Devon Property

Buying advice for country property in Devon

Devon is one of the largest counties in England and certainly one of the most rural. In terms of wild spaces, Dartmoor and Exmoor are unrivalled other than by the Pennines, the Lake District and the North York Moors. Like Cornwall it attracts sailors and surfers. Like Cornwall, its coasts are very different in the north and the south. The south with its estuaries like the Dart and towns like Salcombe, with miles of creeks and inland villages set in wooded countryside, make it a sailors’ paradise. The north is quite different with a bleak and rocky coast of magnificent views where the trees are bent with the prevailing westerly winds.

Dartmoor and Exmoor attract their own followers who love the unspoilt wildness that they offer. The downside of such beauty spots is that the narrow lanes can be difficult to negotiate against the flood of tourists in the summer.

Away from both moors, and away from the honeypots of the coasts, Devon probably has more beautiful countryside than any other in England. It can be reached relatively easily by road on the M4 and M5, and on the train which takes about 2 ¼ hours to Tiverton, for instance. Though too far to commute, Devon is now perfectly accessible to those who don’t have to be chained to a desk for five days a week in Canary Wharf and who can work for a day or two a week from home. Prices have risen to reflect this.

For more information on buying advice and property searching in Devon, England, contact the Property Vision Devon property search and advice team.