My partner, myself, our 7 year old daughter (and baby on the way!) are hoping to leave London, so we can buy a house - only we don't know where to move to!
We're lucky in that we can both work from home, but my daughter does need to get to London to visit her Dad at weekends, so can't be much more than a 90 minute train ride from London.
I don't drive, so moving to the remote countryside is not an option. We'd really like to live in a family area, but a house that's within walking distance of good cinemas/shops/restaurants/pubs... We both like towns with a bit of history, not too tiny (we're used to London!) ideally there'll also be some countryside/coast nearby to visit on days out.
We have a budget of £250k and do need a 3 bed house (at least) so the 'best' bits of the commuter belt will probably be above of our budget. Any ideas for nice places to live?
2007-02-28 23:07:32 · 7 answers · asked by Tooting Jo H 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
If you look at a map and look just outside the M25, most of the places between 5 and ten miles beyond are reasonably nice and make commuting an easy feature. All you have to do then is pick your own location.
2007-02-28 23:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cambridge is very nice - although the traffic is a bit of a problem, but if you all take to bikes, shouldn't be a problem. 45 mins from Kings X, half hourly service, historic, good schools, top class teaching hospital, low crime, lots of green space and a community spirit.
There are 3 beds available at £250k.
2007-03-01 00:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by fengirl2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dorset Hampshire area, we did a while ago highly recomend the move out of London, Air is cleaner, schools better, beaches, New Forest, what more could you want.... oh and 3 bed houses for £250k!!!
Good luck with the move!!
2007-02-28 23:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by Lucky Cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wellingborough is nice.im moving there in 2 weeks. plus you can buy a 3 bed hous for less than a £100,000. mine is 95k with a front and back garden and that way you will have alot of extra cash.also the train journey from wellingborough to london is inly 60 mins 90 max
2007-02-28 23:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gary F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ware in hertfordshire is a nice place to live 45 minuites on train to liverpool street nice pubs and resturants nice country walks by river check it out
2007-02-28 23:17:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes ambleside if you have the money a house with 3 bedrooms is £235000.00
2007-03-03 16:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The further north you go, the better. ;-)
Good luck, with it, I believe it's not easy in that area.
2007-02-28 23:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by jinz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