fishfinger
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Hi everyone. I'm thinking of retiring to the Lowestoft area in a few years and as I have come into a bit of money, I was thinking of buying a house in the area that I could rent out now and move into in a few years when I am ready. I don't trust estate agents (who does) so I thought I'd ask the people who live in the area where would be the nicest places to look and where I should avoid (I don't like new houses on new estates btw). I would like a small place (2 bedrooms) for about 120 thousand which would be handy for shopping and where someone would rent from me for a few years. I quite like the look of Oulton village, is this a good area? Can you help me please?
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CybertraxUK
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From the little I know, I would actually suggest somewhere between Pakefield and Kessingland. Nice and quiet, peaceful, but still easy access to things like the beach and bus routes. And still easy to rent out too.
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Hello and welcome to LOL 
Do you live near enough to make a few visits before you buy? That way you can get a good feel for the area. We all have different ideas of what is a good area and what is not.
Nothing wrong with Estate Agents if you listen to what they say. You do not have to agree with them but they just might come up with a view point you have not thought of.
Happy hunting.
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Go on line and peruse the local paper Waveney Advertiser has many more house adverts than the Journal I agree with Cyber Pakefield is a lovely area or Corton, Gunton Oulton Broard plus any of the outskirt villages You can also go to property sites online to have a good look. Google street maps and head away from town centre
Pakefield would be my fiirst choice as you are near the beach and in a lovley little area
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I agree pakefield very nice area to look at.i retired here (early),i would't want go carlton colville to me that area lacks soul but that personel feeling...the places been mention are very nice and in your price range
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Yes, Pakefield would be my choice too. I live here and love it. You aren't far from the beach either.
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They say the dog is man's best friend. I don't believe it - how many of your friends would you neuter?
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the beach good selling point.i can see the sea from my bedroom and hear it at night i love it.i came down here quite afew times before buying.i sat on the front near my house watched where sun came up how many children in area shops etc etc
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fishfinger
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Thanks for the replies so far. I hope everyone is as nice as you lot if I do decide to move to the area. Pakefield seems to be a popular place so far. I will come and look soon but as I won't have too much time I wanted to get some views from people living there so I don't waste too much time looking in the wrong places. Is the central Lowestoft area a no no? I've looked on Rightmove and there are some nice looking 2 bed houses there for less than 100 thousand. Maybe there is a reason why they are cheaper there?
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Central Lowestoft is good
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No central Lowestoft isnt good to live in
Like any town or city the reason the houses are cheaper is because the area in the middle of a town is not anything like as nice as on the edges I wouldnt recommend it
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I've lived in central Lowestoft, now live in Pakefield. I much prefer Pakefield.
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They say the dog is man's best friend. I don't believe it - how many of your friends would you neuter?
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again I'd say pakefield for retirement. Oulton is lovely but if you want easy access to town it's a bit out the way, whereas pakefield is just 1 road to town (although a very long one! lol), but easy to catch a bus!
Carlton Colville is a great place, where I grew up, lots of community there, but it's more for new families i think, lots of new estates.
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funkychick
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I think that should read Carlton Colville used to be a lovely place before it became saturated with estates
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nikkai
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I think that should read Carlton Colville used to be a lovely place before it became saturated with estates
Do you want to change that to Carlton Colville used to be a lovely place before it became saturated with heartless and bland estates
I know I live there......
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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funkychick
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Sorry Nikkai I didnt mean to offend anyone but I just remember what a lovely little village Carlton Colville used to be with a character of it s own
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nikkai
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No offence here FC I moved here around 14 years ago and then moved to CC but it has just grown and grown with cold heartless blocks of stone and brick which are getting smaller and smaller yet deemed to house the same family size? gone are gardens to play in gone are the back to backs where you spoke to your neighbour over the fence or shared your gardening tools.
edit was going to retire but can't afford to now for some strange reason 
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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Just been out for a very long walk what a glorious day its windy a strong North wind but surprisingly warm the beach is full of dogs , fishermen, kite boarders and strollers Just lovely
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suffolkboy
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Suffolkboy these are for you
What super photos Funky,thank you for posting them,they depict exactly what I miss. I can almost hear those waves and feel that North wind and what about the fisherman,wonder if he has caught much? Yes I bet the beach is busy today as it seems we are having our Indian summer and I have just been sitting on the garden seat and it is very warm indeed.
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i stood at end of road looking at the sea,it just awe inspiring today...pics are lovely fc
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Joe
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I think your best bet is to go to the Rightmove website & see what your £120K would buy you in the Lowestoft area. You'll find demand is higher in places like Pakefield than central Lowestoft so they can charge higher prices for the same type of house.
www.rightmove.com
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Old Spice
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Trouble is where ever you chose to live it can alter over the years.When I first moved in near the harbour it was mainly offices and relatively quiet during the day and at night.
