When we moved 2 years ago our considerations were as follows:
Somewhere Rural
Very few neighbours or none close enough to be annoying
Well away from any sort of road
Some woods for the cats to play in
Large garden for the unbrave cats who don't do woods
Enough space in the house for the house cats to have more than 2 rooms for the day time
Somewhere we could have all our cats with no complaints of how many!
We did get our rual idyll but now have a mortgage which in this current climate is very hard - we sold our souls to Nat West!
We got a Vet who treats our mob like their own - not hard really we visit every month at least once and thats just for normal stuff
The House Cats have all the space and more throught he day with over half the house to themselves
The Outdoor cats have so much space and a lovely conservatory which is always warm even in winter when there is no heating on
Our 3 legged Hooligan Maverick now has the same access rights as the indoor/outdoor mob with access to the 2 entry points
The Dogs have a wonderful run formerly known as our double garage
We gained a lot of dumped cats and our single garage and former childs wendy house are feeding stations complete with heatpads in the winter - on a snowy night I am the nutter out walking the diogs and putting heat pads in the wendy house at 11.30pm so they won't be cold!
All in all we share our bed with about 10 most nights - more in the winter though - we are now at Super Kingsize and most mornigs are hellish to get up without trying to disturb the sleeping cats - back takes more time to be mobile, housework in done on a 2 week cycle the house and working full time is just to much and got to fit in Tennis with Sky but all in all I wouldn't change things apart form the mortgage and a Domestic lady would be wonderful!