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26jcd
Original Poster
112 posts
96 months
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This may be a daft post but I thought it might be worth a try. I've just moved to London with my Porsche 996 as my companion - couldn't bare to sell it when moving down here! Now I work very close to Waterloo and I'm currently trying to find a good area to live in where I can park the car safely and navigate my way out of the city quickly when I fancy a hoon at the weekends. Any ideas? Also, wouldn't mind being near airport links, cycle as a commute and be somewhere with a bit of life. Any advice would be much appreciate 
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Carl_Docklands
2,089 posts
132 months
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madala
4,908 posts
68 months
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....somebody pass the peanuts please...and a cold beer would go down well......;)
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Pugley
526 posts
62 months
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Depends how far you want to commute? You could start as far out as Tottenham or work your way south via some very "friendly" locations Stamford Hill, Upper Clapton, Shoreditch, Dalston, Highbury. There are plenty or people there who would love to own your Porsche. 
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mollytherocker
7,203 posts
79 months
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This is all about your budget.
What is it?
MTR
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johnbrace
204 posts
90 months
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Brixton yes definitely Brixton lovely this time of year some lovely housing estates that welcome Porsche drivers.
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SonnyM
2,723 posts
63 months
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mollytherocker said: This is all about your budget.
What is it?
MTR Absolutely. Wapping is Porsche bound and most flat have secure underground parking, and you have easy access to A406 M25 etc. however if you want a nice house with a garage they are rare and £1.5m plus.
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gd
165 posts
58 months
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Surrey. What you spend on commuting into Waterloo station every day you will save in housing and car insurance costs.
Have a look around Weybridge or Walton. Still not cheap, but 30 mins into Waterloo (same as a tube ride from anywhere in zone 1/2) and much more Porsche friendly.
Ive lived in central london a few times. Unless it had a secure underground car park (for which you will pay £££) then forget your Porsche looking like it does now.
G
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drpep
1,057 posts
38 months
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Not true at all - seen the amount of exotica parked around Kensington? Perfectly fine on the road. Further out I'd be less keen. Lots of affluent zone 1 is fine for parking.
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911Thrasher
1,978 posts
69 months
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Easy: borough of chelsea and kensington.
Everybody parks their supercars in the street here and nothing ever happens.
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xftdr
942 posts
74 months
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johnbrace said: Brixton yes definitely Brixton lovely this time of year some lovely housing estates that welcome Porsche drivers. 
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gd
165 posts
58 months
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911Thrasher said: Easy: borough of chelsea and kensington.
Everybody parks their supercars in the street here and nothing ever happens. That's becuase a small flat there with on-street parking is £5m+ (so these cars are in effect disposable if you can afford that) and they have their own local security firms to patrol the streets. I was thinking more in the real world... K&C isn't the real world to the majority of us. Oh, and I will bet that 'nothing ever happens' isn't really true either...
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tyinsky
487 posts
29 months
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Stuff happens all over London. Nowhere is exempt. I used to live in Zone 1 next to Hyde Park and had my car keyed. Worse still towed by Westmister Council's parking police who dropped the lifting crane on it causing a big dent. Living around London over the years in different areas I've not experienced too many issues: an attempted theft, a wing mirror kicked off, a couple of keying incidents, footprints, damage from other people parking (still amazed how people can fit cars in gaps smaller than the car!). Ideally you need a garage or an allocated parking space in a gated area. London has estates everywhere full of scum, feral kids and silverbacks, park it in or near one of those and you are probably going to see your no claims disappear.
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hungry_hog
647 posts
58 months
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I would say quiet roads in posh areas, which have other flash metal so your car doesn't stick out. 996 is quite a common car in London.
My 996 is parked outside on the drive, I live in an average suburb in NW London. No issues touch wood. I can't imagine those in Totteridge or Hampstead Garden Suburb have too many issues, but as mentioned depends how close you are to dodgy areas.
Some above mentioned Hyde Park and being vandalised, problem is anywhere central will have randomers and therefore higher chance of vandalism.
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sticks090460
424 posts
28 months
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My house in Eltham will be for sale shortly. 25 minutes on train to Waterloo, garage for 996 (my C4S is in there now), plus offstreet parking for 4 more cars, 15 minutes drive to Brands Hatch.
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Callughan
5,328 posts
62 months
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911Thrasher said: Easy: borough of chelsea and kensington.
Everybody parks their supercars in the street here and nothing ever happens. I'll dig up some pics that might make you think again;)
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Callughan
5,328 posts
62 months
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johnbrace said: Brixton yes definitely Brixton lovely this time of year some lovely housing estates that welcome Porsche drivers. +1 No one is really that bothered about Porsches especially in London. I remember one meet I organised we had around 15 Porsches and 1 Ferrari, the only time people passing by looked was when they saw the Fezza(and it was worth much less than most of the Pork)
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dibblecorse
2,278 posts
62 months
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sticks090460 said: My house in Eltham will be for sale shortly. 25 minutes on train to Waterloo, garage for 996 (my C4S is in there now), plus offstreet parking for 4 more cars, 15 minutes drive to Brands Hatch. Excellent suggestion, A2 and A20 just minutes away, a multitude of train stations running to Waterloo, commutable by pedal bike, blackheath and Greenwich nearby, lots of easy access out to the country and back into town, nightlife a cab ride away to bromley, blackheath, beckenham etc depending on what you want, excellent value for money too, I have a flat there and have had the last ten years, worth a look, very under rated.
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drpep
1,057 posts
38 months
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My GT3 stayed tucked up in the garage (in Balham). I wouldn't have parked it on the street there as people are generally just too s  t at parking to avoid the inevitable return trips to a body shop. Wouldn't be too bothered in terms of theft risk, but a GT3 draws too much attention to be left out... Unless you live in Kensington/Chelsea where exotica is the norm.
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bigunit00
126 posts
17 months
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I had my 964 parked in an secure underground carpark in Bethnal Green. Area was dodgy but car was always safe and a few other nice 911's parked there as well. It was costing £90 a mth to rent the space though. I recently bought a house in New Eltham (agree re: value for money and access out of London etc) and is now parked on my drive under an outdoor cover (Specialised car cover - expensive but was good). So far so good - seems a quiet area with minimal scum to worry about. Having lived in Wapping and Bethnal Green with the porka you are looking at £70-£120 a mth to rent a secure garage or underground car park spot in E1/E2. The car would have barely lasted 24hrs in one piece without it.
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