Portsmouth

[leemarkadams]

Emsworth is not too far and a nice place to be.

[KTF]

Are you planning on coming down for a long weekend (or two) and going round the various areas to see what you think?

[mikal83]

Trexthedinosaur said:

Gents thanks for the help, exactly what I needed.

It would be Anchorage Road, literally just as you cross onto the 'Island', garages are an absolute must as I need to park my Vantage and Spitfire, plus my daily and my girlfriend's car.

An area with good schools / commuting will be beneficial in order to sell the property on and / or if we decided to stay.

Thanks for all your help, really appreciate it.

Eta; ' - PH grammar matters.

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Tuesday 8th August 09:46

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Tuesday 8th August 14:40

As has been asked, how long are you willing to sit in traffic during the "rush" hr?

[ThunderSpook]

Trexthedinosaur said:

Rowland's Castle (+3) £400k; http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

That would be cheap for Rowland's Castle, which is why it's not in Rowland's Castle but the middle of Waterlooville

[anonymous-user]

Don't know how to multi quote so; yes, we will fly over if I get an offer and terms are agreed.

KTF said:

Are you planning on coming down for a long weekend (or two) and going round the various areas to see what you think?

[anonymous-user]

mikal83 said:

Trexthedinosaur said:

Gents thanks for the help, exactly what I needed.

It would be Anchorage Road, literally just as you cross onto the 'Island', garages are an absolute must as I need to park my Vantage and Spitfire, plus my daily and my girlfriend's car.

An area with good schools / commuting will be beneficial in order to sell the property on and / or if we decided to stay.

Thanks for all your help, really appreciate it.

Eta; ' - PH grammar matters.

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Tuesday 8th August 09:46

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Tuesday 8th August 14:40

As has been asked, how long are you willing to sit in traffic during the "rush" hr?

30minutes max, I do about that today, no more, no question of using the train / bus or any other BS idea.

[KTF]

Trexthedinosaur said:

garages are an absolute must as I need to park my Vantage and Spitfire, plus my daily and my girlfriend's car.

For £400k you are expecting to find something with a double garage plus two car off road parking in south central Hampshire within 30 minutes drive in rush hour of north Portsmouth?

I would say you need at least another 100k on top to get a house with that:

Locks Heath: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Bishops Waltham: 3 car parking, no garage: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Wickham new build: 2x undercover + 2 outside: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope... (Wickham is nice, has a car event in the square once a year but also the Wickham Horse fair which brings out the numerical locksmiths)

Edited by KTF on Tuesday 8th August 15:37

[mikal83]

As has been asked, how long are you willing to sit in traffic during the "rush" hr?

[/quote]

30minutes max, I do about that today, no more, no question of using the train / bus or any other BS idea.

[/quote]

OK then forget about 3/4's of the suggestions here. The M27 is a nightmare. I went by M/bike from Warsash to the dockyard and that took 1/2 hr. East Fareham/Portchester/Farlington/Purbrook and that's about it really. Forget Hayling. Gosport is fine but you'll have to ferry/pushbike it. Your on your 1/2 limit further north/west/east of Cosham/Fareham/Farlington.

[anonymous-user]

Good lord that second one is awful.

Thanks for the info though, we shall revisit the budget and decide if we need to sell our houses up North.

I don't mind driving further if it's not just being sat in traffic.

[KTF]

Trexthedinosaur said:

Good lord that second one is awful.

Thanks for the info though, we shall revisit the budget and decide if we need to sell our houses up North.

I don't mind driving further if it's not just being sat in traffic.

The section of the M27/M275 and the Eastern Road (i.e. the bit where Portsmouth joins the mainland) is bumper to bumper twice a day during peak times. There is no way of avoiding being sat in a traffic jam if you will be commuting at peak times so you need to mentally prepare yourself for that

I live in Hedge End and work one junction down. If the M27 is bad it can easily take me 30-45 mins in peak time for a 6 mile journey. In the winter time when the sun is low, someone almost always stacks it going from Fareham to Portsmouth because they are 'blinded' or something happens at J9 or someone crashes on the M3 or heading to the Forest, etc.

There is a master plan to make most of the section between Portsmouth and Southampton into a smart motorway and use the hard shoulder as an extra lane. Plus there is the upcoming Welborne development (6k houses) north of Fareham which will only add more cars to the road.

Traffic aside, it is a nice area to live in as you are close to the sea and only a short drive from some fantastic country parks or just countryside in general. Plus good links to London and the main airports.

Edited by KTF on Tuesday 8th August 15:52

[Shnozz]

8-P said:

I live in Locks Heath. Take a look at locks heath, Salisbury, Warsash and Park Gate possibly Titchfield too.

About 15 mins to Portsmouth and the same into Southampton. 400k buys you 4 bed detached. Good schools, great motorway access, 3 mins to coast, lots of good pubs etc. Happy to give more info if you need it.

I'm from Locks Heath/Sarisbury Green originally.

15 mins is optimistic on a Sunday at 4am, let alone anything resembling rush hour! Used to take me 1 hour + to either Soton or Portsmouth when I worked in those cities. Better off driving to Swanwick and taking a train.

M27 was the bane of my life. Miserable commuting in that neck of the woods it must be said. Lived in Whiteley for a while and it was slightly better but the motorway is still a pig.

