importantly, a hat museum :)
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I would have have bought it on the hat museum alone.
 
Hat museum you say, The lake district has a pencil museum, with the largest pencil in the world.
 
HundredRoom said:
Would you be comfortable with leaving the place empty / unattended in the winter months with regards to break ins etc
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Whose going to do a 200 mile round trip to nick something worth £100?

I don't expect many break ins in remote parts of Scotland for the same reason
 
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borolad259 said:
We leave our place unattended most winters. The bigger worry is having a power cut, so the heating (which is set to keep the inside above freezing) goes off and the pipes freeze. I have a friend who stops by regularly to keep an eye on it.
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Thanks for hoofing this thread, reminded me to look into somewhere.

Do you get any Internet at all? Would be a deal breaker for me with the kids really.

If so, could you use an electronic smart thermostat to keep an eye on the place?
 
There are houses on Teesside for £10k - no need to move to somewhere in Sweden thats 100 miles from anywhere

Wasn't there a house for £250 in Whinney Banks?
 
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