Salcombe Tops the 10 Best West Country Holiday Hotspots

This is a list of the 10 best West Country holiday hot spots by of course "House Prices"! What else is there that anyone seemingly takes any notice of these days!??!

AREA PRICE
Salcombe £491,307
Rock £458,495
Sandbanks £446,025
St Mawes £413,280
Dartmouth £408,729
Newton Ferrers £401,933
Isle of Wedmore £391,982
The Chew Valley £378,211
Marlborough £365,715
Cranborne Chase £357,513

This tells a great deal about Salcombe and it's transformation from sleepy fishing village/family holiday town into "Chiswick on Sea", no hang on that's not wealthy enough, these days it's more like "Kensington on Sea"....you only have to visit at Easter and count the Quba jackets; you see entire families decked out in them, which means for a family of 4 they are wearing £1500 worth of jackets!!

...and don't get me started on the that Attic place, what is it Amelia's or Alicia's or something...last summer (on a rainy day) the shop was so busy they had to lock the doors to stop people coming in!!! All they sell is stuff that is more expensive than the same stuff in most shops in most cities or even in Kingsbridge for that matter.

Still, things change and if it keeps Salcombe going in the light of a declining fishing industry, visiting yachts and boat building then so be it. You may hear locals grumbling about "Grockles" and sometimes with good reason, but let's face it Salcombe could be quite a run down town by now if it wasn't the huge influx of cash we have seen over the past 15 years...

But, and I will cover this topic at a later date the Developers need to be stopped, we can't let Salcombe become a mass of half million pound flats! It appears the Salcombe town council have begun to realise this and are beginning to refuse applications to demolish houses to build flats...AT LAST!

£12000 for a week in Salcombe Anyone??

If you have a spare £12k and fancy a week in Salcombe you could think about staying here: The Old Rectory is a stunning property on the waterside at the entrance to South Pool creek, just opposite Salcombe. It's set over 3 acres with a boathouse and slipway and a swing mooring just off the shore.

It seems a lot of money but is actually comparable with it's equivalent in say The Algarve around Quinta Do Lago. And as it would sleep 7 couples is far more affordable than it seems at £1700 a couple, plus you won't need flights to get there! Just a shame that the weather isn't as good. But give me Salcombe ANY DAY over ANYWHERE, EVERY TIME.

Not sure it compares too favourably against the other stand out Salcombe houses:Underbecks and Beach House Quay for location and views, it also makes them look quite cheap!!

Given the choice I would take Underbecks....

Salcombe Strikes Again!

This is without doubt the most overpriced property yet to come on the market in Salcombe.

10 Island Street, Salcombe is 2 houses knocked into one, reasonably impressive from the waterside but not so from the road side! Anyone pulling up outside would have a heart attack when told the price.

It's water front location gives it the price tag but the tide is out most of the time!

Surely no-one will buy this for £2.6 MILLION?!?!?!?!?!?!

Salcombe blog name change...

I have changed the name of my blog from "OODevon" to "SalcombeBlog". My initial blog was about "Devon and Salcombe" but over the past year it has changed from being about Devon and Salcombe to mainly "Salcombe"! Google didnt like the fact my blog had a slightly misleading name and I was being penalised in the Google organic searches for the word "Salcombe"...

If I have any regular readers please don't forget to update your favourites...

There may be a Devon blog on its way....

Thanks
OODevon

Salcombe Yacht Club Regatta Gains Top Name Sponsor

Salcombe Yacht Club regatta week is this year being sponsored by Henri Lloyd. This in name alone seems to make the regatta sound like a bigger occasion than it is...which can only be a good thing, plus; regatta week competitors will get a 10% discount at the Henri Lloyd Sailing Store, Salcombe and at local chandlery, The Salcombe Boat Store throughout regatta week. That's a pretty good deal if you ask me!

Lets hope this begins to reinvigorate the regatta which once was huge, sporting large Mirror Dinghy (we regularly used to get the national and world champ coming to Salcombe) and Topper classes along with a full Enterprise class, as opposed to the domination of the mighty Salcombe Yawl over the past few years. Salcombe is one place that will really test your sailing skills but also infuriatingly negate them at others.....ever been 10 mins clear of the field only to be caught up and overtaken at Snapes or Ditch End?????

Writing this has made me quite excited...almost time for the annual jaunt in my Laser!!!

Property Slump in Salcombe?

As one of the comments on my last post points out, Salcombe has lost a Estate Agent!! It appears very few houses are changing hands in Salcombe. I'll see if I can get some figures and post them.

Amazingly the old Fulfords (sorry it's Ireland Weller not Fulfords, see comments) Salcombe office is yet ANOTHER clothes shop. Salcombe may be quiet property wise but there is an awful lot of wealth in the town and visiting the town. Is there any other small town with so many expensive designer leisure wear shops?