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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:45:35 +0100 (BST)
From:      Duncan Barclay <dmlb@dmlb.org>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.org, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
Subject:   Re: House pricse in Cambs (was: Semi-offline for a while.)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20020613084535.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
In-Reply-To: <20020612225833.GE44106@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On 12-Jun-2002 Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 12 June 2002 at 11:15:32 +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
>>
>> [ cc: list attacked with a machete ]
> 
> [cc: list attacked with an Emacs]
> 
>>>> That sounds like enough people for a Cambridge meet -- perhaps some
>>>> punting?
>>>
>>> It almost sound like it's worth _moving_ to Cambridge :).  What are the
>>> house prices like there?
>>
>> Not bad, compared with Bucks and London.
>>
>> I'm hoping for a 3-bed bungalow in a just-out-of-town location for
>> about UKP800 PCM.

That should be okay out of town. In town you'll get something but maybe
in a "bad" location (bad for Cambridge is not really bad at all).

This is a good accomidation board
http://www.brettward.co.uk/canb/

There is another that contains all the commercial people, but I don't
have the URL - try
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/cambridgeuk/

and the essential
http://www.bluesplodge.co.uk/cambridge/pubs/

The choice of location is probably going to be influenced by
where you are working and the time you start work - traffic getting
into Cambridge in the morning is horrible.

> That should be doable.  My father lives in Meldreth, about 15 miles SW
> of Cambridge IIRC, and before he bought his house, it was getting £550
> per month rent.

Small world - I live about two villages closer to Cambridge than Meldreth.
 
> Greg

Duncan

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