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Gareth79 said:
andharri said:
Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.
We are looking at a place on Napoleon Avenue, which seems like a nice part of town. Although not too far from a bad part of town, fair to say?
Pretty much. I've cycled through there a bit and it seems quiet, I think it's far enough away to be ok. The naming of the roads is because it was sold off from the estate of Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III. They lived in what is now Farnborough Hill school (over the A325).We are looking at a place on Napoleon Avenue, which seems like a nice part of town. Although not too far from a bad part of town, fair to say?
edit: I think the people recommending Fleet have not checked the prices - you'll need a LOT more money to get like-for-like.
Edited by Gareth79 on Tuesday 7th July 23:33
I will explain why we are looking in Farnborough and you can tell me I am in idiota!
I live in Woking now, and have lived there all my life. It is nice enough, it is primarily a commuter town, but it has nice parts, a fairly decent town centre and some good open spaces not too far away.
Most of our family and friends are in a triangle roughly bordered by Woking, Fleet and Reading. Work wise I am either at home or miles away in Welwyn. My fiance probably needs better access to rail into London than me.
We would be happy to stay in Woking I think, although it is insanely priced, which I think is going to be harder to justify post Covid-19!
Our main driver is to find somewhere we can add value to, and this place in Farnborough seems to fit the bill.
I admit up until our house hunt started my only interaction with Farnborough was the airshow and Costco, so in my mind it has always been a bit grotty. But it is clear there are nice areas, and we are looking in one of them. I guess its just whether Farnborough is a good bet overall
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I live in Woking now, and have lived there all my life. It is nice enough, it is primarily a commuter town, but it has nice parts, a fairly decent town centre and some good open spaces not too far away.
Most of our family and friends are in a triangle roughly bordered by Woking, Fleet and Reading. Work wise I am either at home or miles away in Welwyn. My fiance probably needs better access to rail into London than me.
We would be happy to stay in Woking I think, although it is insanely priced, which I think is going to be harder to justify post Covid-19!
Our main driver is to find somewhere we can add value to, and this place in Farnborough seems to fit the bill.
I admit up until our house hunt started my only interaction with Farnborough was the airshow and Costco, so in my mind it has always been a bit grotty. But it is clear there are nice areas, and we are looking in one of them. I guess its just whether Farnborough is a good bet overall
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Truckosaurus said:
Now then OP, you mention currently living in Woking. Will you have to commute back into Woking?
The road route from Farnborough/Aldershot is terrible and takes the best part of an hour to do the 15 or so miles. I get the train from Aldershot (or did before working from home full time due to C-19) and that's way quicker, even adding in walking to/from the station. (Plus you can get certain trains that become stopping trains after Woking so no London commuters = seats even a peak times)
The problem with F'boro town centre is that there are so many other towns within a short distance so everything is disluted and if you want to go shopping as a leisure activity you might as well drive to Guildford/Camberley/Basingstoke/Reading/etc as into F'boro.
The only 'destination' shops are Decathlon and Costco.
Also, it must be the most under-pubbed place in the country. Other than the Wetherspoons there aren't really any pubs in the town centre. Even The Swan at the end of the runway got in the Good Beer Guide despite having woefully kept beer.
Only parents in Woking, so once a month if I can get away with it !The road route from Farnborough/Aldershot is terrible and takes the best part of an hour to do the 15 or so miles. I get the train from Aldershot (or did before working from home full time due to C-19) and that's way quicker, even adding in walking to/from the station. (Plus you can get certain trains that become stopping trains after Woking so no London commuters = seats even a peak times)
The problem with F'boro town centre is that there are so many other towns within a short distance so everything is disluted and if you want to go shopping as a leisure activity you might as well drive to Guildford/Camberley/Basingstoke/Reading/etc as into F'boro.
The only 'destination' shops are Decathlon and Costco.
Also, it must be the most under-pubbed place in the country. Other than the Wetherspoons there aren't really any pubs in the town centre. Even The Swan at the end of the runway got in the Good Beer Guide despite having woefully kept beer.
Costco is my favourite shop in the world, but yeah central Farnborough looked a bit sad when we went there.
Lack of restaurants/pubs is probably more of negative to use then the shops, so that is something to think about
Dr Interceptor said:
Loads up the North Camp end of Farnborough, just means they are a cab ride away.
Malacca - Chinese / Asian / Thai
Everest Tandoori
Il Colosseo - Italian
Gurkha Palace
Also a cab ride away are the Heron on the Lake and Kingfisher on the Quay, part of the same chain.
For more generic food there's a Prezzo in town, if you have a tastecard their menu is very reasonable.
Plus you can get just about anything delivered.
excellent thanks!Malacca - Chinese / Asian / Thai
Everest Tandoori
Il Colosseo - Italian
Gurkha Palace
Also a cab ride away are the Heron on the Lake and Kingfisher on the Quay, part of the same chain.
For more generic food there's a Prezzo in town, if you have a tastecard their menu is very reasonable.
Plus you can get just about anything delivered.
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