Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent

[Tripitaka]

Hi all,

Does anyone know this particular area of Kent and be able to help me out with what it might be like to live there,please.

Thank you.

[wedge girl]

Considering the surrounding area is very run down, it's actually a very nice development.

It's right on the door step of Bluewater, 45mins from London by train, train station is walkable. Traffic can be heavy due to BW.

But there is about to be a brand new developement in the quarry opposite BW the infrastructure really wont cope.

[mybrainhurts]

Sounds a bit inbred, don'cha think...?

[Pat H]

Tripitaka said:

Hi all, Does anyone know this particular area of Kent and be able to help me out with what it might be like to live there,please. Thank you.

You're a bit off your patch.

The people of Kent are probably a broadminded bunch, but I'm not sure that a cross-dressing lady-boy in a yellow priest costume is going to fit in.

[Kiwi XTR2]

Those from it's namesake - Greenhithe, North Shore, New Zealand are known as 'Greenhethens'

[ncs]

Pat H said:

Tripitaka said: Hi all, Does anyone know this particular area of Kent and be able to help me out with what it might be like to live there,please. Thank you. You're a bit off your patch. The people of Kent are probably a broadminded bunch, but I'm not sure that a cross-dressing lady-boy in a yellow priest costume is going to fit in.

Oh I dunno - its quite near Maidstone so you should be ok

Ingress Park looks pretty nice, we've thought about going to have a look around but the times not right at the moment. Like George says, the worry would be the infastructure may not be up to scratch yet, but the new rail link to London is planned & the story is it will have a good effect on property prices in the area once completed.

My worry was the cold wind coming off The Thames in the winter, I must be turning into an old fart!

Nick

[clubsport]

It's one of those places that locals would hardly ever pay the price to live there...but outsiders will come in and think it is fine......over the medium/longer term will probably work out fine.

[nightfever]

The houses themselves are quite neatly presented (although i'm not overly keen on the whole "modern" architecture) but it seems very cramped. However, this makes it like a little village so you're unlikely to have trouble with your house/car. Seems like you don't get much privacy living there.

[NST]

ingress park is ok, the house prices were definitely over priced in the begining and quickly fell. seem stable at the moment though. i live near ingress park and tend to drive along the main road quite alot (london road). that road gets very very busy if Bluewater has a sale on, A2/M25/M20 is heavy going. as already mentioned the new development going up near bluewater is going to make matters worse. house prices in the area are already alittle crazy but very few houses are acutally being sold..

i had a look at 4 bedroom 'town house' a few years back. it was really 3 bed with a box room. the lounge was small, come to think of it the dinning room was 'very' small as was the kitchen. the 3 bedroom were of reasonable size though.