Not me, certainly. I have no intention of selling my house, but it’s difficult not to feel a tiny sense of smug satisfaction on reading that property prices in the Cotswolds have risen 56 per cent since 2014 (just before I bought here, incidentally) and this is twice the increase recorded in London house prices over the past decade.
But this is no longer just an everyday, rural idyll. The advent of Soho Farmhouse in 2015 brought a new constituency to the Cotswolds – those who like the idea of simple pastoral pleasures, but also want to know they can get a tuna tataki or some reflexology should they so wish. The lure of Soho House attracted a celebrity audience, some of whom have bought their own piece of this corner of England. David Beckham, Simon Cowell and Ellen deGeneres, for instance, all have houses within a short bike ride of my own.
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However, it is another, more recent, phenomenon which is continuing to drive property prices upwards, and is somewhat altering the social fabric of the area. As Dubai is becoming a new home for Brits disenchanted with the political settlement and – particularly – the tax regime here, so the Cotswolds is a popular location for Americans fleeing what they see as the ravages of the Donald Trump presidency.
I know that the increase in outsiders settling in the Cotswolds may not be an unreservedly positive thing for community cohesion, but my experience is that it’s they who throw themselves into local activities. Our church is run by people who bought here around the same time as I did, and the local pub quiz, raising funds for the village magazine, is populated by non-indigenous inhabitants wanting to share in a communal purpose.
I was born in Manchester, and I have spent most of my working life in London. So I am not a natural countryside dweller. But I love the Cotswolds, even its “edges”, and regard it as my adopted home. I realise how fortunate I am. And I’m happy that others, wherever they come from, and for whatever reason they have, find it equally alluring. In truth, I couldn’t really care less what my house is worth. Welcome one, welcome all, I say.
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