A dozen years later it all flats and bed sits,lots of unemployed and immigrants who seldom stay long and the whole area is run down.
I think as building takes place on the outskirts it seems to create a sort of vacuum in the center,shops and offices close and buy to let landlords move in.Planning permission is given willy nilly to avoid empty buildings and the problems that arise are then ignored.
I'm told Lowestoft ranks as one of the most deprived areas in England and harbour ward is the most deprived area in it.Wow,that really is something to shout about.
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suffolkboy
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Trouble is where ever you chose to live it can alter over the years.When I first moved in near the harbour it was mainly offices and relatively quiet during the day and at night.
A dozen years later it all flats and bed sits,lots of unemployed and immigrants who seldom stay long and the whole area is run down.
I think as building takes place on the outskirts it seems to create a sort of vacuum in the center,shops and offices close and buy to let landlords move in.Planning permission is given willy nilly to avoid empty buildings and the problems that arise are then ignored.
I'm told Lowestoft ranks as one of the most deprived areas in England and harbour ward is the most deprived area in it.Wow,that really is something to shout about.
I can remember a certain Michael Foreman opening the Pakefield fete two years ago and saying how much Lowestoft had changed for the worse as opposed to Pakefield which had largely remained unchanged. Many on LOL thought this was unfair at the time and posted in disagreeing with Michael,so are we now admitting Lowestoft has gone down hill or is this one persons opinion?
I myself thought at the time that Michael based his comments upon how he remembered Lowestoft,so I would agree with you Old Spice that changes do happen which contradict what we remembered in the earlier years,hence I always thought Michael's comments were based on what he remembered Lowestoft to be during the years when his Mother ran the corner shop at Pakefield.Yes in those days Lowestoft had a thriving fishing ,Ship Building,Coach building and Shoe Manufacturing industries,that was the Lowestoft I am sure Michael was thinking about.
I certainly like to remember it like that.
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Old Spice
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I can only give my personal opinion,others may think differently.I really like some of Lowestoft,unfortunately for reasons given,not the bit I live in now.
Business wise it went down the toilet for as long time when the boats went and all the promises from the government and MP about help were as empty as the trawl basin is now.The 'vision' sorry nightmare of the sunlies scheme and yellow line obsession killed off the area for retail etc etc.
Still sitting here now I've a good view of the harbour,so it's not all bad!
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The 'vision' sorry nightmare of the sunlies scheme .........
Was 'sunlies' a deliberate 'error' Old Spice?
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I think unfortunately as towns grow and Lowestoft has grown beyond what it can offer , unless a direct effort is made, with intelligent funding (which we havent had) then the town centre and increasing area around it becomes less desirable to live in. Pubs ,bars, clubs ,takeaways nightlife all grow with it and generally accumulate around the centre which unfortunately (more today than ever) encourage drink, litter, fights and trouble in general. Although we talk about Lowestoft I do believe this fits ina with the general decline of our nation I have seen the same happen in other towns.
Harbour is certainly the most deprived area of the town I don't think Lowestoft is the most deprived town though
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nikkai
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While I have not retired here I will probably still stay here (in the area) when and if I ever get round to actually retiring (government allowed)
Though I do feel that the 'new' builds are heartless and cold it may be that like most I come from a time when everyone spoke to everyone else and doors were open to all
Now I say hello to a passing person and there is silence in return!
The times they are a changing....
Life is what you make of it and where you live is part of that
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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suffolkboy
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Nikkai.I fully agree with you,to ignore a morning greeting surely must rank as bad manners. OK everyone has the choice to speak or not to speak but I thought being civilized to answer ones greeting is not asking to much. I have it happen to me on the odd occasion,it only happens once as I respond in the same way next time I meet that person.
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Try giving someone a smile in the morning. It worries them to death.
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Old Spice
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According to the goverments figures Lowestoft is in the 15% most deprived areas on the UK. and has been since 2003.
Consistent if nothing else.
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Old Spice
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The 'report' in the Journal is a load of twaddle.WDC have allowed,in fact positively encouraged the area to turn into the dump it is now.Quite how their ambitious plans tie in with their avowed intent to make it a conservation area remain to be seen.As for Ist East,the quicker that load of stuffed shirts are done away with and have to go out and get proper jobs the better.
