The important thing is that people like to *retire* to the sea, especially to this formerly cheap and unfashionable destination. The housing stock is older and when people retire, they don't typically spend a lot on those properties. So the housing stock is either much older there, and in poorer condition, thus needing a lot of work we don't feel like doing, or it's brand new flash retirement style homes which are well above what we need and can afford right now. We'll move there when we're downsizing.
"wow, that's been a slow process"
To be fair, we've been renovating and maintaining two other houses for a while now. And our knowledge of what works has been evolving. It's taken a long time to work out how to beat the climate without just installing aircon in every room, and to convince the SO that some of this stuff is necessary.
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Date: 2024-05-24 09:41 pm (UTC)The important thing is that people like to *retire* to the sea, especially to this formerly cheap and unfashionable destination. The housing stock is older and when people retire, they don't typically spend a lot on those properties. So the housing stock is either much older there, and in poorer condition, thus needing a lot of work we don't feel like doing, or it's brand new flash retirement style homes which are well above what we need and can afford right now. We'll move there when we're downsizing.
"wow, that's been a slow process"
To be fair, we've been renovating and maintaining two other houses for a while now. And our knowledge of what works has been evolving. It's taken a long time to work out how to beat the climate without just installing aircon in every room, and to convince the SO that some of this stuff is necessary.
I hope you enjoyed the nice farewell weather!