I’ve always wanted a second home. But, we just finished a remodel of our current home. We upgraded almost every room in the downstairs of our 3700 sq ft home. During this process, I decided I do not want to worry about a second home and I do not want to have to go through furnishing another place, updating paint colors, finding the perfect light fixture or whatever…!
My husband and I are retired and when we travel, we almost always stay in air bnb’s. They are usually wonderful places and we can go and truly relax because it’s not our place. We don’t have to worry about ANYTHING during our visit except what we want to do and eat!! That is freedom!! And, we don’t have the burden/obligation of going just to one place. We can travel anywhere we want and have new experiences.
Loved this, and I love Norfolk too. So much so we're probably moving there, lock, stock and barrel. No Defender for us, and planning to fully integrate with the community. Hopefully that deals with some of the off season challenge, but probably contributes to the property prices.
Anyway, I love your recollection of the conversation with the client. I have had similar, many times, and so often one of the key questions is the one that comes after her answer to your last one. "So, I'm hearing you want a place to truly relax and kick back, away from the hurly burly of everyday life, where you can just be. How else might you find that?" Many people end up realising they want that, but also want to feel free to do it elsewhere. The flexibility of not owning a holiday home can be relaxing in itself!
Norfolk would be a beautiful place to live Alastair. To become part of the community would be a truly sustainable way of balancing that decision.
It’s a privileged conversation to have with someone isn’t it. I really like your reframe of the core motivations back to the client causing further reflection and thought of alternatives.
My personal limit is 2hrs drive to a holiday home. Makes weekending, holidays and summers so easy and relaxing 😎
I’ve always wanted a second home. But, we just finished a remodel of our current home. We upgraded almost every room in the downstairs of our 3700 sq ft home. During this process, I decided I do not want to worry about a second home and I do not want to have to go through furnishing another place, updating paint colors, finding the perfect light fixture or whatever…!
My husband and I are retired and when we travel, we almost always stay in air bnb’s. They are usually wonderful places and we can go and truly relax because it’s not our place. We don’t have to worry about ANYTHING during our visit except what we want to do and eat!! That is freedom!! And, we don’t have the burden/obligation of going just to one place. We can travel anywhere we want and have new experiences.
Loved this, and I love Norfolk too. So much so we're probably moving there, lock, stock and barrel. No Defender for us, and planning to fully integrate with the community. Hopefully that deals with some of the off season challenge, but probably contributes to the property prices.
Anyway, I love your recollection of the conversation with the client. I have had similar, many times, and so often one of the key questions is the one that comes after her answer to your last one. "So, I'm hearing you want a place to truly relax and kick back, away from the hurly burly of everyday life, where you can just be. How else might you find that?" Many people end up realising they want that, but also want to feel free to do it elsewhere. The flexibility of not owning a holiday home can be relaxing in itself!
Norfolk would be a beautiful place to live Alastair. To become part of the community would be a truly sustainable way of balancing that decision.
It’s a privileged conversation to have with someone isn’t it. I really like your reframe of the core motivations back to the client causing further reflection and thought of alternatives.
Thanks for adding to the discussion :-)
Good rule of thumb Kay, makes sense on many levels x
I couldn’t agree more with your decisions and logic ! Thanks for joining the conversation ☀️🙏🏼