Five postcodes to watch in the next five years

You know where you want to live, your budget is set, and you can picture the house you’re looking for. Then reality kicks in. All too often your requirements seem to be everyone else’s and that renovated five-bedroom Georgian rectory, on the edge of a village with countryside views, secluded, but not isolated, a short walk from the pub… well, frankly there aren’t enough to go round. 

This is where The Buying Solution can help. Knight Frank’s private buying service, the team specialises in securing properties (on- and off-market) worth over £2m for clients with exacting requirements. “Our job is to understand the market – where it’s at and where it’s going – and appreciate the unique situation of each vendor,” says Harry Gladwin, a Cotswolds specialist. “We’re then able to say to our clients, ‘if we just hold off you may get it at a better price’, or, alternatively, ‘act now to get it off the market immediately’.” 

The Buying Solution can help you sift the wheat from the chaff, draw out hesitant sellers, steer you to locations you may not have otherwise considered, and will make sure the price you pay is right. In fact, they do everything they can to ensure the home you buy matches – or even exceeds – the home of your dreams. 

Bruton, Somerset, BA10 

“Bruton has become a real hub, with a lot of money being invested in it.” says The Buying Solution’s Jake Civardi, Partner in the Southern Counties, The “Notting Hill of the southwest” is low-key but cool, with sophisticated art, culture, restaurants and celebs.  

Naunton, Gloucestershire, GL54 

Buyers are willing to look further west and north of the traditional Cotswolds triangle. That search is putting Naunton, a picturesque ancient settlement which sits in a National Landscape, on the map. 

Goodwood, West Sussex, P018 

For buyers moving south, Theo James-Wright, Partner in the Southern Home Counties, recommends Goodwood village. The motor circuit and racecourse, hotel and sculpture park and renowned clubhouse make it attractive. 

Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 

“The USP of Tisbury,” says Civardi, “is that it’s located in the Cranbourne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape, so there’s no threat of development.” A bit eco, a bit off-grid, Tisbury also benefits from immediate access to top pubs, top grub, top-of-the-range culture and good schools.  

Goring, Oxfordshire and Streatley, Berkshire, RG8 

Goring and Streatley, two villages that straddle the ‘Goring Gap’ between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs are up-and-coming, characterful villages that don’t make you feel you’re in the commuter belt with a direct train into Paddington from Goring. 

To contact The Buying Solution, please email tbs@thebuyingsolution.co.uk  

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