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Whilst I agree with the sentiments, who though is selling off those houses ? Most often it's locals making an easy buck.So what? Don't have an issue with that at all - you could argue that social and worker mobility is a good thing and that it keeps neighbourhoods vibrant. Incoming families can and will contribute to the community just as much as ones that have been there generations. As a matter of fact my parents were not born there but moved to Somerset 50+ years ago for work (power stations). So I was born and grew up there to non-"native" parents - just like the families you cite. I hope we as a family all contributed to the community - and I think we took on and supported its unique character far more than we diluted it (I'm writing this while wearing my SCCC jumper).
Now I'm hopefully doing the same in another location where I am an incomer (although Mrs S is indigenous
It's those buying a 2nd house that they don't live in for 50 weeks of the year, or use for AirBNB lettings that are the issue that can kill an area or turn it into a ghost town; not incomers moving there to live, work, raise a family and contribute to the life of a place full time.
Not really sure what the point is here. If I’m selling a house I’m selling it for maximum profit to the highest bidder regardless if that’s a young couple starting out or someone buying a 2nd home to let or make an Air BnB out of it.
People sell properties for many reasons, all of them their own. But dont moan about those buying the property for whatever reason, moan about those selling the property.
My first experience with a Phal:
I think you might have missed my point, albeit it slightly lost a bit, in that its locals complaining about outsiders moving in taking the housing but its locals selling off the housing in the first place.
Tomorrow we come home and still have no idea what to do with the dead car that's sitting in a car park two hours from home.Full update then... after 4 hours waiting for RAC, he changed the spark plugs, which got it moving but it was still juddering. Drove to nearby garage where he inspected it and basically the car is toast. Something to do with cylinders, new engine required. Bugger. We had to leave it in a car park there and hire a car from enterprise to continue our journey. God knows what we'll do with it when we come back on Monday.
Oh to make matters worse (for me), my wife has left her driving license at home, so Enterprise would only let me take the care, and I had to drive the entire remaining 5 hours of the journey (which we normally split).
If you getting rid, get it collected by the local scrap dealerTomorrow we come home and still have no idea what to do with the dead car that's sitting in a car park two hours from home.
We'll probably have to detour there on our way back as we left a couple of things in it still, that wouldn't fit in the hire car on the way. (One less passenger on way back so should be fine.)
Can't you get the RAC to take it back home, with you as well?
If they have already been out, do they come out again to the same fault.