For what its worth, despite being born in Soton and always having an SO postcode, I think Portsmouth has come on leaps and bounds over the last 10 or so years. Nothing like the dump it once was, whereas Southampton has gone the other way I would say. Town planners have a lot to answer for. Southsea and Old Portsmouth is a nice afternoons drinking and Albert Road is pleasant enough. As has been said though, parking can be a PITA.

[donutsina911]

Trexthedinosaur said:

Final phase interview for an internal transfer to our facility in Portsmouth, just starting looking at buying a house.

I have been looking at Fareham, Waterlooville and along the Motorway towards Southampton.

Budget of about £400k as I don't want to sell up at home, must have a garage, quiet and a garden, don't mind a renovation project.

I've never been to Portsmouth so any local knowledge of traffic / areas would be great.

ETA; Hayling island, any info?

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Monday 7th August 17:26

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Monday 7th August 17:29

Hayling Island - awful place
Southsea - lovely(ish) south of Albert Road
Whitely/Fareham - dominated by naff new builds, getting onto M27 painful
North of Portsmouth - some beautiful (Hambledon), some dreadful (Cowplain etc)

We moved out of Southsea about 10 years ago due to traffic being a ball ache in and out for commutes to Southampton

For £400k ish, I'd be looking along these lines:

Southsea(ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Emsworth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Bosham (ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

North of Portsmouth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Out of budget but been on for a while:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

East of Portsmouth is infinitely nicer than west IMHO.

[Shnozz]

donutsina911 said:

Hayling Island - awful place
Southsea - lovely(ish) south of Albert Road
Whitely/Fareham - dominated by naff new builds, getting onto M27 painful
North of Portsmouth - some beautiful (Hambledon), some dreadful (Cowplain etc)

We moved out of Southsea about 10 years ago due to traffic being a ball ache in and out for commutes to Southampton

For £400k ish, I'd be looking along these lines:

Southsea(ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Emsworth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Bosham (ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

North of Portsmouth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Out of budget but been on for a while:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

East of Portsmouth is infinitely nicer than west IMHO.

That Meonstoke one would be my pick of the bunch. Nice area too.

Hayling Island is a funny place. As has been said, due to the bridge its a ste commute but also many people say its very cliquey and hard to integrate if you are not from HI. Also knew quite a few nutters that lived there and always thought it quite a rough place for somewhere that looked so idyllic and peaceful.

[anonymous-user]

donutsina911 said:

Trexthedinosaur said:

Final phase interview for an internal transfer to our facility in Portsmouth, just starting looking at buying a house.

I have been looking at Fareham, Waterlooville and along the Motorway towards Southampton.

Budget of about £400k as I don't want to sell up at home, must have a garage, quiet and a garden, don't mind a renovation project.

I've never been to Portsmouth so any local knowledge of traffic / areas would be great.

ETA; Hayling island, any info?

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Monday 7th August 17:26

Edited by Trexthedinosaur on Monday 7th August 17:29

Hayling Island - awful place
Southsea - lovely(ish) south of Albert Road
Whitely/Fareham - dominated by naff new builds, getting onto M27 painful
North of Portsmouth - some beautiful (Hambledon), some dreadful (Cowplain etc)

We moved out of Southsea about 10 years ago due to traffic being a ball ache in and out for commutes to Southampton

For £400k ish, I'd be looking along these lines:

Southsea(ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Emsworth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Bosham (ish)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

North of Portsmouth

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Out of budget but been on for a while:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

East of Portsmouth is infinitely nicer than west IMHO.

I think I need to, once again, reassess what I will get for my money, those are all tiny, characterless, semi / terrace.

Or move further out towards Bognor Regis way.

[MBBlat]

One advantage Gosport has is that you get a lot more for your money
Semi with double garage in the posh bit
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Detached (cheaper)
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
As previously noted it would have to be bike-ferry-bike for the commute to make sense though, as getting out in rush hour is a pain

[ThunderSpook]

Gosport ferry to Anchorage Road would be quite a treck.

[donutsina911]

Trexthedinosaur said:

I think I need to, once again, reassess what I will get for my money, those are all tiny, characterless, semi / terrace.

Or move further out towards Bognor Regis way.

Think you'd be massively disappointed by Bognor, but a little further to the west are some under rated and curiously priced villages like Hunston and Siddlesham - here's a few in and around Chichester that are doer-upers...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

[KTF]

MBBlat said:

One advantage Gosport has is that you get a lot more for your money
Semi with double garage in the posh bit
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Detached (cheaper)
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
As previously noted it would have to be bike-ferry-bike for the commute to make sense though, as getting out in rush hour is a pain

This one would tick the double garage and off road parking but I agree the commute would be painful: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

[Tankrizzo]

MBBlat said:

One advantage Gosport has is that you get a lot more for your money
Semi with double garage in the posh bit
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Detached (cheaper)
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
As previously noted it would have to be bike-ferry-bike for the commute to make sense though, as getting out in rush hour is a pain

You don't live around the corner from me near Haslar do you pal? There's an RCZ the same colour as yours there.

[Oceanic]

Trexthedinosaur said:

Good lord that second one is awful.

Thanks for the info though, we shall revisit the budget and decide if we need to sell our houses up North.

I don't mind driving further if it's not just being sat in traffic.

Then you seriously need to look east of Pompey, from Anchorage Park even Tangmere just outside Chichester is 23/30mins away depending on whether you are a 9.00am lazy ass kind of dude.