If you thought the English property market was frenzied, wait until you hear about Wales. Prices have risen by 12 per cent in a year — the highest of any UK region. Alexandra Goss on the dragon’s pull. Jo and Adam Sheridan wake each morning and pinch themselves as they look out at the mist rising from the two vast … [Read more...]
Why you should move to West Wales
A growing number of people are moving to beautiful Pembrokeshire for its sense of community Jamie Burdett has discovered that he can work anywhere. He and his family have not looked back since swapping the commuter life in suburban Kent for a remote corner of deepest west Wales. He spends his spare time messing about … [Read more...]
Buy a smallholding in the UK and live the good life
It was Tom and Barbara in the 1970s, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in the 1990s, and now it is the turn of post-lockdowners to search for a slice of the good life. Driven by a desire to gain space and avoid the masses in Sainsbury’s by cultivating a degree of self-sufficiency, urbanites are queuing up to buy … [Read more...]
Moving to the country: History repeats itself as urbanites flee virus-hit cities for rural retreats
History is repeating itself as city-dwellers flee to the countryside to escape the density of virus breeding grounds and lack of outdoor space. Just as the miasma theories of the 1800s led to the creation of parks as a ‘vital lung’ in London and the well-to-do sought to escape the “Great Stink”; urbanites in the … [Read more...]
The New Cool Country Lifestyle
Why goats' milk ice cream, lavender and Welsh wine are part of the new cool country lifestyle... It may sound improbable, but it’s true – food and drink are the new rock ’n’ roll. Not your everyday stuff, the non-organic spuds and battery-farmed eggs. Rather, it’s the specialist delicacies, the foodies’ delights found … [Read more...]
Make a (Successful) Move to the Country
The dream of a bucolic life continues to be a priority for many Britons. This year 37,370 people have said goodbye to the big smoke and hello to fresh air — 7 per cent more than at the same time last year, according to Hamptons International. Last year one in five city dwellers who sold their homes moved to the … [Read more...]
