Which London commuter town?
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Epsom is a 30min train, every 10-15 mins in the morning to Waterloo.
Nice enough area, and some decent sized property available for that price.
Proposed to be part of Crossrail 2 (if it happens) which can't be bad for future prices.
Plenty of decent private schools in the area too. State, not so much.
Nice enough area, and some decent sized property available for that price.
Proposed to be part of Crossrail 2 (if it happens) which can't be bad for future prices.
Plenty of decent private schools in the area too. State, not so much.
Assuming London Bridge is as good as Waterloo....Reigate.
But im biased
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
But im biased
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Salisbury
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Petersfield
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Petersfield
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Edited by furtive on Thursday 22 January 13:32
okgo said:
I'm in Surbiton currently and I've got the budget to buy a nice cottage where I want to live, but part of me thinks living in a 1000 sq st cottage with postage stamp garden for £700k isn't the way forward.
If you want to stay close to London physically, you could go north a bit and look all around Richmond park. North Kingston/Coombe/richmond/barnes. If Kingston commute is too much then New Malden, Raynes Park and so on have better links to Waterloo.Yes 900k may only get you a decent sized house rather than huge detached with 10 bathrooms, and postage stamp garden too, but good schools, young family filled areas and the kids can use that nearby 2,500 Acre park when they outgrow the garden!
As other have said, have a look at crossrail2, if they get around to building it.
Edited by Yazar on Thursday 22 January 13:58
BrabusMog said:
Chertsey, East Molesey, Weybridge, Cobham, Esher, Ascot, Sunningdale, Virginia Water, Byfleet all spring to mind. Does it have to be Waterloo or can we look at Victoria?
I'm from Virginia Water - as a young child we lived in Virginia Water, then moved to Wentworth, where the family home still is. Wentworth is very expensive, V Water still not that much I think. We used to live on Trumpsgreen Avenue, which is a short walk (albeit through dark woods at night) to Virginia Water Station, which gets you to Waterloo directly in 45 minutes or so.As a child, I loved Trumpsgreen Road (loads of friends on the street, playing together weekends and summer evenings, big park just behind the house), and hated Wentworth (boring, everyone lives behind gates and ignores their neighbours). Schools were good, although I was at a local private school, so did not attend the state. Most of my friends on the street went to the local state school though, and they didn't turn out to be murderers...
I think the whole area has got pretty pricey, but the non-Wentworth bit of V Water may still be reasonable, and was a very pleasant place to grow up.
Hope that helps.
Edited by Harry Flashman on Thursday 22 January 14:10
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