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Well we re not in the top 10 looked that much up didnt have time to look any further
A.lso it appears there are diiferent league tables for deprivation based on housing, shops, crime etc etc so you could come out low on one but not on another so all a bit grey methinks
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All good advice, but it pays to remember what's a short walk or quick hop on the bus now, might be awkward or impossible when you get older. Having several elderly relatives make this mistake has altered my thinking.
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well theres no hills here thats for sure
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Tor's but no hills 
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There are NO strangers HERE ! Only Friends who have not yet met....
One cannot think well, sleep well,live well if one has not dinned well "virginia woolf"
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Lpeek
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Hey Dean, your link has got a space at the start of it, might want to edit the post for anyone who might just think the website is broken instead of taking the extra space out
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JollyJapes
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Not too much money?! That is £350 a week, or just over £1,400 a month. Not very cheap!
Website has a few spelling mistakes. There area few grammatical errors; the site gives the 'impression' that the path down to the beach is just outside the house. I also see that this is described as a 'cottage' - doesn't seem right somehow and people visiting may be disappointed.
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Blue Eyes.
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£350 a week not to bad for a holiday let, as for spelling , are you some self appointed Spell Checker on here JJ?
I find it down right rude that some one picks another up on spelling.
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JollyJapes
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It is a business website, letting out a holiday home. As a business website, it needs to look professional. Running text through a spell checker before adding to the internet is an easy basic thing to do. More importantly, double checking all content before making a site go 'live' is the most important thing a business should do. Even on here, I double check my posts before I press the 'submit' button as there are normally a few mistakes I need to correct. As far as the website goes, saying the 'cottage' costs £150 a might is an easy mistake to make, but also an easy mistake to spot.
It is hard work trying to run a business. Failing to spot spelling errors on your advertising simply shows how a business is failing itself.
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£50 a night is actually very reasonable, if not very cheap! especially for the let of an entire house. Places like travelodge, and most other b&b's where you only get 1 room cost around £60-£80 a night.
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JollyJapes
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Most guesthouses between Kirkley and Pakefield charge between £30 to £50 per night, and includes breakfast. Pontins in Pakefield do rooms off-season from £25 a night!
Just to prove a point, there is a news article on the BBC today all about how spelling mistakes on websites are costing businesses millions in lost trade!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14130854
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Not too much money?! That is £350 a week, or just over £1,400 a month. Not very cheap!
Website has a few spelling mistakes. There area few grammatical errors; the site gives the 'impression' that the path down to the beach is just outside the house. I also see that this is described as a 'cottage' - doesn't seem right somehow and people visiting may be disappointed.
What is "There area few grammatical errors" - You've no room to talk JJ.... (My highlight in the quote above)
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JollyJapes
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Erm... spot the deliberate mistake?!
OK, so on here I slip up. But on my websites I try to doublecheck and triplecheck everything I write, both before I go live and afterwards. Just because I make mistakes sometimes, doesn't mean my point is invalid - just that I too have made the same mistakes!!
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Blue Eyes.
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JJ Said...OK, so on here I slip up. But on my websites I try to doublecheck and triplecheck everything I write, both before I go live and afterwards. Just because I make mistakes sometimes, doesn't mean my point is invalid - just that I too have made the same mistakes!!
I don’t think your point was necessary, you should stick to what you are good at Christian Messages, and remember Practise what you preach!
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JollyJapes
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Jonathon was advertising his own holiday home to people on here, and I was merely pointing out why his calendar on the website is empty, because of the various issues with the website. I am sure he will be happy to have someone more 'au fait' with website design help him through any issues. I was very careful not to make any personal comments, but merely commented on business matters.
I try not to attack people personally.
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Blue Eyes.
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So your a business adviser, oh sorry did'nt know that.
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Jonathon was advertising his own holiday home to people on here, and I was merely pointing out why his calendar on the website is empty, because of the various issues with the website. I am sure he will be happy to have someone more 'au fait' with website design help him through any issues. I was very careful not to make any personal comments, but merely commented on business matters.
I try not to attack people personally.
Who is Jonathon?
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deanfarmstudios = Jonathon.
He identitified himself in previous posts. He co-owns the holiday home.
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deanfarmstudios
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Hi all Jonathan here,
This thread reminds me of a fine art auction I went to several years ago...
There were three Zen tea bowls for sale. Tiny things made of ceramic about the size of a small tea cup without the handle. 2 were expected to reach £30 K and the other £35 k. I asked the auctioneer why the difference in price. He explained that the more expensive one had a very, very small imperfection and as only god was perfect was therefore worth more. They all sold for slightly above the estimated price. True story.
As for www.peacefulpakefield.co.uk its a new business, advertising has just begun and bookings are coming in fast.
Many thanks for your thoughts.
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