When you’re on the hunt for your perfect home, there are a few things you need to think about.
First off, you’ll want to check how easy it is to get to work or if there are good schools close by for your kids - if you have any that is.
Now, what about a place that’s six days away by boat and around 6,407 miles from the UK – even though it’s still technically part of Britain?
You’d still have a British postcode if you moved here. But it seems like you’d need more than just UK citizenship to settle down in this spot.
Thinking of moving nearly 6,000 miles from the UK? (Dimitry Malov/Getty Images)
The island we’re discussing is Tristan da Cunha, found in the South Atlantic Ocean and super isolated.
It’s 1,732 miles from Cape Town in South Africa and 2,454 miles from Mar del Plata in Argentina.
As you’d guess, this island has very few people living on it; only 236 residents according to their site.
All of them hold British Overseas Territories citizenship. With just ten families on the island everyone knows each other pretty well!
Because of this tight-knit community feel, folks feel really safe living there.
In an interview for a BBC documentary called Britain’s Treasure Islands back in 2016 one resident mentioned: “You can let your kids go anywhere. I mean anywhere.”
Tristan de Cunha has only eighty families currently residing on the island (David Forman/Getty Images)
“We don’t lock our doors or bolt them; we leave our windows open too.”
Sounds nice right?
But don’t rush into looking up visas yet because it looks like the only way you could call this place home is if you already have family ties there.
On their official website it says: “Immigration to Tristan isn’t possible unless there’s already a family connection with someone living here. Even then there are some limits on residency. You can’t buy property or real estate here.”
Moving here would be really hard – mainly because jobs are scarce!
According to their site very few expat jobs exist and they’re usually short-term contracts lasting two years for roles like doctors or education advisors and conservationists too!
Job openings come up two or three times each year but applicants must be healthy speak English well and have necessary qualifications!
If you’re thinking about visiting Tristan da Cunha then prepare yourself as getting there isn’t easy at all!
The only way over is by boat! Most ships leave from South Africa taking almost an entire week before arriving at this remote destination.
