Moving house ... advise needed (from the Crowthorne posse)
Discussion
Right the Cloth's are upping sticks come the new year and one of the plans is to relocate south a bit.
Charlotte (mrs C) works in Kingston and drives in, hence better access to the M3 is ideal (curr she does M4/M25 then M3 and the first two are the slow bit). However we need to stay accessible to Twyford if we want to retain Mother in Law free childcare benefits - so say 20-25 mins max from there still.
Sticking pins in maps throws up the popular Ph stomping ground of Crowthorne and the surrounds. Can locals of this enclave give me some heads up as to where is nice and where to avoid. Basically we are looking at ideally getting bit more house for the money than you get in Maidenhead without resorting to a Baghdad on Thames, we will be upping the budget as well but it all helps. Lots of areas show up near Crowthorne like Sandhurst, Little Sandhurst, Finchampstead, & Yateley. I guess Crowthorne is quite nice as a couple of you (Dave & Ben) come from there, but I know nothing of the others so just some yays or nays, to save me getting excited when I see a mansion available for 99p and wonder why it is so cheap.
Charlotte (mrs C) works in Kingston and drives in, hence better access to the M3 is ideal (curr she does M4/M25 then M3 and the first two are the slow bit). However we need to stay accessible to Twyford if we want to retain Mother in Law free childcare benefits - so say 20-25 mins max from there still.
Sticking pins in maps throws up the popular Ph stomping ground of Crowthorne and the surrounds. Can locals of this enclave give me some heads up as to where is nice and where to avoid. Basically we are looking at ideally getting bit more house for the money than you get in Maidenhead without resorting to a Baghdad on Thames, we will be upping the budget as well but it all helps. Lots of areas show up near Crowthorne like Sandhurst, Little Sandhurst, Finchampstead, & Yateley. I guess Crowthorne is quite nice as a couple of you (Dave & Ben) come from there, but I know nothing of the others so just some yays or nays, to save me getting excited when I see a mansion available for 99p and wonder why it is so cheap.
VerySideways said:
I live in Bracknell.
And that's the kicker in't it 
. Seen some interesting looking places online, will maybe pay a visit next week (once my end of year accounts are finally packaged off to the accountant
) - David do you work all weekdays now or is more 'sporadic' than that? More good news today is that a parent who we know from Linus' school wants to know when we go on the market as very interested in buying our house, so may even have an easy sale on our hands... and without having to deal with any blaaahhdy estate agents to boot.
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