Buying a home in Petts Wood (Bromley)
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Dear All,
Anyone from Petts wood here? we've been looking around to buy our first home. We saw this nice property in PettsWood (Oxhawth Crescent) ... We never lived in that area so no clue of now nice/safe it is... I am keen to hear from those who lived there or know about the area. A price of £320k for a 3 bed property - do you think thats a good price ?
Any other relevant advice welcome
Cheers,
Tulipz
Anyone from Petts wood here? we've been looking around to buy our first home. We saw this nice property in PettsWood (Oxhawth Crescent) ... We never lived in that area so no clue of now nice/safe it is... I am keen to hear from those who lived there or know about the area. A price of £320k for a 3 bed property - do you think thats a good price ?
Any other relevant advice welcome
Cheers,
Tulipz
My parents have lived in Petts Wood for well over 30 years. I currently live nearby and am over there at least once a week.
Basically, it's nice. I'll be honest, it's divided into 2 halves - PW East is the posher bit with relatively big houses that cost from about 400k to a million or so. PW West (where Oxhawth Cres is)is regarded as being less up market, but in my opinion, is still a decent place to live. Some people might point out that you'd be fairly close to a fairly down-market estate (the roads just to the west of Oxhawth) but it wouldn't particularly bother me. You'd be very close to Jubilee Park, from where you can walk for miles on National Trust Land. In a car, you're less than 5 mins drive to Keston, and once there you're more or less in the countryside. PW has a Morrisons, which after a shaky start is OK. It would only take you 5 mins to drive to a much larger supermarket in Locksbottom. PW has some pretty good restaurants and you could probably find a pub you liked within walking distance. Crimewise, I'd be amazed if it wasn't below average for Greater London - by a reasonable margin, too.
Bad points: Some people would say it's pretty boring. I used to think it was a bit of a no-man's land for secondary schools, but it now seems normal for kids to make reasonably long bus/train journeys to school. You can only get slow trains to London - takes half an hour. Planes fly over PW heading for Biggin Hill - If Biggin Hill was much expanded, that could be an issue. I actually quite like seeing the smaller planes that currently fly past.
BTW - cant really comment on the price of the house - it just depends.
Basically, it's nice. I'll be honest, it's divided into 2 halves - PW East is the posher bit with relatively big houses that cost from about 400k to a million or so. PW West (where Oxhawth Cres is)is regarded as being less up market, but in my opinion, is still a decent place to live. Some people might point out that you'd be fairly close to a fairly down-market estate (the roads just to the west of Oxhawth) but it wouldn't particularly bother me. You'd be very close to Jubilee Park, from where you can walk for miles on National Trust Land. In a car, you're less than 5 mins drive to Keston, and once there you're more or less in the countryside. PW has a Morrisons, which after a shaky start is OK. It would only take you 5 mins to drive to a much larger supermarket in Locksbottom. PW has some pretty good restaurants and you could probably find a pub you liked within walking distance. Crimewise, I'd be amazed if it wasn't below average for Greater London - by a reasonable margin, too.
Bad points: Some people would say it's pretty boring. I used to think it was a bit of a no-man's land for secondary schools, but it now seems normal for kids to make reasonably long bus/train journeys to school. You can only get slow trains to London - takes half an hour. Planes fly over PW heading for Biggin Hill - If Biggin Hill was much expanded, that could be an issue. I actually quite like seeing the smaller planes that currently fly past.
BTW - cant really comment on the price of the house - it just depends.
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