Drakanthus wrote:

... Plenty of the sites have search specs for land and 'big garden or
smallholding.. Try www.propertyfinder.co.uk and similar listed in the
Google directory..

I just tried that one. With search criteria of up to £150k and Cornwall it
says no properties are available - and suggests I WIDEN the search criteria!
Same for Devon too. Somehow I don't believe the results!
I probably need to NARROW the search results and do individual searches for
each individual town along the coast. Frustrating.
I tried a site earlier today that with numerous searches gave email
addresses of estate agents all round the coast. The emails all go via the
web site who must be acting as a partner. It took me hours. They have all
bounced as undeliverable - a complete waste of an afternoon.

I registered with the Rightmove web site and now can't logon due to a
technical fault at their end.

Some other web sites act as partners for several estate agents and don't
display a top navigation bar. Fine until you find yourself viewing the
details of a property and they haven't put a "Back" button on the form and
you need to close down the window and start the entire search process from
scratch again.

One thing I have learnt from this exercise - some web sites are much easier
to use and navigate than others. Some insist on taking you up the garden
path (wish they did literally) and have cluttered screens with too much to
read to get to where you want.

I'm sure the right property exists somewhere out there with a vendor keen to
sell and us keen to buy. Putting the two together is the tricky bit.

Moan over. I feel better now. It has been a frustrating day searching.
Hopefully better luck tomorrow.
I have already tried some of your other suggestions with no luck, but will
try the rest tomorrow.

I think you need also to find your way around your browser..
Presumably IE?

Often the delete key or Cmd (poss ctrl in Win) and the left arrow will
give you an equivalent of 'Back' (right arrow is foward) You may also
want to learn the modifier key for opening in a new page, this often
lets you break free of the 'host' sites and get onto to actual estate
agents site.. THe other one is 'open frame in new window'.. Most of
these are also available in the contextual dropdown menu ( click the
'other' mouse button in win.) On macs just hold down the mouse on a link
to see this.

A final suggestion.. Have you ventured into the property newsgroups
yet, or the local ones for a area you're looking?

My server carries uk.local.cornwall & alt.uk.property.. I haven;t
checked either of them out yet, but its a look in the right direction
poss..

I like others though, guess that you need to either elvevate your price
range or reduce your specs (eg small house/flat and seperate land) or
change your area..


I think at that price you've missed the boat, in property by about 10 or
more years in that area.. At a guess that is..

Good luck
//
Jim