Moving to London: advice required

Originally Posted by Gmonsta

500k and 3 bathrooms in London??

Either way I would suggest renting for a few months at aswell. We did when we first come to London as it takes a while to settle into your own little niche area that works for your lifestyle - and get over the shock! It took me a couple of years...

I started well outside London as I wanted some green - so stayed in Ascot/Windsor and commuted (in the car) drove me nuts! We then moved to North Sheen/Richmond - would rate this but expensive! Teddington/Twickenham would be better maybe but then you may as well move further out with quicker roads in?

We moved back out and have settled Egham/Englefield Green - sits just outside the M25 - lots of green, fast trains/roads to the city - all just over an hour which was near the same from Richmond on the tube. I no longer commute however - but often use A4 cross too A40 flyover into the city. Best thing is lots of space - and its easy out into the country in the weekends! Plus 3 bathrooms is poss.

Renting is not really an option for us as we have a dog and quite a vicious one.
When we moved to Bath we did indeed rent a colleague's house for a couple of
months and the very first night our dog destroyed the cat flap + chewed up part
of the kitchen door. I still feel guilty.

I know Ascot because a friend of mine lives there but Ascot won't be convenient
for a commute to Euston.

Have a look around Amersham?

It's classed as Buckinghamshire which in itself is a loverly part of the world but it's on the Southern edge, in the Chiltern Hills. High Wycombe and St Albans fairly near. Nice countryside, take you about 40 mins on the bike round onto the A40 which drops you into Euston or the train goes straight into marylebone station, 2/3 stops on circle line to euston. Good schools if your kids are that age AND, it's in the area where they film the Midsummer Murders!

Originally Posted by inevitable

AND, it's in the area where they film the Midsummer Murders!

Wow! Must tell Mrs Professor straight away as she is a great fan. We always
wondered where Midsomer Murders are filmed.

Ruislip is nice too Prof

Right on the Central line at Ruislip Gardens Tube too (or there's Tube & rail at South Ruislip )

Nice house

[timwilky]

Forget London prof

Get yourself a job in a nice part of the country, where roads are made for bikes, housing is affordable and the quality of life is so much better. Guess that excludes Yorkshire

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

Ruislip is nice too Prof

Right on the Central line at Ruislip Gardens Tube too (or there's Tube & rail at South Ruislip )

Nice house

Nice house indeed, and conveniently located for commuting to Euston. I should
definitely have a closer look at Ruislip. Thanks, Cloggsy!

Originally Posted by timwilky

Forget London prof

Get yourself a job in a nice part of the country, where roads are made for bikes, housing is affordable and the quality of life is so much better. Guess that excludes Yorkshire

A have a friend who used to live in Pontypridd and I often visited him. Lovely
place to live! Unfortunately, not many jobs around, and even fewer decent ones.
We have to go where our jobs take us.

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

Nice house

Thats bloody CHEAP!!!

Same house up here would fetch an easy £550 - £600k!

My folks is a 3 bed (4 if you count the spare room), 2 bathroom Detached just on the greenbelt, but its not in a fantastic area. Crime is fairly high, there land at the back has been short listed for commercial development... That was valued at £450k last year. And this house shows is SO much bigger and better!

Wow.. you dudes have it CHEAP!

Thameslink goes south of the river too! Croydon, Redhell and all points south are within your grasp. Think, you could move to a nice little bungalow in Hove or Eastbourne :P . And of course, Sid Squid will never talk to you again!

Originally Posted by chazzyb

Thameslink goes south of the river too! Croydon, Redhell and all points south are within your grasp. Think, you could move to a nice little bungalow in Hove or Eastbourne :P . And of course, Sid Squid will never talk to you again!

Yes, I know. I lived in Brighton for many years. Also, I have a colleague at UCL
who commutes from Brighton. But I am too old for this. I want to find a
geometrically sensible solution.

BTW, when I took up my job at Bath University I chose to live in Trowbridge
because it was geometrically well placed (on the correct side of Bath, so I don't
have to go into Bath itself). I spent 7 happy years living in Trowbridge and
commuting along beautiful country roads with very little traffic. But at that time
nobody suggested that I seek a house in Trowbridge because it is not a posh place.