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Hope you feel better for getting that off your chest, Vinny. Maybe its time you upped sticks and found yourself a spot of wilderness to live off grid. You know you want to.

Funny you should say that veggie! I've been looking at small detached houses in the Outer Hebrides,(cheap and out of the way!)  one bedroom park places and even motorhomes. Upping sticks at my age is a big comittment and to go completely off grid  in a tiny home is another option I've l also ooked at.

Properties may be cheaper but the cost of living definitely isn’t. But beautiful.

30% more expensive from what I have read as everything has to be brought to the islands by ferries? and shops are closed all day Sunday and Wednesday!  

The A banded houses I was looking at appear to have cheaper Counci tax and water rates and sewerage are inclusive though?

30% more sounds about right. Yeah everything comes in via ferries. If you’re looking at island serviced by Cal Mac ferries good luck! They’re getting more incompetent by the day! Another fairly long rant on that subject. That I won’t bore you with. Shops aren’t closed here on a Sunday or Wednesday. To many tourists to take money from. But then try and find some where to eat out during winter, chose is very limited. 
yeah first house we moved into our council tax & water / sewerage were all together. We only actually noticed that about 12 months after we moved in. Got a massive refund as we weren’t on mains water or sewerage. ! That house never had been on mains. So watch out for that!