Dont really have great advice for actually moving to the region, but a couple things I will mention- I have spent a lot of time in northern Devon and somerset over the years, not far from where you hope to go. Bath is obviously incredible (but very busy in the summer), and I would expect anything there to be fairly expensive.
In my experience, it is quite common for golf courses in the area to be much shorter (5000yd variety), but also much cheaper. Royal North Devon would be a little far to play with any regularity, but certainly a must play at least once.
An awesome day or weekend trip is definitely along the A39 up Porlock hill and into Exmoor national park, finishing off in lynton and lynmouth. Ilfracombe golf course is only so so from a quality of golf perspective, but about as picturesque as it gets for coastal golf.
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