Whats Dorking like, considering moving

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Looking at moving to Dorking, price wise this seems our best bet in comparison to other places in the area without moving away from Surrey. Previously I've lived in Guildford then Woking, now Byfleet/West Byfeet area.

Train links into London seem OK and the links to other major towns (easy access to Guildford and London are a main requirement for work) seem good

Whats the place like? Are there any unsavory st holes around there to watch out for?

Edited by Bathroom_Security on Wednesday 17th June 12:06

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Thanks

I used to work in Reigate too, well aware of the traffic (Jesus what a nightmare)

Also aware of Redhill. I've been a couple of times, reminds me of Woking prior to being developed.

Few friends have said Dorking is a nice place too so sounds like it might be a good choice

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Also looking at Fetcham (mainly looking at Leatherhead), supposed to be nice? I know it wont have the Dorking feel to it. May struggle with Dorking, one house we really like has 50 people interested in it so thats out the window. Also quite small for what it is.

All green on the poverty map so looks good there. Streets look OK, no nasty looking st holes

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Yeah those are all on the list actually, just nothing takes our fancy at the moment. Must be walk-able from the station (say max 30 mins, I'd actually get a brompton bike or something to speed things up.

Whats the busy road you mention? between guildford and leatherhead?

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p1stonhead said:

The OP’s £600k will not get much.

ummm.

I mean i wont be crass and say what I have as a budget.

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TonyG2003 said:

Dorking is a nice little town. My wife has worked there for +20yrs and has a good vibe. We looked to move there quite a while back. It is quite small and has a small housing stock so you might find somewhere suitable. We ended up Bookham / Fetcham which has good train/road links and is pretty quiet. Lots more housing stock choice too. It depends on how much travel you want to the station for a commute. I’m (was preCV19) 25mins walk/10 Brompton to station.

Thanks for the response, theres a house in Fetcham we like actually

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FWIW, took ours off the market in the end as it was over priced by about 50k

Want to move still but the market went mental last year as mentioned, basically priced out of what we want. Another 300k to the top of our mortgage limit doesn't or didn't seem to get us very much extra at all. An extra bedroom but plenty of compromises like small rooms, small garden etc. I'd have to move somewhere like Camberley or further out into Farnborough to get what I wanted, but then I'd be well away from where actually I wanted to live. Nor do I want to live somewhere like Camberley or Farnborough for various reasons

Now just loitering for a while to see if stuff goes tits up - not trying to be the guy that gets in while the market is low as its all relative but genuinely think bad things are looming this year.

Moan over..