London - where to live that is Porsche friendly

London - where to live that is Porsche friendly

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26jcd

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117 posts

225 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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 smile

Carl_Docklands

12,103 posts

261 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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South Bromley.

madala

5,063 posts

197 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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....somebody pass the peanuts please...and a cold beer would go down well......;)

Pugley

687 posts

191 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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. smokin

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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This is all about your budget.

What is it?

MTR

johnbrace

207 posts

219 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Brixton yes definitely Brixton lovely this time of year some lovely housing estates that welcome Porsche drivers.

SonnyM

3,472 posts

192 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

gd

404 posts

187 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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

drpep

1,758 posts

167 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

911Thrasher

2,573 posts

198 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Easy: borough of chelsea and kensington.
Everybody parks their supercars in the street here and nothing ever happens.

xftdr

1,066 posts

203 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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johnbrace said:
Brixton yes definitely Brixton lovely this time of year some lovely housing estates that welcome Porsche drivers.
rofl

gd

404 posts

187 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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...

hungry_hog

2,187 posts

187 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

sticks090460

1,074 posts

157 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

Callughan

6,312 posts

191 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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;)

Callughan

6,312 posts

191 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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)smile

dibblecorse

6,872 posts

191 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

drpep

1,758 posts

167 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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 st 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.

bigunit00

890 posts

146 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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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.

Mankers

576 posts

168 months

Saturday 11th August 2012
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Even nice parts of London are occasionally subjected to random mass vandalism. I lived in a nice quiet tree lined square in Islington. One day some fookwit keyed every car in the square from panel to panel, mercs, bm's, porsches, fiesta's, the lot, prob about 40 cars. To coin a phrase, it was almost worth getting my car keyed if I could have caught the guy who did it mad